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6 Ways to Get Your Business "Investor Ready"

Hubspot Sales

Now it's time to find investors to get it off the ground. Whether you're funding a side gig or the next big startup , you can find the right investors to help your business scale. Here, we'll discuss where to find investors and six strategies to get your business "investor ready.". Here are a few types of investors: 1.

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30 Commonly-Used Startup Terms Defined

Hubspot Sales

From finding investors to launching your company to taking the business public, there are hundreds of startup-specific terms to account for. Angel Investor. An angel investor is someone who gives the first funding to a startup. Doing so will allow the founder to transfer ownership and make money to pay back investors.

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10 Principles of Cost Transformation

Flevy

Activist shareholders are investors in a company (usually hedge funds) that demand drastic changes to how business is conducted in organizations. Activist investors routinely expect management teams to reduce costs drastically over a relatively short period of time.

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Strategic Priorities Identification and Analysis

Flevy

Listed companies share their strategic objectives for investors’ and public consumption. Investor Relations page of respective organizations’ websites. To understand an organization’s prioritized actions to implement Strategy, MIT Sloan study employed 5 critical filters to assess the viability of strategic objectives.

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Advocating for Impact: Building a Case for Strategic Initiatives

AchieveIt

Mark emphasizes the importance of prioritizing intrinsic motivation, curiosity, and problem-solving skills over traditional resume credentials. Treating Leadership Like Venture Capitalists One of the most effective ways to gain buy-in for strategic initiatives is to approach leadership as if they were investors.

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A CEO’s Guide to Growth Readiness

SBI Growth

This year, you’ll likely answer to a board or major equity investor about it. An SPB identifies gaps in sales execution and prioritizes remedies. This year, you’ll likely answer to a board or major equity investor about it. As the CEO, you have a company growth objective. It could be customers, margin, or top line revenue.

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3 Lessons from A Founder of 2 Million-Dollar Companies

Hubspot Sales

Finding the investor-founder fit is also key. Early SUMA investors didn’t include POC or women-led VCs, and it was harder for Beatriz to explain certain cultural and community aspects of the company. So in the latest round, her team prioritized Latino new fund managers, women and POC-led VCs, and impact funds.

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