“Ask for money, get advice. Ask for advice, get money twice”. How to Hack Your Way into Getting an Investment Deal with an Investor
With every entrepreneur comes a unique story of success, failure, confusion, late night discoveries, and more. We started Launch Academy with the goal to create a supportive network for startup entrepreneurs to build and develop their startup idea — and eventually, for them to become investment-ready. With this mindset, we’ve incubated over 350 early-stage technology companies who have gone on to raise over $38M in funds and collectively, created over 500 jobs. While this was a huge milestone for us, we’ve also told our startups to be very strategic and selective when seeking investment.
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Welcome
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Welcome & Ray Walia Intro
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Investment Perspectives
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Why Investors?
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How does this module works?
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The stages of startup funding
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The importance for founders
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Find out your funding stage
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Sources of funding
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Why you need to seek more than one source?
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Unexpected sources of funding
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Angel Investors
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[Resource] Sources of Funding
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[Resource] Canada’s Best Incubators & Accelerators
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How to get started?
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Why build a network?
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Things to keep in mind and pitfalls to avoid
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Investors are a key element
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The Art of Valuation
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How to do investment right
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