Raising Capital for Your Business
What you'll learn
- structure their business or project to attract investment money
Requirements
- Students are expected to own a business
- or be starting a business with a specific goal in mind
- Students should have a decent word processing program and a basic knowledge of excel
Description
Welcome to private money prep school where you will learn the secrets of successfully raising private money for you business or real estate deal.
My name is Professor Richard Odessey, and I'll be leading you through the course. I am an entrepreneur that started my own business and successfully raised capital and I am also an investor in businesses and real estate. So, I've been where you are and I've been where your investors are.
When it came to funding my deals, I had a very expensive education in the school of hard knocks, before I figured out the secrets of raising capital from private investors.
Over the course of the last few years I've worked on over 100 private money deals. And now, I help business owners in a wide variety of industries from renewable energy to real estate to raise the capital they need. And I know I can help you too.
I've designed this course specifically for business owners, real estate entrepreneurs, and those wishing to start a business, and need capital to reach their goals.
At the end of this course you will understand the little known secrets of how private money works, and you will be able to structure your funding by offering private investors what they want, provide the information that will get their attention, and avoid the pitfalls that will turn them away.
I will walk you through this process step by step. And through the tools and checklists you will be provided in the course, you will be able to create a blueprint for raising private money that is specific to your particular business or project.
I look forward to seeing you in class and working with you to get the financing you need.
Who this course is for:
- Entrepreneurs who want to start a business and business owners that want to grow their business or take it to the next level.
- Any Entrepreneur who wants to minimize the financial risk of their business plan.
Instructor
- 4.6 Instructor Rating
- 87 Reviews
- 550 Students
- 1 Course
Dr. Richard Odessey, Owner & CEO of HomeFriend Properties, Inc., has a diverse educational, financial and real estate background.
After graduating from MIT, Richard obtained his Ph.D. at Harvard, and had an illustrious career as a Professor of Physiology at University of Virginia and LSC Medical Center, publishing over 35 original manuscripts and books.
He then used his scientific skills in the exploding biotech industry where his research resulted in the awarding of 3 patents, and he later went on to help raise capital for and helped found a biotech company.
During his work in the biotechnology industry, Richard moved from research and development to exploring clinical applications.He became a Senior Project Manager and managed Clinical Trials for several major pharmaceutical companies.
At heart, Dr. Odessey is an entrepreneur, and was drawn to investing in real estate.For the past 15 years, Dr. Odessey has work in almost every type of real estate deal including:
Foreclosures and Bankruptcies
Extensive Renovations and Modernization Techniques
Multi-family
Property Leasing and Lease Options
Private Financing of Real Estate and Start up Ventures
He has also been sharing his entrepreneurial knowledge by founding his own company HomeFriend Properties Inc. whose mission is to teach entrepreneurs how to successfully invest in real estate, market and raise capital for their deals.
In course of developing his company, Richard has become an accomplished internet marketing and has over 20,000 subscribers to his websites, and InvestorWealthNetwork.com.Dr. Odessey, is known and respected throughout the industry, and even some of the gurus have studied his methods.
Currently Richard has established a consulting service that excels in setting up deals between private investment sources and real estate and business entrepreneurs.His consulting expertise focuses on primarily:
1)Sourcing both equity investments and loans for commercial real estate entrepreneurs purchasing property
2)Sourcing buyers for commercial property such as hotels.
3)Sourcing product for commercial real estate investment groups (including residential REO's)
4)Sourcing investors for gold mining, energy, and communications ventures, and expansion of cash-flowing businesses
5)Coaching entrepreneurs on raising private money