
The Cost of Raising Private Capital
He sat there in the front row with his arms crossed for 3 hours staring at me. With a scowl on his face, he wasn’t enjoying my presentation. At the end of…

Is It Time to Quit | You're Not Gonna Be Great Again
Your business is finished. You’ll never reclaim your past success or be like the greats…so give it up. Imagine being told this by a giant in your industry or…

Establish Your Pre-Game Routine
Many athletes have pre-game routines that are either product of habit, superstition or combination of both. You’ve seen Lebron James throw chalk into the air before…

Systems of Raising Capital
I visit the west coast every two months to meet with one of my business partners. I travel there more than I should, but when my loaner car is an Audi R8, I don’t…

Why the SEC Chairman May Help Your Raise Capital
The chairman of the SEC, Jay Clayton, wants to level the playing field for retirement savers by letting 401(k) plan participants and holders of individual retirement…

You Just Need More Accredited Investor Leads
3,955 days… That’s how many days it’s been since Tiger Woods last won a Major. 2005. That’s the last time Tiger wore the green jacket. Many did not expect…

Closing Cold Accredited Investors Leads
Sometimes old school works best when raising capital. My phone was ringing yet again from a client I just spoke with an hour earlier. “So what’s happened…

Give Accredited Investors What They Want
I get requests from companies daily to help them raise capital from Accredited Investors, but I end up turning most of them down because many are not marketable.…