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- get the view. a real view and one you can use every day to get funding. even if you keep it on a napkin you have to be constantly calculating what might come in when. there's a simple way to do it so much better - gotta have a gate system -intersect the steps investors take before they write the check & how much time the step takes. then track prospects along with their min & max investment amounts and shazam - there's a forecast. every day. no back talk. no complaints. it just works.
- light up the real forecast. for you, the team, investors,& prospects. here's a classic startup catch-22. you can't raise money unless you make continual progress. you can't make progress without money! what's a gal to do? you gotta raise money constantly to pay the bills and make progress - that's the answer. and to do that you have to really, really, really, know what's going on now & what's coming too!
- symphony of detail. summarize later by gate & time & get the money. capture just the prospect name, minimum & maximum investment expectation, and then follow the steps. there's lots more available, but, when you need to get a handle on what's cookin & when it'll be done. just get the minimum detail in there and you're cookin too!
- end frustration. use gates! you have to forecast what's coming in but who knows for sure? when you establish the gates you quantify prospect progress & potential too. each gate represents a sequential step suspects, turn into prospects, and into investors. decide how long each gate is and what per cent will make it through and you've got the beginnings of a forecast. yeah!
