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Venture Capital & Picking vs. Poking
There is lots of partner tribalism in venture capital, but one worth noting is the schism between pickers and pokers.

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We've included some data on the best venture capital sites for women and minority investors.

Thirteen Tips For Entrepreneurs When Making Oral Presentations to Investors
Let’s say that as an entrepreneur you have decided you need to seek investors for your business venture and you now have the opportunity to make oral presentations to potential investors. In order to capitalize on your opportunity, you want to and need to make the most effective presentation possible. Here are 13 tips for making effective presentations to investors from my perspective as a business coach:

Meeting With The Venture Capitalist
Meetings with venture capitalists are also referred to as “the dog & pony show.” It provides the first opportunity for investors to meet the management of your company face to face and assess the people behind the business. You could have a brilliant business plan backed by poor management. This will only become apparent to the venture capitalist in the meeting.
Funding Resources
Many entrepreneurs only seek venture capitalists or angel investors for their new business projects. By doing that, they leave one valuable alternative on the table; namely, the opportunity to start or expand their business via a joint venture.
Startup Valuation: 3 Tips For Putting A Price On Your Company
When raising angel or venture capital, startup founders are often concerned with questions about the valuation of their company. Putting a value on an early stage company-- especially one with very little or no revenue and negative cash flow-- is difficult to do, since most traditional valuation methods do not work well for startups. In this article, we discuss how startup companies are valued by investors and how you should set a valuation range when dealing with seed, angel, or VC investors.

Venture Capital and Angel investors - Challenging to raise money outside of Canada
Both Venture Capital and Angel investors worldwide have been challenged to raise a significant amount of money because of the challenging times world-wide. In Canada, administrative hurdles like Section 116 makes tax treatment for United States investors a time consuming affair!

3 Key Factors For Raising Capital
Raising venture capital is hard. Statistics show that only 2 to 5% of startups successfully get their business plans funded by VCs. One of the main reasons startups are not able to raise capital is because they approach investors before they are really ready-- i.e., before they are "venture worthy." This article discusses three key factors that will help improve your chances of getting funded.

Building the Perfect Startup Team - It's More Than Employees and Founders
When investors evaluate a start-up company, they report about 25% of the final decision is based on the team. Even if external funding isn't in the start-up's future plans, it's a good idea to consider the criteria used by investors; they have seen many startups come and go. So what makes an effective team? How do you build one? The success of any venture hinges upon the strength of the team and this is never more true than a company at its beginning. And the team is not just the company's founders and employees.
Lesson #1: Does Your Business Have an SCA?
The first of 5 key lessons that every budding entrepreneur shoul learn. The five lessons are taken from Enterprise and Venture Capital: A Business Builders' and Investors' Handbook 5th Edition Allen & Unwin 2009 by Christopher Golis. The book is based on his 25 years as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist and his talk 5000 Business Plans, 50 deals, 25 Write-offs which he regularly gives to entrepreneurial workshops.
5 Reasons Why You Need To Build A Financial Model For Your Startup
To be successful, entrepreneurs and startup founders need to have a good handle on their business. The best way to do this is to build a financial model, which will give greater insight into your company. It will also make your startup more attractive to venture capital investors, lenders, or angel investors.

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