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How to Raise Startup Capital From Angel Investors: Part 4

How to Raise Startup Capital from Angel Investors

Here is part 4 on how to raise capital from angel investors.

Part 5

How to Raise Startup Capital From Angel Investors: Part 5

How to Raise Startup Capital from Angel Investors

Here is part 5 on how to raise capital from angel investors.

Part 6

How to Raise Startup Capital From Angel Investors: Part 6

How to Raise Startup Capital from Angel Investors

Here is the 6th and final part on how to raise capital from angel investors.

If you're struggling to get your business off the ground look into some creative financing methods that elite entrepreneurs have used when funding wasn't available.

Startup Funding: Chocolate Bonds

How to Finance a Company Creatively

No entrepreneur wants to admit that financing a company is a really tough challenge. This holds true for companies with multi-year operating histories as well as startups. After realizing this point back the 1980s, I started collecting examples of creative financing techniques. There's a solution for almost any situation and this is an example of one.

A chocolate company in the UK is raising capital by issuing bonds which pay the bearer in chocolates rather than in interest:

Holders of the £2,000 Chocolate Bond will receive six free Tasting Boxes a year worth £107.70 per year which is equivalent to a 5.38% return (6.72% gross return for a basic rate taxpayer) and those holding the £4,000 Chocolate Bond will receive 13 free Tasting Boxes – a full year’s supply! Worth £233.35 per year which is equivalent to a 5.83% return (7.29% gross return for a basic rate taxpayer). (source)

For more ideas on how to creatively finance companies go here.

8 Websites People Really Need to Stop Building

8 Websites People Need to Stop Building

If you run a website for startup financing you see a lot of startups over the course of a week. Every last one is convinced that it is doing something unique or that at the very least it is only the second company in the space. Meanwhile, it's the third company with the same basic idea that I have spoken to just that week.

This is why I got such a kick out of this:

8 Websites People Need to Stop Building

How to Raise Startup Capital: Lessons From Deal-makers

How to Raise Startup Capital: Lessons From Deal-makers

From working with entrepreneurs since 1986, I have noticed one glaring problem most have. Most have no idea how to sell their startup or deal to investors. Instead they just write a business plan and shotgun it out to everyone. Then after a few months, when no one has jumped on it, they start complaining that investors are "too stupid" to see how wonderful the investment opportunity really is.

What rookies fail to take into consideration are tangible economic incentives and psychology. Deal-makers, on the other hand, understand how to offer short-term economic incentives made all the stronger by appealing to psychological needs.

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How Deal-makers Raise Capital

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Raising Capital: 88 - The Narrow Road: A Brief Guide to the Getting of Money

88 - The Narrow Road: A Brief Guide to the Getting of Money by British billionaire Felix Dennis

Felix Dennis' long-awaited 88 - The Narrow Road: A Brief Guide to the Getting of Money is finally out.

There's no information on this new book on raising money on Amazon yet, but even if it's only half as good as his other business classic, it will be a worthwhile addition to any entrepreneur's library.

I am eagerly looking forward to reading this one. Felix Dennis is an inspirational figure in the Billionaire Strategies Course.

Get more information on 88 - The Narrow Road: A Brief Guide to the Getting of Money.

Free Seed Series Documents

Free Seed Series Documents

If you're looking for seed capital, you will need the right deal documentation.  You can find free samples of the seed capital documents here. These are Word Docs.

Series Seed Form COI 

Series Seed Form SPA 

Series Seed IRA 

Series Seed Term Sheet

How to Use Creative Financing to Start Your Business

Free Mini-Course in Creative Financing for Startup Entrepreneurs

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Champs are the ones who understand how entrepreneurial finance works. Chumps are those who sit around hoping that some kind stranger will give them money after reading their business plan. When it doesn't happen, they complain about investors being "too stupid." You can increase your chances of being successful in attracting capital down the road if you learn how savvy entrepreneurs are always moving their companies forward.

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Startup Junkies TV: Documentaries About Startups

Startup Junkies

Whether you're a startup rookie or a serial entrepreneur, you're going to enjoy this documentary series about what it takes to launch a startup successfully.

Watch Startup Junkies for free.