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Three Classic Financing Mistakes Securing financing for your business means taking risks and making mistakes Growth strategies are often fraught with mistakes and misfires Preparing For A Successful Launch When sending a new product or service out into the world, a flashy launch party won't do the trick Here's how to spend your marketing budget wisely Your public launch of a product or service should be designed to raise the profile of your company Make Your Financing Pitch Sizzle How you pitch your company determines whether you get the right partners, favorable financing terms, super executives, and best shot at success If you're a South Park fan, you'll remember the episode called the "Underpants Gnomes," in which gnomes have built a business based on stealing underpants from the residents of South Park Cutting The Fluff Out Of Board Reporting How to increase your influence and effectively manage your board of directors—so it doesn't manage you If knowledge equals power, what does information equal Influence Think Like A Financier As an entrepreneur you know that laser-like focus is what it takes to create something from nothing Your relentless persistence often turns a "no" into a "maybe" and a "maybe" into a "yes How To Boost The Value Of Your Business All too often banks, potential investors, and creditors will determine a company's value based on financial statements This is a mistake Funding Sources - Options To Raise Capital For Your Business Access to funding when you need it is essential to both emerging and established businesses So where can you find it Course Correcting For Growth Expanding a company is a process requiring constant change One key quality for a leader is the ability to get back on track when something has gone awry Sure, competency, reliability, professionalism, a positive attitude, and respect for others are the qualities that will get you into the leadership game Show Me The Money, Part II In the second of a two-part series, the author explains how to fund your business from within, via customers, consulting, and cost control Sometimes it's best to bootstrap before seeking a structured financing round with outside sources Tackle Your Stumbling Block When I was 29 years old, I started an information technology consulting firm Our goal was to persuade Fortune 1000 companies to hire us to convert their information systems to Microsoft Windows The Seven Most Common Financing Mistakes As a serial entrepreneur and a former venture capitalist and angel investor, I've been on both sides of the table during a lot of financing pitches, and I've seen entrepreneurs make the following seven mistakes over and over Don't shoot yourself in the foot by repeating them—getting financing is hard enough as it is

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