Overview
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Looking to raise money for your new venture? Learn what female entrepreneurs need to know to combat misconceptions and convince investors of their company's value.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Introduction to Tracy Chadwell
- The gender divide is real
- Misconceptions about female-founded companies
- What women founders need to know
- Ask yourself: What is the market opportunity?
- What do you need to raise money?
- The path to seeking dollars
- Finding the right investor
- Removing fear from the ask
- Know your audience
- Know yourself: Creating a value resume
- No doesn’t mean no forever
- LinkedIn: A valuable funding tool
- Crunchbase for you
- Spreadsheets as a tool
- Building your story: Your value proposition
- Metrics of success and stages of funding
- Balance for passion versus listening
- Elements and order of a strong deck
- Your executive summary
- Creating financial projections
- Showing financial viability in the deck
- Detailed financials—yes!
- Steps after gaining interest
- Execute and share your ideas
