My Top 5 Tips for Financing your Business, Start-up, or Idea

After years working on and successfully closing a number of multi-million dollar public company financings, I share some tips and insights on the process for start-up and emerging companies which have served me well over the years, including:

1. Are you Ready? Being Prepared.

2. Do you know your Worth?

3. Do you know your 'Target' Investors?

4. Do you have Experience on your Team?

5. Are you in the Right Space or Sector?

6. Do you Know how much you'll Need?

7. What is the Money being Used for? Use of Proceeds.

8. Why You? Why Now?

5 Tips for Financing Your Business Startup or Idea - Chad McMillan

Plus Some Bonus Insights on How to Close your Financing, Including:

9. The Lead Order.

10. Circling the Wagons; The If 'A' then 'B' Close.

11. No Wood.

12. Adapting with Feedback.

13. Doubling Back and Follow Up.

14. Collecting Cheques.

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Chad McMillan

Chad McMillan is a creative entrepreneur and strategic advisor focused on finding hidden potential in companies, ideas, markets and people, and advancing what they can become.

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