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Wrangling a Fundraising Round
Accomplishing a fundraising round for your startup is often confusing and mysterious for new startup founders. Lately, I have been reminded that the path is not as obvious when you are venturing forth the first few times as it becomes after you have been around the track. To help, in this post, I am providing a roadmap to the significant…
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Praying through Transitions
Seasons change like chapters in a book. As a builder of high-potential startups, each of my startup journeys has lasted somewhere between a couple of years and eight years, which means I have regularly transitioned between startups – and my faith has been a major factor in how I personally navigate those seasons.
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Things I Wish I Knew When I First Started Fundraising
For first-time entrepreneurs, fundraising for your startup is fraught with unexpected pitfalls. Here is a list of some of my key lessons learned over 20 years of raising over $75M for startups.
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The Preeminence of the Customers’ Problem
Immerse yourself in your customer’s problem. The urgent and important problem IS the opportunity. Don’t build a solution looking for a problem.
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Beware of Glittering Generalities
While "glittering generalities" can serve to cast a vision or set a direction, because they lack a sufficient definition of how you will accomplish the goal, they are not actionable plans for building and operating a business in and of themselves.
