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How to Develop Your Fund Raising Strategy

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I raised money as an entrepreneur, like you, in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005 for two different companies. Executive Summary. Fund raising (as is much of life) is a sale – pure and simple. Three rules in sales: Why buy anything? This narrowing follows the three golden rules of sales: qualify, qualify, qualify.

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Stock Market Drops. Then It Rallies. What Happens Next for Funding?

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tl;dr summary. Companies raised too much money in 2005-08 and had high burn rates. If you want a comprehensive summary of the industry in this era it’s worth a read: VC Ice Age Part 1 – What Happens When a Market Comes to a Standstill? Summary version? And Social. VCs were very active in this period.

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