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4 Keys To A Successful Integrity Check With Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone.

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How To Prepare Your New Venture For Investor Scrutiny

Startup Professionals Musings

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone.

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A Startup’s Net Profit Score Is More Important Than Its Net Promoter Score

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Created by consultants to generate additional fees, such scores attempt to rate a company’s overall customer satisfaction. The higher your company’s NPS, allegedly the higher your customer satisfaction. Yes” responses are prime candidates for future references. " Answers are based on a scale of 0 – 10. Shots On Goal.

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A Startup’s Net Profit Score Is More Important Than Its Net Promoter Score

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Created by consultants to generate additional fees, such scores attempt to rate a company’s overall customer satisfaction. The higher your company’s NPS, allegedly the higher your customer satisfaction. Yes” responses are prime candidates for future references. " Answers are based on a scale of 0 – 10. Shots On Goal.

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How Smart Startups Survive Investor Due Diligence

Startup Professionals Musings

The Founder needs to remember that meetings up to this point have been primarily off-site, with staged demos, and managed personally by the CEO or a small team. That might start with the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone.

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5 Steps To Reduce Due Diligence Investment Failures

Startup Professionals Musings

Trying to stack the deck probably won’t work, but some effort makes sense, since I have personally seen more than one deal fall apart due to key team members being totally out of sync. This meeting should include the CEO giving the investor pitch to the whole organization, and distributing the current business plan document to everyone.

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Are You an Entrepreneur?

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Pop Quiz: Who was this person and what did they ultimately do with the cards dealt them? One or both of your parents may have the personality of an entrepreneur, but if their parents were struggling entrepreneurs who put in long¬-hours and netted meager returns, then your parents may have rejected their latent entrepreneurial tendencies.