Raising Venture Capital - Everything Entrepreneurs Must Know
What you'll learn
- Learn the best strategies for raising venture capital.
- Learn how to create competition between investors.
- Learn what investors are looking for in a startup.
- Learn what to say to investors.
- Learn what mistakes entrepreneurs make.
- Learn how to estimate your company's valuation.
- Learn how to use fear and greed to your advantage.
- Learn how to close the deal and make investors hand over the money.
Requirements
- None
Description
Steve Hoffman, one of Silicon Valley's most influential thinkers and authors, gives you first-hand knowledge on how the top entrepreneurs in the world raise venture capital and close deals.
Learn the best strategies for raising venture capital.
Learn how to create competition between investors.
Learn what investors are looking for in a startup.
Learn what to say to investors.
Learn what mistakes entrepreneurs make.
Learn how to estimate your company's valuation.
Learn how to use fear and greed to your advantage.
Learn how to close the deal.
Hoffman is author of the books Make Elephants Fly published by Hachette, Surviving a Startup by HarperCollins, and The Five Forces that Change Everything by BenBella.
This course is divided into three sections:
The Ten Commandments of Raising Venture Capital
Hunting Unicorns
The Secrets of Venture Capital
By the time you're done, you'll have an in-depth understanding of everything you need to know to raise money for your company and close the deal.
Who this course is for:
- Entrepreneurs
Course content
- Preview07:45
- 05:50How do you sell the future?
- 12:03How do you estimate your company's valuation?
- 04:34What do you need to know about your competitors?
- 07:13How do you gather the data investors need?
- 04:57What should you ask for in addition to money?
- 06:27How do you make your presentation memorable?
- 07:25How can you create competition between investors?
- 03:12How can you use fear and greed to your advantage?
- 04:48How many times should you meet with an investor before walking away?
- 04:21Is venture capital really the best option for your company?
Instructor
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- 31 Students
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Steve Hoffman, or Captain Hoff as he’s called in Silicon Valley, is the Chairman & CEO of Founders Space, one of the world’s leading incubators and accelerators. He’s also an angel investor, limited partner at August Capital, serial entrepreneur, and author of several award-winning books. These include Make Elephants Fly published by Hachette, Surviving a Startup by HarperCollins, and The Five Forces that Change Everything by BenBella.
Hoffman was founder and Chairman of the Producers Guild Silicon Valley Chapter, served on the Board of Governors of the New Media Council, and was a founding member of the Academy of Television’s Interactive Media Group.
While in Hollywood, Hoffman worked as a TV development executive at Fries Entertainment, known for producing over a hundred TV shows, acquired by MGM. He went on to pioneer interactive television with his venture-funded startup Spiderdance, which produced interactive TV shows with NBC, MTV, Turner, Warner Brothers, History Channel, Game Show Network, and others.
In Silicon Valley, Hoffman founded two more venture-backed startups, in the areas of games and entertainment, and worked as Mobile Studio Head for Infospace, with such hit mobile games as Tetris, Wheel of Fortune, Tomb Raider, Thief, Hitman, Skee-Ball, and X-Files.
Hoffman went on to launch Founders Space, with the mission to educate and accelerate entrepreneurs. Founders Space has become one of the top startup accelerators in the world. Hoffman has trained hundreds of startup founders and corporate executives in the art of innovation and provided consulting to many of the world’s largest corporations, including Qualcomm, Huawei, Bosch, Intel, Disney, Warner Brothers, NBC, Gulf Oil, Siemens, and Viacom.
Hoffman has a BS from the University of California in Computer Engineering and an MFA from the University of Southern California in Cinema Television. He currently resides in San Francisco but spends most of his time in the air, visiting startups, investors, and innovators all over the world. Connect with me on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, WeChat, Twitter & Email.