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Overcome The Impossible: How To Secure Investment For Your Startup

If you’re struggling to secure investment for your startup, you’re not alone. Many founders find the process overwhelming, especially when you are raising investment

This Is Why A Business Exit Strategy Actually Attracts Investors

Have you ever wondered why investors are so focused on exits? You’re pitching your vision, your passion, your drive, and they’re asking, “How do

How To Build Investor Relationships Before You Need Equity Investment

When it comes to securing investment for your business, timing is everything. But here’s the kicker, building investor relationships before you need equity investment

How To Make A Pitch Deck That Attracts Investors

Let’s talk about your pitch deck. Every founder knows they need one if they want to raise equity investment. Most founders have probably created

Part 1 – Financial Forecasting For Startups: How Much Money Do I Need?

One of the first questions you need to answer if you are raising equity investment is: How much money should I raise? The answer

How To Value A Small Business To Get Investors Excited

Raising investment can be challenging. The preparation, pitching, and negotiation is a time-consuming process, and can distract founders from their primary goal: Growing their

Resilience training: 6 Proven Hacks to Boost Resilience When Fundraising

Jennifer Clamp, founder of Aata, and one of our trusted mentors on our Funding Accelerator programme, recently led a resilience training workshop on how

Exciting Funding Boost: Dorset LEP & Focused For Business Team Up

If you’re a startup or small business in Dorset looking to raise investment, help is at hand! Dorset Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and Focused

8 Practical And Eye-opening Tips For Actually Finding Investors

Last month we tried something new in Funding Masterminds: an Idea Swap workshop, where our founders shared their tactics on how to find investors

Your Executive Summary Is More Important Than Your Pitch Deck!

Do you obsess about your Pitch Deck? Spending hours tweaking it to ensure it gives investors the information they need? Most founders do. A

Looking For Funding? Here’s Your Step-By-Step Guide to Finding Startup Investors

Starting a business is exhilarating, but securing the startup funding to fuel your dreams can be daunting. Not only do you need to prepare

3 Things That will Make Your Financial Forecast Attractive

Much like brewing a delicious cup of coffee, a compelling financial forecast for investors requires a complex blend of data, strategy, and storytelling. It’s

3 Unit Metrics You Need To Build A Compelling Growth Story

Did the conversation with potential investors fizzle out at the financial stage? It’s not just the vision, but the focus on detail that secures

Traction makes it quicker to raise funding for a startup

So you want to raise funding for a startup? To succeed, you’ll need to speak the language of investors. Investors will ask “how much

This Is How To Fund Your Startup With Investor Finance

When it comes to turning your brilliant startup idea into a thriving business, one thing is clear: you need funding. Whether you’re pre-revenue or

How To Improve Investor Risk Management With Future Forecasting

If you’re pitching to investors, your financials can make or break the deal. And no, it’s not just about showing them you’ve got a

How An Informal Advisory Board Helps Startup Founders Feel Less Lonely

As a founder, you wear a lot of hats. From navigating product development to sorting out sales and marketing strategies and all the while

The Secret That Will Help You Raise More Startup Funding

So, what’s the secret to raising more Startup funding? Is it a killer pitch? An unbeatable idea? A perfect product? Nope, it’s none of

How Securing Problem Solution Fit Builds Your Business and Attracts Investors

When building a business, it’s easy to get swept up in your own ideas. You’ve got a vision, a plan, and a product you’re

How To Build a Fractional Team to Achieve More as a Solo Founder

Being a solo founder can feel like juggling ten different roles at once because, let’s be honest, you probably are. From product development to

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