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The decision to affiliate with a professional capital placement firm is a milestone in the escalation of your business and we congratulate you. We value the opportunity to discover together whether we are a fit for each other. The process of securing funds is often more involved and more prolonged than may be disclosed by financial organizations seeking your business. At WorldVest, we pledge to be absolutely forthright concerning the steps to acquiring capital and the fairly predictable timeline that it takes to obtain funds. There is commonly a ‘need for speed’ when we meet managers in start-up businesses and we are alert to those demands. You must appreciate those investors as a rule will hold an incompatible principle. Their position might be summarized as: ‘the lack of proper planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on our part.' Most investors believe that if your business is in such a precarious state that it is likely to collapse without an immediate capital infusion, then it may be better for them not to invest. From an investor’s viewpoint, your business may be beyond help. We want to help you dispel the sense of desperation through professional attention to the presentation of your company. A quick check may well be what you think is best for you, but short-term money is extremely expensive. WorldVest is capable of orchestrating that kind of deal for you, but we do not ever recommend that line of attack. The price tag to your company is something that you must seriously contemplate. This rushed “we will agree to anything” approach requires a completely different tactical plan, a new set of criteria and must be considered a last resort. Getting quick money can mean relinquishing as much as 50% of your equity and the person or company willing to do this will also require you to pay them a sometimes staggering fee up front for their efforts. We encourage you to spend your working capital on strengthening your company’s due diligence documents and working with advisors who get money when you get money. What WorldVest would rather do is advise you on possible short term tactics that have the possibility of bringing some amount of capital to you while you are pursuing the sound business practice of gaining long-term capital funding. Here is what has to be faced. Today, the typical investment, from the first examination of your business plan to the initial funding round, averages four to six months to complete. The initial review, due diligence, investment negotiation, and funding are often the most critical phases of the investment process. The full investment period to reach all of your goals may range from one year on the short end, to as long as seven or eight years, with an average of about five years. Appreciating the long-term perspective of funding enables you to understand the advantages of a lasting relationship with an advisory firm like WorldVest. We want to guide you through the initial funding and into expansion utilizing our core of funding institutional managers who know and trust us and each other. We aspire to relieve you of the hassles involved in seeking funds and get you back to development, marketing and creative thinking. Please examine the information that we have provided in this guide to obtaining funds and talk to us about your thoughts and questions. Whether you choose WorldVest, we believe that this guide will serve you well as your business grows. |
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