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Capital Underdogs are businesses that need capital or private investors (private equity) and havent been able to find it.

My blog at CaptialUnderdogs.com has plenty of valuable advice for businesses in this situation.

From reading and deciding upon hundreds of Capital Raising Applications I see Venture Funding as based around 7 stages …

1) Evaluating – Could the business raise capital
2) Preparing – Getting the business Investor Ready
3) Discovery – Finding information to support the capital raising
4) Building – Getting the story, events, credibility and lists straight
5) Telling – Spreading the story far and wide
6) Collecting – Receiving and distributing the money
7) Delivering – Fulfilling the promises made during fundraising

For the second stage “Preparing – Getting the business Investor Ready”

I’ve just written a blog post on the topic.

Enjoy!

Dharmesh Shah, Chief Technology Officer & Founder of HubSpot wrote a blog post where he reflected his experience to produce 9 Quick Tips Learned While Raising $33 Million In Venture Capital.

I thought I would take a slightly different approach and rewrite these relative to my experience at the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board. At ASSOB we are a step or two before Venture Capitalists get involved. Some do in some matters but it is mostly Private Equity investors.

You can read my post entry here.

Was “Australia Day” here yesterday and I got thinking about how so many ventures are dependant upon funding from friends, family and fans to get to the next level.

Many people say friends, family and fools.

Which got me thinking. How can someone with a business opportunity needing early stage funding from private equity or investors prepare themselves better. On my “Capital Underdog” Blog I added a new entry which I believe should be invaluable for someone seeking to raise funds from friends, family and fans.

Read it here!

I’ve just added a new post to my Capital Underdogs blog.

At ASSOB where I spend my working day I sit on both the Admissions Committee and the Listing Committee. Applications received for Capital Raising often need improvements and over the years I have broken the areas that need improvement in to  16 different areas.

All 16 are detailed here …