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Karen Rands on her SPEC Talk Radio interviewed three exciting companies who  presented at an NBAI Private Equity Forum on July 30th!  Over 20 accredited investors and fund managers attend the event to hear these companies pitch their business investment opportunities.
This is an opportunity for investors to hear first hand about a hot new, growing company and for [...]

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This question comes up often and we see companies that never pull the trigger because they constantly feel that they aren’t ready for investors.   We also see companies jump the gun and blow their shot with investors because they don’t have their act together enough.  
First you must realize that a large portion of the money [...]

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Asked on Linked in, here is the compilation of my answers and Justin Townsley’s answer.
Venture capital institutions are easy to find through a Google search. Many Venture Capital firms today are really interested in providing later stage growth financing than the early stage rounds that the name would suggest. If it’s early stage, you’ll find recommendations in [...]

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We are excited to be a part of the coming Southeast Private Equity Conference (SPEC) (http://www.seprivateequity.org) in April.   There are many venture conferences that serve the companies that have Millions in revenue and are seeking large amounts of venture capital, but for many years there has been little support or focus on the early stage company [...]

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One of the most tragic things I ever hear about is when young companies, who hold such strong beliefs in their own potential and want desperately to believe investors will also catch the vision they cast for their business, will get sucked into the web of deceit cast by a decoy investor.   Unfortunately, for deceitful people, [...]

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Every entrepreneur has heard they need to have an “elevator pitch”.   So what is that?   What does that really mean?   Most entrepreneurs want to drone on for 30 minutes talking about their business opportunities almost in the hopes that a VC or group of investors will say…..”OK, OK…I give.   I’ll invest if you will just [...]

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I get this question quite often.   When we screen companies to present at the private equity investor forums we put on for the Network of Business Angels and Investors (NBAI.net), they complete a comprehensive application form and submit all the documents that they will provide to investors.    Business plans communicate different information than a private placement [...]

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Even though entrepreneurs aren’t known for thinking small, sometimes they fall short of their goal only because they don’t believe they can achieve or get access to something that really is within their reach.   Jill Hope, founder and visionary of Prosperity Studios, Inc, had one last thing standing in her way from being able to [...]

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It always amazes me when I receive an email from an entrepreneur who is seeking capital and their introductory email completely sabotages their effort and intention.   The two types of emails I receive that would surely cause a the “DEL” key being hit by an investor go something like this:
1….  I’m sending this to you because [...]

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