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Videos

Feb. 2, 2012

Raising Capital Workshop and Network for Entrepreneurs & Investors

Raising Capital Workshop and Network for Entrepreneurs & Investors

Highlights from a "How to Pitch Investors" workshop and the Capital Community Celebration that followed where investors got a chance to hear the elevator pitch of multiple entrepreneurs in a fast pitch format.

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Aug. 6, 2011

workshop testimonial.mp4

workshop testimonial.mp4

entrepreneur testimonial about attending the workshop hosted by launchfn, conducted by karen rands

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Aug. 6, 2011

investor event testimony.mp4

investor event testimony.mp4

Investor Testimonial about the investor networking event hosted by launchfn

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Aug. 6, 2011

fastpitch testimonial.mp4

fastpitch testimonial.mp4

Testimonial by entrepreneur attending the fast pitch workshop and networking

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July 26, 2011

Understanding your Target Market as a BIG Dog

Understanding your Target Market as a BIG Dog

There are a few things universal to the emergence of BIG companies.... 1. Entrepreneurs have a passion and vision for what they are doing and believe that people and investors will come if they "build it". 2. They often don't know what they don't know. The group on Facebook http://facebook.com/BusinessInvestorGrow…

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May 19, 2011

CCCB: How do You "sell" Angel Investors?

CCCB: How do You "sell" Angel Investors?

Entrepreneurs of Startup and Early Stage companies struggle with the "closing" on the investor more than they do simply pitching investors. Pitching Business Angel Investors is the easy part. Closing is the Challenge. Attracting the early stage venture capital to actually come into your business is the difference between the…

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April 1, 2011

VTOD Finding & Cultivating Partnerships for your Small Business

VTOD Finding & Cultivating Partnerships for your Small Business

Karen Rands shares insight into how entrepreneurs of early stage companies can find and cultivate partnerships that will help move their business forward. Part of the Video Tip of the Day series where Karen answers the questions that come in from entrepreneurs or relays specific experience and activities that have…

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Feb. 7, 2011

When & How do Entrepreneurs Negotiate Terms with Angel Investors?

When & How do Entrepreneurs Negotiate Terms with Angel Investors?

Karen Rands shares insight and real life experiences gained from years of advising entrepreneurs on how to successfully raise early stage venture capital from private angel investors. In working on a daily basis with entrepreneurs and investors, she knows what it takes for business angel investors to make a "buying…

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Feb. 7, 2011

When should Entrepreneurs pay to pitch investors

When should Entrepreneurs pay to pitch investors

Karen Rands covers the controversial topic of when early stage and start up entrepreneurs should consider paying to pitch at an angel investor or venture capital conference. Many people think paying to pitch at an event is wrong, many times it is a waste of precious dollars for entrepreneurs. Karen…

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Feb. 7, 2011

When is a Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) required for raising angel investor capital?

When is a Private Placement Memorandum (PPM) required for raising angel investor capital?

Karen Rands shares here insight on when you need to use a formal legal document, the private placement memorandum, to raise capital from individual business angel investors as an early stage private company. Part of an ongoing series called the Video Tip of the Day VTOD where Karen answers the…

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Nov. 11, 2010

#VTOD Inventors going to market

#VTOD Inventors going to market

Inventors need to understand the different ways they can get their products into the market and reap the financial rewards of inventing something all together new. This video insight provided by Karen Rands will shed light on things inventors can do to bring their invention to market.

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