10+ unique and actionable ways to raise money and learn to use each strategy to get closer to your dreams.
Includes my 200-page business plan book, which is used by a number of universities.
If you are in the process of raising money for your business or wondering how to begin the fundraising process, this course will give you a wide range of fundraising strategies, help you get organized and maximize your chances of success.
This course is ideal for people who have a business idea or an early-stage business and need funding to get started or move forward.
HOW THIS FUNDRAISING COURSE WILL WORK
1) Learn how to calculate how much money you need.
2) Use a combination of over 10 ways to raise that money.
STILL NOT SURE IF THIS WILL HELP YOU?
Not all the strategies presented in this course will work for you. But since this course gives you a wide range of strategies to raise money, some of them will definitely work.
Plus, by combining multiple fundraising strategies, you should be able to reach the sum your situation requires.
LATEST COURSE UPDATE:
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Fundraising websites that help you raise funds for your business
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Extra resources for finding potential grants
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More unusual ways to raise funds for your business
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Most lectures updated to have improved audio and video quality
WHY IT IS IMPORTANT TO TAKE THIS COURSE
Don’t focus on just one fundraising strategy like investors, loans or crowdfunding. Give yourself greater potential with a broad view of all the possible ways to raise money.
When you understand all your fundraising options, you will be more likely to choose the most effective strategies and implement them better and with more confidence.
INSTRUCTOR BACKGROUND
I’ve been an entrepreneur for 15+ years, have coached 1,000+ entrepreneurs in person, taught 100,000+ students, impacted millions of entrepreneurs worldwide creating 6 and 7-figure businesses in the process, and I would love to help you.
I understand how difficult, confusing and stressful it might be for you to go through a fundraising process and start a business with no money and no support. I made this course to empower you to make confident and correct decisions and take your business in the right direction.
STARTUP AND NONPROFIT FUNDRAISING USING ONLINE AND OFFLINE STRATEGIES
Many different kinds of organizations can benefit from this course. This course has a variety of unique strategies so any type of organization will be able to use at least some of the strategies. Whether you are working on a technology startup or a nonprofit, you can use the fundraising strategies in this course to help you.
BONUSES INCLUDED
* Lots of extra freebies, downloadable worksheets, and exercises to make the course more interactive and valuable
* Personal invitation to my Facebook community after you complete the course
* My list of 50 business-success skills after you complete the course
* Be automatically entered to get chosen for my student of the month status and have your business featured
RESPONSIVE AND CARING INSTRUCTOR: WORLD-CLASS STUDENT SUPPORT
If you have questions, know that I am here to help! I answer 99% of student questions within 24 hours. Many students tell me that other instructors don’t respond. Well, I do because
1) I care about my students.
2) I feel a responsibility to make sure that students get their money’s worth from the course.
MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE
The fundraising course comes with an unconditional, Udemy-backed, 30-day money-back guarantee. This is not just a guarantee, it’s my personal promise to you that I will go out of my way to help you succeed just like I’ve done for thousands of my other students.
Invest in your future and enroll in this fundraising course now.
Calculating how much money you need to raise
Fundraising fundamentals
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2How much money you need to raise so you can choose appropriate fundraising ways
Welcome to this fundraising training. Do you know exactly how much money you need to raise? If you try to raise money and approach an investor, they will ask you how much money you are looking to raise. And you must know how to calculate that amount, and how to answer that question intelligently.
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3WORKSHEET: New business expenses and calculating how much you need to raise
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4WORKSHEET: Existing business expenses and calculating how much to raise
Raising money from traditional sources
Finding fundraising leads
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6Fundraising strategy with loans: Risky but possible & here is how
In this part of the fundraising course I give you ideas for how to raise money by getting loans, the difference between raising money from personal loans and business loans, and what options entrepreneurs typically have. It isn't easy to get a loan to start a business, but in some cases it makes sense and it is possible to get a small business loan.
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7Fundraising strategy 2: Many entrepreneurs ask about this, but find it difficult
Do you want to get a business grant? Many people ask about whether they can get a grant to start their business. It is more difficult to get a grant for businesses which have not started, but if you have started, there are a few grants available for small businesses. Check out this lecture to understand how to fund your business or project with a grant, or whether grants are not a good option for you. Grants are one of the common fundraising ideas, but they are not easy to get.
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8Resources and websites to supplement previous lecture (grants)
Extra resources and websites for getting grants for your business.
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9Fundraising strategy 3: Raising money from investors
How to raise money by getting investors. There are many kinds of different investors. The different kinds of investors are angel investors, start-up incubators, seed investors, professional venture capitalists (VC) and investors who invest in specific kinds of businesses like maybe restaurants or real estate, or local businesses, or high growth start-up companies.
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10Fundraising strategy 4: Donations via crowdfunding
There are two ways to get donations for your business. There is the old fashioned way to get donations by reaching out do rich donors or philanthropists like many nonprofits do. And there is also a new way to get donations for your business called crowdfunding. You can raise donations for your business with crowdfunding by trying to raise money on KickStarter, IndieGoGo, or GoFundMe. It is now possible to get donations from the crowd online. It isn't easy to do crowdfunding, but it is possible.
Creative fundraising
NEW! CRAZY AND RIDICULOUS WAYS TO RAISE MONEY
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13Fundraising strategies 5 and 6: Generate money from your company's revenue
One of the best ways to fund your business is by doing it through the revenue of your own company. Instead of waiting for money to come from a different course, why not just earn the money from your own customers. It is, in fact, what I did with my business, and what I recommend doing to other entrepreneurs. Long-term, you will have to get the money to grow your business from your customers anyway so you might as well start to focus on making money from your customers sooner than later.
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14Fundraising strategy 7, 8, 9: Events/workshops, educational products & work
Events are a great way to get clients, extra revenue, build extra awareness, and build loyal fans. Basically, events are a great marketing strategy for most kinds of businesses. Events can range from small meetups that drum up community to educational workshops to large conferences. It all depends on the kind of business you have, your event promotion abilities, and your ultimate business goals.
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15Fundraising strategy 10: Lead-gen ideas that can earn you revenue & get clients
In this part of our fundraising course I explain an unusual fundraising idea which also works as lead generation to get actual customers for your business. In general, I prefer working on getting customers as early as possible in the lifecycle of your business. You will need to get customers eventually anyway, might as well learn how to raise money from your own revenue instead of waiting for a handout.
Websites that help you raise money
Sharing my own thoughts and experiences
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17Gust: Another website to find investors during your fundraising
Gust.com is another website where you can find investors and raise money. Give it a try.
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18NEW! list of start-up incubators
If you have a tech start-up, here is a list of tech start-up incubators to which you can apply to get a small investors, advisors, and support.
Conclusion
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20Section introduction - let's learn to create a business pitch deck for investors
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21Pitch poety vs. prose
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22One sentence business pitch/explanation template
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23What investors look for
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24Example of a bad and rambling pitch
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25Outline of a pitch deck
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26Problem and solution sections of the pitch deck
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27Differentiation and why this approach slides
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28Business model
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29Target market size
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30Financials
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31Business pitch communication quiz
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32Business pitch advanced quiz