‘Boring' facilitates ‘Brave’.

#sme #startups #growtheconomy

6/5 - BONUS

6. Be prepared to negotiate terms: Understand valuation, equity, and investor expectations. Be fair and be realistic.

Anything else you would add?

#venturecapital #startups #tech #founders #vc #preseed

(5/5)

5. Target angel investors:
Seek individuals interested in early-stage ventures who align with your vision. Can’t stress enough how important it is to have these early investors be aligned in both values and vision. A platform like AngelList Raise could help with this

(4/5)

4. Create a compelling business plan:

Highlight your
- growth strategy,
- market opportunity, and
- financial projections.

Yes, even if in reality plans will adjust and figures will differ this is worth doing.

#venturecapital #startups #tech #founders #vc #preseed

(3/5)

3. Network actively:

Attend industry events, join startup communities, and seek introductions to potential investors.

Most cities have plenty of these to choose from. Find some and go explore. Get plugged in!

#venturecapital #startups #tech #founders #vc #preseed

(2/5)

2. Build a prototype: Develop a minimum viable product to demonstrate feasibility. Highly advise you to approach folks specialising in Product Dev to help with this stage.

#venturecapital #startups #tech #founders #vc #preseed

Here are some steps to increase your chances of securing pre-seed investment in your tech(-enabled) business:

1. Refine your pitch: Clearly articulate your product, market, and unique value proposition.

(1/5)

#venturecapital #startups #tech #founders #vc #preseed

Among top priorities for VC Ops in 2024: Develop a broad-support platform to provide Founders with holistic support focused on both founder wellbeing and performance.

Balderton Capital has done well in this regard.

#venturecapital #founders #startups

“Good investment partners and good business partners have aligned values. They are generous. The goal is that everyone in the deal prospers.” - Kim Kiyosaki

#investments #partnerships #values #alignment

Haven’t been active on here for a few years but love what I’ve been seeing particularly on #deeptech and #infrastructure threads.

Nobody knows the depth of your potential, except you. Don’t sell yourself short because others don’t recognise it in you.

Go all the way.

#faith #steady

I'm hiring a few Java Developers:

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#Java #Java Developers #FrontEndDeveloper #BackEndDevelopers #FullStackDevelopers

Africa is the guy who everyone treats juuust nice enough for him not to get aggro and realise what they all know - he could knock them all out.

Africa, it’s our time to lead.

#Africa #commerce #economicdevelopment #future #leading #entrepreneurs #founders #collaboration

FOUNDERS / ENTREPRENEURS

Don’t pursue making headlines. Pursue making progress.

I don’t mean to be prescriptive but I know someone needs to be set free from that trap today.

#entrepreneurship #founders #progress

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Read daily ☝️ #lifelongstudent

Lead Optimizers offers tremendous value to their clients through niche business lead generation. In this feature of #BrandAndBusiness we zoom in on one company that has managed this consistently.

Read more here:
spiralsm.com/brandbusiness-…

#BrandAndBusiness #LeadGeneration

If you look at a person and see a tool - I humbly suggest you avoid leadership roles.

#Leadership #Empathy #BusinessGrowth #PeopleFirst

Nice piece @JoubertBotha
#Entrepreneurs

joubert.substack.com/p/slope-of-enl…

Simplicity is underrated.

As far as you can, choose the simplest solution. Getting something done is more important than looking “sophisticated” while TRYING to get something done.

#Entrepreneurs #Leaders #innovation #impact