How to Raise Money as an Entrepreneur

Check out the new home for all things Valuetainment! - https://valuetainment.com How do you raise money? How do you find investors? How do you take your company from an idea to raising capital for it? Patrick covers these topics as well as the 10 questions to ask before raining money for your business. Don't forget to subscribe to Valuetainment http://bit.ly/2aPEwD4 Get the PDF here: https://valuetainment.com/how-to-rais... Are you registered for The Vault Conference at: https://thevaultconference.com/ 0:00 Introduction 0:25 Boot Strapping? Incubators? Accelerators? 0:56 QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE RAISING MONEY 1:03 WHERE ARE THESE INVESTORS? HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE 1:30 SHOULD YOU EVEN RAISE MONEY? 1:41 IF YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO RAISE MONEY. HOW WOULD YOU MAKE THIS BUSINESS IDEA WORK? 2:07 HOW WILL THE MONEY BE USED? 2:56 WHAT DOES AN IDEAL INVESTOR LOOK LIKE? 3:20 DO YOU WANT TO GO BIG OR HAVE CONTROL? 3:58 DO YOU WANT ACCOUNTABILITY? 4:35 HAVE YOU DONE ENOUGH RESEARCH ABOUT THE INDUSTRY? 5:44 HOW UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT IS YOUR IDEA? 6:24 BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS 6:29 HAVE YOU DONE THE MATH? WHAT IS THE VALUE OF YOUR COMPANY? 7:38 10. ARE YOU BUILDING TO SELL? 9:04 DIFFERENT WAYS TO RAISE MONEY 9:29 ROBS CROLLOVER FOR BUSINESS STARTUP 10:08 HELOC AND CREDIT CARDS 12:38 COMMUNITY PROGRAM -UP TO $250K 14:40 INCUBATORS AND ACCELERATORS 18:17 VENTURE DEBT/ VENTURE CAPITAL 19:50 MASSIVE 10X RETURNS 20:40 AN IDEA WITH KEY DIFFERENTIATORS 20:46 YOU'RE COMMITTING TO EXPONENTIAL GROWTH 20:56 LEADS 21:06 THROUGH YOUR MENTORS 21:52 ANGEL LIST 22:27 LOCAL UNIVERSITIES 22:47 4. SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH 22:52 HOW DO YOU APPROACH COLD ANGEL INVESTORS? 23:08 SEND A SHORT EMAIL 23:40 CONNECTION 23:47 WHO YOU ARE 24:31 PROMO/LINK 24:39 ASK TO MEET FOR 15 MINUTES 26:26 REFERRED BY SOMEBODY 27:07 PATIENTLY AGGRESSIVE Reach the Valuetainment team here: [email protected] Connect with Patrick Bet-David here: https://valuetainment.com/patrick-bet...