Secrets to Successful Funding

Many of us aspire to strike it out on our own and start an independent business. What do we really need to know before taking that big leap? Guy Kawasaki certainly knows a thing or two about launching your own business. The author of “The Art of the Start” has founded and funded many companies, and now he’s the chief evangelist at online graphics-design startup Canva​

Kawasaki shared with us the this SlideShare he thinks every entrepreneur (or aspiring entrepreneur) needs to read:

Most entrepreneurs will need outside funding from investors. How do you navigate the VC world? There are many misconceptions about startup funding, which Greylock Partners investor Reid Hoffman outlines in this deck. “Most investor pitches perpetuate roughly seven of these seven myths,” Kawasaki says. “Listen to Reid.”

7 Myths of Startup Financing from Reid Hoffman