March 25, 2008 by Blake Perdue
Raising Capital
Stephen Fleming, a former venture capitalist and Vice Provost of Georgia Tech’s Enterprise Innovation Institute, has an excellent series on raising capital on his blog. Fleming, who’s also on the investment committee of Seraph Group, has plenty of VC experience and knows the do’s and don’ts of raising venture funding. If you’re raising capital or thinking about it, you need to read this series (you can download a PDF of his presentation here):
- 01 – Introduction
- 02 – 4 ways to fund a startup
- 03 – The venture equity cycle
- 04 – Picking the right investors
- 05 – Venture capital in the southeast
- 06 – Value drivers of a successful startup
- 07 – Other attractive elements of a startup
- 08 – Writing your business plan/presentation
- 09 – Seven deadly sins of business plans
- 10 – The VC meeting
- 11 – Developing your pitch
Hey… if anyone reads this post and wants to visit the links, I have added a few new posts since Blake put this up. You'll always be able to find an up-to-date directory to the various "Raising Capital" posts at http://www.stephen.fleming.name/raisingcapital