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Are you planning on starting or expanding a company and need business plan? Investors are likely to request a business plan.
I've helped 250+ clients raise over $3m through effective approach and creation of business plans.
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I don't think the best founders are normal people.
Normal people don't build generational companies
They're obsessive.
They're irrational.
They're never satisfied.
Most people would think there's something wrong with them.
Maybe there is.
Very few people have that.
Just met a founder raising a seed round for his Al startup
Me: "What does it do?"
Founder: "It uses Al."
Me: "To do what?"
Founder: "Leverage Al."
Investors are tired of decks where Al is the entire business.
A wrapper isn't a moat. A customer with a budget is.
What would you do differently if you had $500K to grow your startup?
Hire the team?
Build the product?
Enter new market?
Acquire customers?
The interesting part isn't the money.
It's what you can prove you'll do with it.
#startup
People overcomplicate fundraising.
If you're a founder:
Avoid:
- Talking to everyone
- Attending every event
- Pitching everywhere
Instead:
- Target relevant investors for your stage
- Pitch when the audience is right
Focus on this for seed. Better results.
Biggest MedTech founder mistake: pitching the wrong investors too early.
It’s not your startup, it’s the fit.
Idea stage: Friends/family, grants, angels & accelerators.
Later (traction + validation): Series A, CVCs & strategics.
Investor fit evolves. Stop spraying everyone.
Stop stalling your startup because you can’t find a technical cofounder.
Just go sell something
The best way to attract one isn’t a great idea, it’s a list of paying customers
In 2026, you don’t need code. Use no-code tools to prove demand
Go prove that people want to buy it.
She left Harvard at 19 to build her startup.
Raised her first round: $1M.
Yet she still admits missing “just being a student.”
The part no one tells you:
You don’t just leave school.
You leave comfort.
She chose courage over comfort.
That’s why investors backed her.
"Our product will revolutionize the industry!"
This claim is made in 9 out of 10 startup pitches.
But here's the truth:
Products evolve.
Markets shift.
Strategies pivot.
What remains constant?
You. The founder.
You're not just pitching a product. You're pitching yourself.
How to raise Pre-Seed/Seed in 2026:
- Research & validate your idea
- Build & launch your product
- Gather feedback & iterate
- Scale & show real growth
No traction above? Don’t waste time pitching.
VCs stopped funding experiments in 2025.
Now they only fund for expansion.
When I started creating pitch decks,
I thought design was everything.
"Make it prettier and investors will love it."
I was wrong.
The prettiest deck I ever made
raised $0.
The ugliest deck I ever made
raised $2.3M.
The difference?
Story → Proof → Clarity → THEN design.
A “stealth startup” just raised $5M.
No website. No pitch deck.
Just one sentence: “Ex-Google, building something big.”
Nothing gets funded faster than mystery + pedigree.
#founder #startups #venturecapital #privateequity #business
Something I love asking founders: When you meet an investor, what do you say first?
Most lead with: “We’re building [XYZ tech] for [XYZ customers]” + what makes it unique.
Better: What you do → traction + team immediately.
Hook with value/traction/team. Mechanics later.
The hardest money to raise isn’t $10M.
It’s the first $500K–$1M.
Why?
Because this stage sits in an awkward gap:
• Too big for friends & family
• Too small for most venture funds
• Too early for institutional diligence
It’s the no-man’s land of startup fundraising.