These are exciting and stressful times in the business world – especially for those who are looking for funding.  Everyone has to adapt to stay relevant, to succeed, but CEOs and Founders looking for funding have to be veritable contortionists. New businesses and projects have unique challenges in finding start-up and second-round capital in the wake of COVID-19. Who knows what investors are thinking as a result of the immense pace of change?

We do. Investors are in the same swirl that we all are. They are conflicted. On the one hand, they need to invest – but on the other, they want to reduce their risk. With the changing, fast-moving business landscape, can you blame investors for wanting to place their bets on a winning horse? But the best horse must have an excellent jockey. The jockey that delivers innovation and translates it into a return.  A jockey that can adapt to the rapidly changing circumstances during the race is a Vision Master.

I invite all you “jockeys” to read on and get a leg up in the crowded field of finding investment. Enjoy the interview.

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In this interview, we chat with Dr. Stephie, the author of Brilliance Extraction.  A system for capturing the knowledge of vision masters into Intellectual Capital that may be leveraged for business growth.

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A well-balanced team combined with Covid-19 pivot means funding

Description:  Pick the right kind of capital to fit your company, then rigorously assess in advance your ability to pass due diligence since you only get one shot with each investor, and apply some habits taught by the U.S. Marines.  Regarding Covid-19, make sure you raise enough and conserve capital since you may not have another shot if the recession is long.

Briefer description:  How to rigorously assess your ability to pass due diligence in advance, since you only get one shot with each investor.

As Vision Master, you're already thinking about a business pivot now.  Pivoting is not necessarily a complete change of plan; it can be a modification of the original plan. 

Will the most obvious pivot work? Probably not. It has to last, past the crisis, right? It has to comfort investors, right?

Burke's Business Power Tools supplies a set of proven tools that allow founders to pivot by modifying their original plans.  This interview lets you meet the man behind these tools and gives access to these tools at half price.

George Kenney is a successful venture capitalist who is here today to help Vision Masters understand what private investors want from them.

Welcome Vision Masters! This interview with Mark Cofano, the founder of Innovation Weeks, and a futurist.  In this podcast, you will learn what a futurist and why Mark's perspective matters.

Like usual, the Intelliversity podcast gives you a practical tip or two for success as a Vision Master (a success-hack) and some general principles for vision masters, mostly around funding.  It’s all about being unconventional as a founder, because “If you behave like everyone else, you’ll get the same results as everyone else.”

How Will Angel Investors React to COVID-19 and Possible Recession?

tarting a business is like a surfer trying to catch just the right wave. The wave is the trend that you’re trying to catch the time and then this happens and happens to all of us. So you got to try again. The fact is that of companies that are funded, only 10% ever succeed. So that means we’ve got to find big deals to cover for all of the other deals that don’t succeed. We can only bet on the best shots.