Video by sammrchant

If you want to raise investment capital, here's what you need to make it happen. You say you want funding, but you need momentum first. Validate and prove that people want what you are building. You want a yes? You need to survive 100 no's. Your pitch is going to refine over time, and the more feedback you get from investors,

the better you will be at it. You want speed to get to the fundraise quickly? You have to have patience. This is a process of building relationships with people at the end of the day. You want validation? You need evidence. Investors don't want to invest in ideas. They want to invest in people who are executing on something that's already proven.

You want control? You need trust. Build that investor relationship over time by giving an investor irrefutable evidence that you are exactly who you say you are and you're going to do exactly what you say you can do.