Five Successful Paths to Funding By Brian Tsuchiya, The StartUp Guru Visionary Founder Vim, Inc

Five Successful Paths to Funding

By Brian Tsuchiya, The StartUp GuruVisionary Founder Vim, Inc

The Five Directives

1. Never, ever, ever say these projections are conservative- related never say we just want 1% of the market

2. Build a fundable team- investors invest in people

3. Create real momentum

4. Put skin in the game

5. Commit right now to invest 50% of you work time on fund raising efforts

The Five Paths

Venture Capital

Angel

Bank Loans

Government Grants

Crowdfunding

Brian Tsuchiya Bio

PersonalI am a dad with two boys, All-American swimmer in college, committed to inner work and conscious relationships, metaphysical man, love creative expression and being of service

Professional• Visionary in my EZOG Style• I am an entrepreneur - over 20 years of experience• I raised almost $2 million in private equity• Founder of Vim, Inc• Creator of Vim Funding, Vim People, Vim Insights,

Vim Cares Foundation

Vim Startups

First: Determine are you venture fundable?

Second: Create your VC roadmap

Third: Stay open and flexible

First: Understand why angels invest

Second: Commit to spending 50% of your time networking for angels

Third: Look at this as a partnership

First: Understand banks loan against assets and income streams only, require high credit score

Second: Build relationships with bankers long before you need money

Third: Once you get a loan, communication is the key

First: Entrepreneur must have partnership with university or nonprofit

Second: Engage a previously funded PI- principal investigator

Third: Hire a great grant writer, ideally one with experience in your industry

First: First determine the type of crowdfunding campaign

Second: Build your tribe, followers, affinity group- use social media

Third: Invest to create great graphics, videos, marketing campaign and engage your close network to invest 1st

Thank You

Questions

Contact Info:

Brian Tsuchiya

brian@vim.biz

303-408-3671