The ultimate checklist to prepare your business for investment
Tera Johnson of Food Finance Institute breaks down the cash, time and investment (and investor) management insights growing food brands need to know.
“A brand is really important in food, but it’s not the only thing.”
—Tera Johnson, Food Finance Institute
Highlights:
Know the fundraising gauntlet and survive it with this checklist.
You need an investable business model; pitch it, not your brand.
Create a Dropbox and include the items included in presentation (and the download below).
The number you need to know: cash at the end of the period.
The credibility killers you need to avoid.
Why you need a board of directors.
Why you still need a working line of credit.
Yes, you need to do all this legal stuff, too.
This Nutrition Capital Network (NCN) Funding Forum session—Getting Your Act Together: What it Really Takes to Successfully Fund Your Natural Products Company—was recorded at Natural Products Expo West 2019.
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