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Meet Our Founder:
Jeff (J.D.) Davids
8 Startup Companies
3 Initial Public Offerings (IPO)
3 Strategic Acquisitions
Over $1 Billion in deals completed
Mentored Hundreds of Entrepreneurs
Former CPA with KPMG Peat Marwick
Veteran of the United States Marine Corps
HELPING STARTUPS:
RAISE MONEY
If you are raising money at any stage of development, you already know how time consuming and challenging it is. SmartMoney Startups is a methodical, step-by-step process that will accelerate your fundraising and attract Investors that bring more than just cash to your deal.
SCALE
Fundraising is not the goal – it is the starting line. Rapid customer acquisition, recruiting a world-class team, managing a Board of Directors and positioning yourself for the next round and a liquid exit event is not easy. SmartMoney Startups can help.
SUCCESSFUL EXIT
We want you and your investors to have a huge financial gain when you sell your company or take it public. That doesn’t happen by accident, and at least 85% of startup companies never get there. SmartMoney Startups can help.
Latest Articles
Why Did We Let Them Invest?
Most entrepreneurs raising a seed round of financing just want to get money in the door quickly so they can build their business. However, Mike Collett, Managing Partner of Promus Ventures points out that getting the RIGHT investors in your seed round is debatably the...
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The Startup CEO’s #1 Job
As a startup CEO, it often feels like you are responsible for everything. Product development, creating your investor pitch deck, getting customers, recruiting your team, networking, and fundraising. Entrepreneurs tell me every day that they are frustrated with the...
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The Dirty Dozen: 12 KPIs You Must Know Before Pitching Your Startup
Phil Nadel is Co-Founder of Barbara Corcoran Ventures and a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with many years of experience building rapidly growing companies. In this guest post, Phil highlights 12 KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) that founders must measure,...
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Your Startup Needs Cash. Are you finding the RIGHT investors and are they writing checks?
David Chang is an Angel Investor with more than 40 portfolio companies and he has an amazing track record as an entrepreneur with 6 exit events including PayPal and Trip Advisor. In this video, David points out that it is absolutely critical to get the RIGHT...
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It’s November: Do you know where your term sheet is?
If you're an entrepreneur raising money for your startup, I hope you have a term sheet. Year end is just a few weeks away, and many of our clients and colleagues in the startup world are busier than ever because they need to get investment deals closed before year...
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“You Need More Customer Traction”
Are investors telling you that you’re too early and you need more customer traction? Isn’t that frustrating? Does it seem like you’re already doing everything possible, but you just need more resources (a.k.a. money) in order to GET more customer traction? Are you...
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What to do when investors say “our funds are fully committed for now”
Have you received an email that sounds like this? “It looks like you have made good progress. We are fully invested through Q1 of 2017 but are raising funds for our next round.” Do you always feel like you’re waiting for funding? You are actually. We all spend more...
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