Start-ups

The Essentials of Early-Stage Startup Fundraising: How to Quickly Find and Secure the Right Investors

The Essentials of Early-Stage Startup Fundraising: How to Quickly Find and Secure the Right Investors

How can you find the right investors for your company— the trustworthy ones that are values-aligned? How can you quickly fundraise so you can get back to building your company? In this post, I share the process and psychology behind fundraising to help you:

  • Find the right investors (and fast).

  • Secure the funds your company needs.

  • Get back to building your company. 

The Stewardship of Capital: Early-Stage Investing, Founder Centricity, Strengthening Trust, and Supporting Founders

The Stewardship of Capital:  Early-Stage Investing, Founder Centricity, Strengthening Trust, and Supporting Founders

As investors, advisors, and mentors who genuinely want to enrich the entrepreneurial ecosystem, our ongoing challenge is to strategically steward capital and people in a way that the resulting venture (business, fund, organization) is:

  • Aligned with people’s best interests and talents.

  • Supported by the right people, including investors, employees, teams and other key stakeholders.

  • Grown at the right pace and at the right time.

  • Structured with the best chance to succeed and scale.

In this post, I share some of my perspectives and thoughts. I also look forward to hearing your thoughts and questions and learning from your experiences too.