“While many entrepreneurs dream of raising capital from the outset, the reality is that most startups must be bootstrapped long before an angel investor or venture capital firm will give them the time of day….” That’s the beginning of my latest post on VentureBeat, titled “Our Secret to Getting Funding.”
As you probably already know, Infusionsoft is completely focused on helping entrepreneurs grow their ventures. I’ve written before about the challenges related to strategically capitalizing a growth-oriented small business. My first post for VentureBeat was 10 Lessons in Bootstrapping a Business, covering some of the most important things our company learned while growing from good clean sweat and hard earned cash. It seemed like a good idea to follow up with the next step that we took. A strategic approach to raising funds from venture capital firms can make all the difference in the world – and thinking about it early is key.
Venture capital isn’t right for every company – and for companies with a vision of staying “small” while growing big, VC may not be the right path at all. But for those companies who want to scale to really big proportions, VC can be a very important step in the process.
Perhaps my next post should be on that very decision – to VC or not to VC?
Read the rest of the story at VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner.
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