It's tough to get a venture funded. If you're building a lifestyle business, it's way tougher.
Merom Klein
Business psychology, innovation leadership and human capital expert > Get your very best innovations funded, adopted + executed to deliver the impact that your champions have promised -by building a culture of courage
Naive angels may back your venture based on your charm, your reputation, past exits or an affinity for the social impact you'll achieve. But smart investors look for more. They want to see the path to an outsize ROI - for themselves and the limited partners who've trusted them with capital. They understand that your product can only create the potential for profit - and that it's the adoption and following you attract that will multiply their ROI and actualize that potential.
Join us on the 11th March, 12-1pm EST for an exclusive Executive Roundtable Hour about the courage it takes for investors to put their capital and their reputations on the line as champions of your venture. And the 5 leadership secrets you can apply, to build their courage. Register to join us at 12-1pm EST (09:00 PST, 18:00 Israel).
Lots of CEOs and founding teams think they're more investor-ready than they actually are. They get meetings, win awards and clear due diligence hurdles, but have a hard time getting funded. They get offended to hear that they're pitching a lifestyle business, rather than a vehicle for investors to grow their wealth, their impact and reputations. They talk about the freedom they sought leaving a corporate role and starting their own company and the control they want to maintain over the direction and personality of the company. Their plans show a pathway to operating profit, to a next raise at a higher valuation or to IPO - and seem unaware that plans like these may not deliver a return to investors. Or they talk about their last pinnacle of success, rather than showing how they'll learn and grow in this venture and in today's tougher and more competitive business environment.
If you're seeking an investor, you're looking for more than money. You're looking for a partner to share the risk and reward. If you're seeking an investor, you're seeking a partner who likely has more than a personal fortune, but a network of highly influential well connected associates who can be helpful as champions of your venture. Join us on the 11th March to learn about the 5 leadership secrets that will solidify that partnership - and bring you capital along with the partnership you cultivate.
Dr Louise Yochee Klein and Dr Merom Klein are innovation leadership experts who wrote the book about the 5 leadership secrets that convert interested observers and onlookers into champions who commit their capital and reputations backing your venture. They'll present the 5 leadership secrets - and how you can put them to work - at this 11th March Executive Roundtable. Use this link to learn more and register >