Five questions you will need to answer for investors to say yes
by marufjony · 17 things on Twos
- Be open to other people's perspectives
- Be receptive to feedback and listen to their ideas
- What is your companies growth potential?
- How do you plan on expanding your business to 5-10x investor cash
- What are the details of the investment you are proposing?
- What are we offering them for their money and what are we going to do with that money?
- We are happy to discuss terms in our second meeting
- What will the money be used for?
- They want to see you have a clear operational plan
- How will your operational plan reach P/L
- Be honest, do not over promise
- How and when will investors get their money back
- If it goes to plan, better than plan, and worse than plan
- Be ready to show to their investor if/when we pursue bigger rounds
- What is our exit strategy?
- Greatest return possible
- Who bought similar companies, for how much, and what they raised in their seed round