How to Raise Money as an Entrepreneur

0:00 Introduction
0:25 Boot Strapping? Incubators? Accelerators?
0:56 QUESTIONS TO ASK BEFORE RAISING MONEY
1:03 WHERE ARE THESE INVESTORS? HOW DO YOU COMMUNICATE
1:30 SHOULD YOU EVEN RAISE MONEY?
1:41 IF YOU WERE NOT ABLE TO RAISE MONEY. HOW WOULD YOU MAKE THIS BUSINESS IDEA WORK?
2:07 HOW WILL THE MONEY BE USED?
2:56 WHAT DOES AN IDEAL INVESTOR LOOK LIKE?
3:20 DO YOU WANT TO GO BIG OR HAVE CONTROL?
3:58 DO YOU WANT ACCOUNTABILITY?
4:35 HAVE YOU DONE ENOUGH RESEARCH ABOUT THE INDUSTRY?
5:44 HOW UNIQUE AND DIFFERENT IS YOUR IDEA?
6:24 BUSINESS PROFESSIONALS
6:29 HAVE YOU DONE THE MATH? WHAT IS THE VALUE OF YOUR COMPANY?
7:38 10. ARE YOU BUILDING TO SELL?
9:04 DIFFERENT WAYS TO RAISE MONEY
9:29 ROBS CROLLOVER FOR BUSINESS STARTUP
10:08 HELOC AND CREDIT CARDS
12:38 COMMUNITY PROGRAM -UP TO $250K
14:40 INCUBATORS AND ACCELERATORS
18:17 VENTURE DEBT/ VENTURE CAPITAL
19:50 MASSIVE 10X RETURNS
20:40 AN IDEA WITH KEY DIFFERENTIATORS
20:46 YOU'RE COMMITTING TO EXPONENTIAL GROWTH
20:56 LEADS
21:06 THROUGH YOUR MENTORS
21:52 ANGEL LIST
22:27 LOCAL UNIVERSITIES
22:47 4. SOCIAL MEDIA OUTREACH
22:52 HOW DO YOU APPROACH COLD ANGEL INVESTORS?
23:08 SEND A SHORT EMAIL
23:40 CONNECTION
23:47 WHO YOU ARE
24:31 PROMO/LINK
24:39 ASK TO MEET FOR 15 MINUTES
26:26 REFERRED BY SOMEBODY
27:07 PATIENTLY AGGRESSIVE

[HugoBergmann-lund]

I admire your dedication to educating your audience. We all aim for financial stability and a better life. Achieving this is possible through wise investments, frugal living, and careful budgeting. I'm grateful that I learned the importance of working hard for financial freedom at a young age.

[Leahwilliamson]

As a newbie, about to invest you most have four things in mind.
1 have long time mindset
2 be willing to take risk
3 be careful on Money usage, if you are not spending to earn back then stop spending
4 never claimed to know -Ask question, it's the best you work with a financial advisor.. like Martinez Amend, he is good on what he knows how to do best.

[chavycash]

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[zwcdpeu]

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[lucoliver]

+Valuetainment:

Put all my savings in back in 2011. Invested 100% in knowledge.
Been boot strapping since spring 2012. FFWD today, i'm raising funds through warm outlets. The goal: present my idea to cold outlets in 2019. Good luck to all entrepreneurs!

Going in! From Montreal, Qc Canada!

[larryappelbaum]

I have done several startups and wished I had this video 15 years ago! It would have saved me so much headache. Great job Pat!

[FetchTheGoodness]

This was fabulous. Thank you Patrick. So much greatness here as far as information, revelations and your energy. You’ve obviously been doing this for a while.

[jakesynapse]

I took notes while watching this!
10 Questions to Ask Before Raising Money:
1) Should you even raise money today?
2) If you can't raise money what would you make the business work?
3) How will the money be used?
4) What does an ideal investor look like?
5) Do you want to go big, or keep control?
6) Do you want accountability?
7) Have you done enough research about the industry?
8) How unique and different is your idea?
9) Have you done the Math? What is the value of your company?
10) Are you building to sell?

6 Different Ways to Raise Money
1) Boot Strap (personal money)
2) Traditional Bank Loan (SBA)
3) Crowd Funding
4) Incubators and Accelerators
5) Angel Investor (Wealthy Individual)
6) Venture Capitalist (Tend to be $Millions +)
- Want returns 3 -7 years
- Want large returns
- Want Coach-able CEO
- Want Strong Team
- Want Key idea differentiator

(Goes on from 20:10 on how to go about finding/approaching)

If you like this check out the PDF he provided in the description!

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Patrick is back! Thanks so much for uploading this valuable content.

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[pushrod]

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[Kene_knz]

Valuetainment has always stood out for me for lessons on entrepreneurship. Patrick and his team are doing a great job. Keep it up guys. I look forward to these videos because they are really helpful.
Thank you Pat for coming back with Valuetainment.

[brotherschannel]

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[matthewdixon]

Pat, I love your videos. I recently discovered you on my own journey to self-improvement. I can't stop watching and learning from you, and I can't wait to put my knowledge to good use. I like your philanthropist attitude towards the end there about unemployment. Have a good day and keep up the work your doing.

[motlogeloaartmatsho]

Thank you Pat... I am at that phase and not only has this helped me answer all the questions, but it has also helped me identify certain blind spots that I had been overlooking.

[ZoHaiBZoBiofficial]

Amazing. I have been working on my startup and now was confused about how to introduce my startup and how to raise money. Patrick explained it all in the most simple words.

[RahulSam]

The Timing! You released this video as I am deciding to expand my start-up and find some investors. Now I have to reconsider some things. Thanks, Pat. Good luck Valuetainers. Make the dreams a reality.

[chrischester]

I've been binge watching your videos all week... thanks for the great content!

[NjofieWilson]

The best ever video I have watched on how to raise money for my business. Thank you very much sir Patrick. I like your passion in the way you teach.

[alipourhashem]

I am very proud of you, I found out about you recently, I wish I had found you long time ago.
As persian Canadian, I really admire your willingness to make difference in
Our people's lives.
God bless you my brother.
Thanks again