Are you ready to raise?

You may think you’re ready to raise money because you’ve got a business plan or a pitch deck.  But this isn’t all you need.

You’ve got to have the basics

You can’t raise without a pitch-deck, business plan, financial model, effective documents to receive funds and a due diligence data room for a select few who want to know more about your deal.  The same is true if you are crowdfunding or seeking Angel investment.

Traction Adds Enormous Value

If you’re at concept stage, you’ve got to demonstrate traction…

Prototype stage, traction.

Seed stage, traction.

Growth stage, traction.

Traction, traction, traction!

Build Traction Before Raising

If you build traction ahead of raising then you will add enormous value to your venture regardless of stage.

Traction for concepts might be a growing facebook community that’s co-creating your idea.

Traction for prototype stage might be pre-orders from a rewards crowdfunding campaign.

Traction for a seed stage might be a potential customers that you need funding to convert.

Traction for the growth stage may be marketing partnerships with associated crowds also focused on your target market.

Traction, Traction, Traction!