Investable entrepreneurs are visionaries, and visionaries don’t have boundaries. They think outside the box; they stay flexible and adaptable, and they aren’t constrained by geographical borders. Successful investors — Venture Capitalists, Angels, Family Offices etc. — share very similar traits. They don’t limit themselves to a small pool of potential…

Investable entrepreneurs don’t simply go into the battlefield without making sure they have everything they would need to convince potential investors and close a deal. They ensure this is the case even at the earliest stage of fundraising for their business, that is, when raising for pre-seed investment. It’s not…

You’ve got to know who’s investing in your region. This gives you the opportunity to carefully assess who to approach and who to let into your business as an investor. This article lists top Angel Groups in the UK, both National and Regional, that can potentially help you if…

Becoming an investable entrepreneur requires so much more than simply having an incredible product or service. …

Despite what many ‘investment experts’ will tell you, there’s no secret recipe or magic bullet that will attract your perfect investor. Everything you need to become an investable entrepreneur is within your grasp already. So long as you’ve put in all the pitch planning, hard work and due diligence that’s required, you’ll already be a long way ahead of most of your competition. Even when you’re ready to take your ground-breaking product, service or concept out into the world, you’ll still have three substantial hurdles ahead of you called the pre-seed, seed, and — eventually — Series A rounds. It’s going to be an exciting and rewarding journey, but to make it through…

A vast number of the startups that explode into worldwide mega-success begin in the US, so it’s not unreasonable for a UK or European founder to consider imitating them. You might look at a classic US startup pitch–like the Airbnb seed deck, for example–and use it as a template for…

Crowdfunding is the second most popular way of raising investment for start-up and early stage businesses. In fact, crowdfunding platforms are only one step behind VCs as the most active type of equity investment. But how much do you know about crowdfunding? Read this to find out. What is crowdfunding? Crowdfunding harnesses the…

Salespeople are often considered ‘black sheep’ when it comes to selling a product or, with a founder raising investment, proving the saleability of your idea. At best, they’re a necessary evil; at worst, they’re a “colouring-in department.” But the truth is, to attract an investor, you’ve got to tick a…

Many investable entrepreneurs dream of becoming a ‘unicorn’. The term was first coined by venture capitalist Aileen Lee back in 2013. At that time, there were only 39 unicorn startups in existence. Today, there are more than 900 unicorn startups around the world. What is a unicorn? A unicorn is…