This month at the Giant Academy we looked at the fraught process of raising money and dealing with your finances – and how not to get too hot under the collar
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[If you can’t see the audio controls above, please click here for the interview with Doug.]Get The Money…
Whether you’re raising venture capital for a new business, finding money for a major expansion or looking to sell and exit, it’s likely that you’ll only experience those once in the lifetime of your business. And the valuation of your business – the potential you can clearly see or the years of effort you’ve put into building something worthwhile – that valuation can’t help but be a deeply personal and emotional thing
…And Keep Your Cool
This month, with the help of Doug Quinn, we invested some time in the why, when and how of raising finance for your business. We looked at how to keep your cool through the process, managing people’s expectations, not getting blinkered about ‘having to do the deal, any deal…’ and keeping your eye on the big picture of when a deal is a good one for you
with Doug Quinn ACMA
Doug is currently Finance Director with Cirrus, a leadership development and talent strategy company and also Videregen, an early stage regenerative medicine company. He has experience of taking businesses through initial public offerings, or IPOs (the first sale of stock by a company to the public), mergers and acquisitions and financial restructurings and turnarounds. He is also a Chartered Management Accountant and often makes an investment himself in the businesses he helps to launch or expand.
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