Fundraising Bootcamp: Raise Angel and Venture Capital faster

Fundraising Bootcamp: Raise Angel and Venture Capital faster, available at $24.99, has an average rating of 4.4, with 55 lectures, based on 48 reviews, and has 1472 subscribers.

You will learn about Learn the art and science behind fundraising Gain a set of tools to be able to dynamically present yourself and your business Learn the terms, thought process and motivations behind common VC decisions This course is ideal for individuals who are Entrepreneurs looking to scale their business or Anyone with an idea and the determination to start their own business or Entrepreneurs intending to or already raising large Angel rounds or VC It is particularly useful for Entrepreneurs looking to scale their business or Anyone with an idea and the determination to start their own business or Entrepreneurs intending to or already raising large Angel rounds or VC.

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Summary

Title: Fundraising Bootcamp: Raise Angel and Venture Capital faster

Price: $24.99

Average Rating: 4.4

Number of Lectures: 55

Number of Published Lectures: 54

Number of Curriculum Items: 55

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 54

Original Price: $24.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

Learn the art and science behind fundraising
Gain a set of tools to be able to dynamically present yourself and your business
Learn the terms, thought process and motivations behind common VC decisions

Who Should Attend

Entrepreneurs looking to scale their business
Anyone with an idea and the determination to start their own business
Entrepreneurs intending to or already raising large Angel rounds or VC

Target Audiences

Entrepreneurs looking to scale their business
Anyone with an idea and the determination to start their own business
Entrepreneurs intending to or already raising large Angel rounds or VC

This course was created by experienced fundraiser Julia Pimsleur (CEO of Little Pim and Founder of Double Digit Academy) to help entrepreneurs raise Angel and Venture Capital (VC). The owner of one of the few women-run Venture Capital-backed companies in the U.S., Julia teaches how to effectively raise Angel and Venture Capital with her first-hand experience, moxie and enthusiasm.

Learn from Julia!

Part 1:

Structured around three live presentations by Julia given to a room of entrepreneurs, students will learn what kinds of deck, pitch, investor language and financials will drastically increase their chances of success, as well as how and at what point to approach Angels and VCs.

Part 2: Top Tier Public Speaking Coach

In addition to learning from Julia, you will get valuable pitching tips from acclaimed public speaking coach, Bill Smartt. His engaging presentation demonstrates why Bill is known in New York and San Francisco as one of the most effective communication coaches practicing today. He’s led workshops at Spotify, Facebook, Foursquare, Time Warner, American Express, Credit Suisse, and a host of Fortune 500 companies. He regularly provides customized individual coaching to business leaders in the fields of finance, advertising and technology. And he is active in the U.S. startup scene as a regular instructor at General Assembly, Brooklyn Brainery and other entrepreneurial campuses around the country.

Part 3:

Learn to speak VC with VC Guest Speaker Mark Peter Davis, who compellingly breaks down the nuts and bolts of the VC and entrepreneur relationship, terminology, and the often unspoken etiquette that exists. With welcome candor and clarity, he tackles frequent and often complicated questions facing entrepreneurs from the perspective of a veteran serial investor. Mark is the Founder of Interplay Ventures, a co-founder of DevSpark, Founder Shield, Nomad Financial, TwentyPine, Venwise and a Venture Partner at High Peaks Venture Partners. Mark received his BA in Economics and History from Duke University and his MBA in Venture Finance from Columbia University.

He is the author of The Fundraising Rules, an essential book included on this course's Recommend Reading List. His highly-influential blog, mpd.me, has been featured in Business Insider, which listed him as one of the 100 Most Influential Digital NYers. His blog has been syndicated or cited on Inc.com, Mashable, Business Insider, OPENForum, AlwaysOn, PEHub, ReadWriteWeb, The Wall Street Journal and others.

You will do exercises personalized to your business in this course. The first will help you identify resources you have and how to make the best use of them. The second will help you research the fundraising landscape and the third is an Action Plan so you can get started right away on raising funds.

The majority of the documents available in the Additional Materials section are actual documents used during a high-dollar investment including: a Due Diligence List, Sample Lawyer Email, and a Term sheet.

Further. Faster. Funded. will increase your chances of successful fundraising, improve your presentation skills and save you months and months of research. Learn from experienced professionals and get further, faster, and get funded.

Fortes Fortuna Juvat! (Fortune Favors the Brave)

About Julia:

Dynamic and high-energy, Julia is the founder and CEO of Little Pim, the leading language teaching series for young children and the Double Digit Academy, an “off line” fundraising bootcamp for women entrepreneurs in New York City. Julia's Further. Faster. Funded. can help you break through barriers, have the right language for your investors and get funded faster.

A former filmmaker with no formal finance background, Julia herself faced a steep learning curve. With just $30K in seed money, she turned her idea into the Little Pim series, which has gone on to garner 25 awards and become a multi-million dollar business. Little Pim products can be found in Toys ‘R’ Us, on iTunes, on Leapfrog tablets, and on smartphones and tablets the world over.

Julia has been featured on The TODAY Show, Fox News, Business Week, and NBC Weekend Today. Julia is also a regular blogger for the Entrepreneur section of Forbes.com.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Gearing Up

Lecture 1: Overview

Lecture 2: Sprint or Marathon?

Lecture 3: My Path to Raising Capital

Lecture 4: Finding your Investor

Lecture 5: Challenges for Women Raising Capital

Lecture 6: Getting Ready to Raise

Chapter 2: Hitting Your Stride

Lecture 1: Intentional Networking

Lecture 2: Don't Run Solo

Lecture 3: Pushing Yourself to the Next Level

Lecture 4: Having the Right Stuff

Lecture 5: Coachability

Lecture 6: Creating Time to Fundraise

Lecture 7: Financial Models

Lecture 8: Exercise 1: Introduction

Lecture 9: Exercise 1: Telling Your Story

Chapter 3: Acing the Pitch with Bill Smartt

Lecture 1: "Making an Entrance"

Lecture 2: "Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking"

Lecture 3: "Delivery Matters"

Lecture 4: "Making a Big Impression"

Lecture 5: "Prepared Not Perfect"

Lecture 6: "Engage Your Audience"

Lecture 7: "Practice Matters!"

Lecture 8: Lecture Recap

Chapter 4: Q&A with VC Speaker Mark Peter Davis

Lecture 1: "How Do I Determine Valuation?"

Lecture 2: "What makes a company stand out?"

Lecture 3: "How do I find potential investors?"

Lecture 4: "How do you know when you're talking to the right person at the fund?"

Lecture 5: "Should you meet investors before you are ready to raise?"

Lecture 6: "What kinds of businesses are most attractive for VCs?"

Lecture 7: "How to create a VC-friendly operating model"

Lecture 8: "How does a company figure out their addressable market?"

Lecture 9: "How acceptable is it to outsource non-core functions?"

Lecture 10: "CFO Lessons Learned" -Julia

Lecture 11: "What are the modes of outsourcing?"

Lecture 12: "Lessons Learned"

Lecture 13: "How do I generate a compelling interest in my company?"

Lecture 14: "Convertible Note" – Explained

Chapter 5: Crossing the Finish Line

Lecture 1: The VC Landscape

Lecture 2: Exercise 2: VC Landscape

Lecture 3: Negotiation Tips

Lecture 4: Term Sheet Negotiation

Lecture 5: Determining the Valuation

Lecture 6: Amount to Raise

Lecture 7: Pre-Revenue to Revenue

Lecture 8: Q&A

Lecture 9: Recap

Lecture 10: Exercise 3: Action Plan

Chapter 6: Additional Materials

Lecture 1: Recommended Reading

Lecture 2: Speaking Tips

Lecture 3: Recommended Speaking Video by David Rose

Lecture 4: Due Dilligence Partial List

Lecture 5: Sample Lawyer Email

Lecture 6: Sample Term Sheet

Lecture 7: Action Plan Sheet

Instructors

Julia Pimsleur
Scaling coach Million Dollar Women

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4 stars: 11 votes
5 stars: 29 votes

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