Startup Funding Espresso – It Takes Seven Touches

It Takes Seven Touches Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. It takes seven touches to close a sale. So it takes seven touches to close an investor. In the selling process, one starts by generating awareness of their solution with the prospective customer. So in fundraising, one generates awareness with the investor that an investment opportunity exists. In selling, one pitches the solution. So in fundraising, one pitches the investment. In selling one follows up to answer questions about the product. So in fundraising, one follows up to answer questions about the startup. In selling one reminds the customer that the product is still available. So in fundraising, one reminds the prospective investor that the fundraise is still open. It takes several touches to close a customer as they need to convince themselves that this will work. Fundraising is no different. The investor needs to work out in their mind that this will be a successful investment. Consider how you will execute seven touches for each investor on your fundraise. Thank you for joining us for the Startup Funding Espresso where we help startups and investors connect for funding. Let's go startup something today. _______________________________________________________ For more episodes from Investor Connect, please visit the site at: http://investorconnect.org Check out our other podcasts here: https://investorconnect.org/ For Investors check out: https://tencapital.group/investor-landing/ For Startups check out: https://tencapital.group/company-landing/ For eGuides check out: https://tencapital.group/education/ For upcoming Events, check out https://tencapital.group/events/ For Feedback please contact [email protected] Please follow, share, and leave a review. Music courtesy of Bensound.