Thu, Mar 07
|Minneapolis Club
Raising Money in 2024
Join us experience some fundraising role play and explore alternatives to traditional investment avenues. How do you market for raising money? What are the questions founders should be asking potential investors? Find your answers and conquer your fundraising fears at Club E!
Time & Location
Mar 07, 2024, 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
Minneapolis Club, 729 2nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55402, USA
About the event
This event will provide a run-through of the steps and strategies startups can take to navigate the fundraising process through the role play of investor, marketing strategist and founder/ principal.
Presenters and panel include:
- David V. Duccini - CEO at Silicon Prairie Capital Partners: David is the founder of a modern investment bank inspired by crowdfunding and powered by automation.
- Robbie Cordo - Co-Founder at Smart Founders, entrepreneur coach, master of introductions and due diligence
- Rick Brimacomb - Founder and Managing Partner at Brimacomb, business advisor and board member
Topics covered:
- “It seemed like a good idea at the time." From Crowdfunding Portal to Investment Bank.
- “You and your regulator.” How the MN Department of Commerce tried to kill us, what FINRA really does and how the SEC actually cares.
- “Satisficing.” Making decisions that are adequate but not optimal as we obsess about solving "today's problem. Understanding the principle of parsimony. Recognizing that nobody cares --- and that's OK.
Lessons learned:
- Raising capital is as much about marketing as it is financing.
- It is the SLOW conversion of social capital into financial capital.
- Money comes in three waves: (1) From people who know, like and trust you; (2) from people who know someone who knows, likes and trusts you; (3) from people who hear about you from paid (or found) media.
Q & A to follow. We encourage you to bring your questions, objections --- and business cards!
With special thanks to our sponsors: