Boostrapping and Fundraising - Founder's Institute

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This document discusses various methods for bootstrapping and fundraising for a startup, including bootstrapping, friends and family funding, angel investors, venture capitalists, and banks. It provides advantages and disadvantages of bootstrapping, requirements for pitching to angels like projections and an MVP, differences between angels and VCs, and the importance of establishing milestones and an exit strategy. Contact information is provided for further resources.

Bootstrapping &
Fundraising
The Founder Institute
Presented by: Nestor Villalobos

1. Bootstrapping
Advantages
•Min Equity Sacrifice
•Liability to Others
•100% Dedicated to Biz
•Spend Wisely
•Customer Focus
Disadvantages
•Growth Speed
•Outside Help
•Personal Risk
•Competition
•Compensation

2. Friends & Family
• Just ASK!!!
• Have a Biz Plan/Exec Sum
• Thanksgiving Dinner (Risk)
• Well Documented (Contracts)
• Create a Email Distribution List

3. Angels
Requirements
•Projections, Pitch Deck
•Business Plan/Exec Sum.
•Skin in the Game
•Experienced Management
•Minimum Viable Product
•Revenue or Rev. Potential
•Coachability

3. Angels (cont.)
Develop a Network
•Create an Investor Database
•Conferences and Events
•LinkedIn
•Referrals
•Articles
•Online Sites (Angel.co, Gust)

4. Venture Capitalists
• Next Stage after Angels
• Will Look for at Least $1m in Sales
• High Equity Stake
• Start Networking @ Startup Stage
• Average Deal > $15M

5. Banks
• Last Stage of Investment
• Low Risk Tolerance
• High Collateral Requirements
• Personal Guarantees
• Requires a Track Record
• Credit Rating Requirements

Exit Strategy
• Know Your Exit Strategy
• Sale of the Business or IPO
• Investors Want a ROI
• 3 - 6 Year Holding Period
• Angels Expect 10x+ Returns

Milestones
• MVP
• Beta Test
• Time
• Revenue
• Profit
• Growth Rates

Milestones (cont.)
How to Choose Milestones
•Ask your Investors!
•Use your Gut
•Brainstorm
•Based on Projections

Contact Information
Nestor Villalobos
nes@nestorv.com
www.nestorv.com (LinkedIn)
www.nestorvillalobos.com (Blog)

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Boostrapping and Fundraising - Founder's Institute

1. Bootstrapping & Fundraising The Founder Institute Presented by: Nestor Villalobos

2. Methods

3. 1. Bootstrapping Advantages •Min Equity Sacrifice •Liability to Others •100% Dedicated to Biz •Spend Wisely •Customer Focus Disadvantages •Growth Speed •Outside Help •Personal Risk •Competition •Compensation

4. 2. Friends & Family • Just ASK!!! • Have a Biz Plan/Exec Sum • Thanksgiving Dinner (Risk) • Well Documented (Contracts) • Create a Email Distribution List

5. 3. Angels Requirements •Projections, Pitch Deck •Business Plan/Exec Sum. •Skin in the Game •Experienced Management •Minimum Viable Product •Revenue or Rev. Potential •Coachability

6. 3. Angels (cont.) Develop a Network •Create an Investor Database •Conferences and Events •LinkedIn •Referrals •Articles •Online Sites (Angel.co, Gust)

7. 4. Venture Capitalists • Next Stage after Angels • Will Look for at Least $1m in Sales • High Equity Stake • Start Networking @ Startup Stage • Average Deal > $15M

8. 5. Banks • Last Stage of Investment • Low Risk Tolerance • High Collateral Requirements • Personal Guarantees • Requires a Track Record • Credit Rating Requirements

9. Exit Strategy • Know Your Exit Strategy • Sale of the Business or IPO • Investors Want a ROI • 3 - 6 Year Holding Period • Angels Expect 10x+ Returns

10. Milestones • MVP • Beta Test • Time • Revenue • Profit • Growth Rates

11. Milestones (cont.) How to Choose Milestones •Ask your Investors! •Use your Gut •Brainstorm •Based on Projections

12. Contact Information Nestor Villalobos nes@nestorv.com www.nestorv.com (LinkedIn) www.nestorvillalobos.com (Blog)

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