12-Fold Way To Venture Capital Funding - version 3.4

(updated 10-25-07) I have created a brief presentation on raising money from Venture Capital firms and from Angel groups. The intended audience is technology- based product companies, both hardware and software, raising their first professional money. This version has several edits, improvements.

The 12 steps or issues elaborated in the presentation are these:

1. People and Board with the “Right Stuff”
2. The Elusive 10X Advantage
3. Service Providers On Board
4. Intellectual Property
5. Productization Roadmap
6. Market Entry Strategy
7. Market Validation
8. Business Plan
9. Funding Strategy
10. Research VCs [and Angels]
11. Investor Pitches - Plural
12. Prepared for Due Diligence

This presentation can be downloaded here [in Adobe Acrobat PDF format].