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You may have heard of financial modeling. You may even know it can be a helpful tool to grow your business. But what does this actually mean? In what ways is a financial model helpful? What are the tangible benefits a financial model can provide? Let’s take a CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) startup, for example. Here are four ways a CPG startup can benefit from a good financial model. Even if your company isn’t in the CPG industry, the benefits can still apply to you. Read on!
With a strong pitch deck as the difference between a funding lead and a funding dead end, it is worth an entrepreneur’s time and energy to create a compelling and accurate presentation. Here are our best tips for building the perfect pitch deck to win over investors, including an emphasis on the financials, which play a critical role in whether or not an investor moves forward. Investors are ultimately asking “is there an opportunity to make substantial money here?” and your financials help them answer that question more than any other aspect of your presentation.
Raising outside capital can be exciting for an entrepreneur who is ready to accelerate their business to the next stage. Much like exit planning, raising capital is a process best started early to give you time to get to know your potential investors and vice versa. In this post, we talk through how to identify your ideal investors, followed by some practical steps to winning them over as partners and how to make the most of the fundraising experience.
In the start-up world, it is nearly impossible not to be distracted by all the noise around Unicorns and feel pressure to match the pattern of always getting to the next round of funding. The venture capital mantras of “go faster”, “hockey stick growth”, “multiples upon multiples”, and “crush the competition” are a lot of pressure for founding teams. But what start-up founders need to know is that there is a different way to build a business where you take less capital, keep control and still get to a meaningful exit. Here are the key ingredients to make it happen.
