Mastering The Fundraising Game
Learn how to fundraise. Close the deal. Grow your business.
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Increase your chances of getting funded. Mastering The Fundraising Game is a comprehensive course that covers the core elements of raising capital. It introduces the fundamentals on how to prepare your pitch materials, fundraising strategy, attract investors, and close the deal. With this course you will have the tools to reduce your learning curve, develop a solid fundraising strategy unique for your business, and discover tips to optimize your effectiveness with prospective investors.
Why you need this course
- Competition is steep: over 500,000 new business launch each month in the US
- Over 65% of companies go out of business due to lack of funding
- Venture Capital firms invest in less than 1,000 new companies each year
- Fundraising has a number of best practices and most people get them all wrong
Course Curriculum
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StartDownload workbook for Session 2
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StartIntroduction to Session 2 (2:24)
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StartThe Funnel of Venture Capital Firms (3:14)
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StartThe Elevator Pitch (5:56)
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StartIntroduction to the Pitch Deck (7:41)
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StartAuthenticity and Linguistic During Presentations (1:56)
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StartHow To Put Together The Ultimate Pitch Deck (23:57)
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StartThe Slides That Matter The Most (2:06)
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StartThe 18 to 24 Month Plan (2:43)
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StartHomework (2:17)
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StartDownload workbook for Session 3
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StartIntroduction to Session 3 (1:04)
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StartThe Due Diligence (4:19)
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StartConvertible Notes vs. Safe Notes (3:41)
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StartEquity Rounds (9:36)
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StartSetting Up Due Diligence Folders (5:21)
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StartEmail Outreach & Templates for Investors (3:02)
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StartBiggest Mistakes When Fundraising (3:58)
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StartFundraising Tools To Increase Effectiveness (2:28)
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StartMoney is in The Bank. What‘s Next? (4:53)
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StartRecap & Things To Avoid (9:08)
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StartMaking The Investor Feel Privileged (2:06)
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StartGood Luck! (1:18)
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Your Instructor
Alejandro Cremades is the author of the best-selling book The Art of Startup Fundraising. Alejandro lead the vision and execution for Onevest as its Co-Founder and Executive Chairman. The Onevest ecosystem supported founders and investors in building successful ventures from formation to financing.
Over the course of the past years, Alejandro has helped as an ‘angel’ fund over 100 startups and has raised millions from angels and venture capital investors online and offline for his own ventures. In his current role he spends a lot of time teaching investors and entrepreneurs exactly what to look for in a ‘fundable’ startup, and how to structure investment opportunities to make them a win/win for everyone.
Alejandro guest lectures at NYU Stern School of Business and The Wharton Business School. Alejandro has been included in the Top 30 Under 30 lists of Vanity Fair, Entrepreneur Magazine, and GQ Magazine. Alejandro has also been involved with the JOBS Act since inception. He was invited to the White House and the US House of Representatives to provide his stands on the new regulatory changes.