HeyJaredBlog - Alejandro Cremades
Welcome to the DealMakers show, hosted by Alejandro Cremades. Alejandro is a serial entrepreneur, best-selling author, and cofounder at Panthera Advisors (M&A and fundraising advisory).
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When Startup Metrics Match: What Makes One Founder More Investable (opens the original)
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When startup metrics match, investors use added benchmarks to evaluate what makes one founder more investable. Investors come across several investment opportunities each week with similar growth rates, retention rates, revenue, market sizes, and business models.
Why Some Deals Collapse Right Before The Finish Line (opens the original)
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Every founder has faced this situation at some point when funding deals collapse right before the finish line. You may have secured that elusive term sheet and successfully navigated the hurdles of due diligence. Everything seems to be going well—until it suddenly doesn’t. Months of work wasted.
Pattern Recognition Traps That Cause Investors To Miss Great Companies (opens the original)
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Ironically, pattern recognition traps can cause investors to miss great companies. After viewing dozens of pitches each week, venture capital (VC) representatives invariably develop mental pathways to quickly identify potential winners. But this mindset also creates blind spots.
Why Investor Interest Suddenly Accelerates After Months Of Silence (opens the original)
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Why investor interest suddenly accelerates after months of silence is a question that often perplexes founders. You might have delivered the perfect pitch, and follow-up meetings may have ended on a positive note. Then you find yourself waiting for months for a term sheet that never appears.
How Three Meetings Quietly Decide Most Fundraising Outcomes (opens the original)
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Contrary to what most founders think, three meetings quietly decide most fundraising outcomes. Typically, they assume that a fundraising initiative is won or lost during the first meeting with potential investors. However, conviction is gradually built over at least three meetings—sequentially.
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