Some interesting links we found across the web this week:
Long-Term Success Starts With Managing Your
Startup's Runway
This week's post is all about fundraising. Managing your
startup's money can be just as difficult as raising it in the
first place, but it's an essential part of respecting your
investors' faith in your team. Check out these simple tips on
the subject from a fellow founder.
The "Maximize Profits" Trap in
Decision Making
Speaking of investor relations, you might think your top legal duty
as a founder is to generate profit as quickly as you can, but
that's not quite the whole story. Focus yourself on what's
really "best" for the company with this short and sweet
link from the Harvard Business Review.
4 Keys To Accurately Forecast Your Startup
& Avoid Embarrassment
Many VCs won't even look at your financial forecasts when
deciding whether to invest (they'd rather believe in your team
and product than your numbers), but find that quantitative-minded
founders try such projections anyway. If you're one of them,
this piece is definitely worth a save.
How We Decide Which Founders We Will
Provide Follow On Funding For
And once you've hooked an investor, oftentimes you'll want
that investor back at the negotiating table in your next round of
financing. Great thoughts and global perspective on that calculus
from an angel investor in India.
Crowdfunding May Be The Best Way To Fund
Your Green Tech Company Post-Brexit
Equity crowdfunding is still in its infancy and fraught with
regulatory difficulties that may make it more trouble than it's
worth. But in a down year for clean tech startups seeking
traditional VC investment, crowdfunding could become a wellspring
of social entrepreneurship.
Links compiled by Jared Brenner.
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