Learn to:
- Prepare to get the right investment for your business
- Assess the pros and cons of different forms of funding
- Determine when to use various funding and how to access it
- Evaluate the implications of your funding options
Get the business funding you need to secure your success
This hands-on guide takes the fear out of funding and walks you step-by-step through the process of ensuring your business is financially viable. From crowdfunding to investment angels to family and friends, this book covers every form of funding available – and helps you hone in on and secure the funding that's right for your unique needs.
- Put the 'fun' in funding – get friendly, accessible guidance on planning for funding at any stage of growth and laying the groundwork for business-funding success
- Give them something to talk about – create a compelling funding proposition that gets results, from preparing a winning business plan to delivering a pitch-perfect pitch—and all the bits in between
- Know your options – get your hands on free money, secure early-stage funding, acquire accelerator finance, weigh debt and other bank funding and consider alternative finance
- Don't go it alone – position yourself for growth with the help of a mentor, explore all the business-funding strategies out there and find out how to measure performance
Open the book and find:
- How to lay a solid foundation to fund your business
- Step-by-step instructions on becoming investment ready
- Nifty aids to improve your pitch
- What you need to know about equity funding
- Growth strategies you don't want to be without
- Common business-funding pitfalls to avoid
- Ten things funders don't tell you
- The terms you must know before raising start-up capital
