Education
Florida State University
Bachelor’s Degree, Philosophy -Work Experience
Funding Quest, LLC
Current
Funding Quest, LLC
Minimum Fundable Company® Test
Current
Minimum Fundable Company® Test
The New Royal Bluff Orchards
Current
The New Royal Bluff Orchards
Lisi Global, Inc.
Current
Lisi Global, Inc.
Earth View, Inc.
Current
Earth View, Inc.
Keiretsu Forum
Current
Keiretsu Forum
Business Plans Northwest
Current
Business Plans Northwest
Formerly Zino Society
2009-05-01 - 2013-12-01
Formerly Zino Society
Whidbey Institute
2007-01-01 - 2010-01-01
Whidbey Institute
Big Garden Ventures
2000-01-01 - 2001-01-01
Big Garden Ventures
Skills
Summary
If you’re a STARTUP FOUNDER raising investor funding for the first time, you may find it daunting to figure out exactly what steps to take. You’re facing numerous financial, legal, and business decisions that can make or break your startup dreams. Trying to learn the ropes on your own can be tedious and time-consuming, and can leave you with significant gaps in critical knowledge. But you don’t have to go it alone. If you want to accelerate your path to funding—and avoid hidden pitfalls and costly mistakes in the process—then you might be ready for my Coaching Services. When I began working with startups more than two decades ago, it took me several years of networking and study to get grounded in the basics of how to raise funding. Since then, I have connected with numerous angel investors, worked with hundreds of startup founders, heard well over a thousand investor pitches, and have helped my clients raise more than $100 million in funding. I’ve coached companies in a wide variety of sectors, including digital technology, consumer-packaged goods, medical devices, agriculture, and many more. What do you get when you work we me? Increased confidence that you are taking the right steps to get funded. As your Startup Funding Coach, I will guide you through this process: STEP 1. BUILD A FUNDABLE COMPANY. I will help you assess the key elements of fundability that investors look for. Together we’ll strategize the most expedient ways to address weaknesses or shortcomings in your business plan. STEP 2. PREPARE YOUR MATERIALS. I will guide you in the creation of necessary documents, including your pitch deck, financials, and one-page summary. I can connect you with the right attorneys to produce the proper funding documents. Plus … there is a boatload of other content about all aspects of your business & team that I’ll show you how to organize in a due diligence data room for investors to inspect. STEP 3. PITCH TO INVESTORS. Together we’ll develop a funding strategy to reach your target investors. I will coach you in the outreach and pitching process, and I’ll share tactics on the most effective ways to communicate with investors. Also, if you need help staying on track and accomplishing tasks, I can provide a simple accountability framework to support your progress toward funding. My goal is to help you get funded faster so that you can continue to build on your dreams and bring some good into the world! Visit www.funding-quest.com for complete details about my Coaching Services.