Feel the Boot

What is a Cap Table? 🧐 Tracking VC Investments and stock option grantsUnderstand startup capitalization, preferred stock, and angel investmentsTrack ownership, options, SAFE, Convertible Notes, and dilution. Startup equity and cap tables can be confusing to many founders.The CEO needs to understand startup equity well enough to talk to their lawyers and negotiate with investors. This episode will teach you all you need to know. Subscribe to Boot Prints: https://ftb.bz/SubscribeJoin Founders Alliance: https://ftb.bz/JoinRead this: https://ftb.bz/74B Get the video: https://ftb.bz/74V Lance Cottrell has been an active startup advisor and startup mentor for over a decade.He has helped countless startups navigate the key decisions of their journey, like when to take venture capital investment and negotiating a termsheet.His advice and mentoring can supplement or replace startup accelerators or startup incubators like Y Combinator.He provides help with startup funding including raising venture capital and angel investment.He can help you achieve liquidity for your company at a high valuation.Feel the Boot is a startup vlog of tips and advice for early-stage founders.

Startup Survival 🤕 Quit, Pivot, or PersevereWhen your startup hits hard times what should you do?Make this high stakes decision with confidence When your startup is in a dark place with no path forward, what should you do?This episode explores how to analyze your options objectively to choose the best option for you and your startup. Subscribe to Boot Prints: https://ftb.bz/SubscribeJoin Founders Alliance: https://ftb.bz/JoinRead this: https://ftb.bz/73BWatch the Video: https://ftb.bz/73V  Lance Cottrell has been an active startup advisor and startup mentor for over a decade.He has helped countless startups navigate the key decisions of their journey, like when to close their startup vs. persevere or pivot.His advice and mentoring can supplement or replace startup accelerators or startup incubators like Y Combinator.He provides help with startup funding including raising venture capital and angel investment.He can help you achieve liquidity for your company at a high valuation.Feel the Boot is a startup vlog of tips and advice for early-stage founders.

Startups 🧐 business advisor valueGet more value from your startup advisorsHow to use mentors more effectively If you have not recruited your advisors yet, watch this first: https://ftb.bz/68VThe video on Founder Time Management for Strategic Thinking is here: https://ftb.bz/65V Read the blog: https://ftb.bz/72BWatch the Video: https://ftb.bz/72V Join us to access free one-on-one office hours: https://ftb.bz/JoinMeet other entrepreneurs at the Founders Alliance: https://ftb.bz/Alliance In this episode I share best practices for working with your advisors and mentors.Advisors should be more than just a pretty face on your pitch deck. You give them equity, so you should maximize their value to you.Advisors can help you with startup funding, angel investors, venture capital, pitch decks, growth hacking, startup marketing, product sales, PR, mergers and acquisitions, and more. Lance Cottrell has been an active startup advisor and startup mentor for over a decade.His advice and mentoring can supplement or replace startup accelerators or startup incubators like Y Combinator.He provides help with startup funding including raising venture capital and angel investment.He can help you achieve liquidity for your company at a high valuation.Feel the Boot is a startup vlog of tips and advice for early-stage founders.

Feel the Boot 🤓 Mentoring & AdvisingHow our free mentoring office hours workEstablishing formal advising relationships Subscribe to Boot Prints: https://ftb.bz/SubscribeJoin Founders Alliance: https://ftb.bz/JoinRead this: https://ftb.bz/71BWatch the Video: https://ftb.bz/71V  Lance Cottrell has been an active startup advisor and startup mentor for over a decade.His advice and mentoring can supplement or replace startup accelerators or startup incubators like Y Combinator.He provides help with startup funding including raising venture capital and angel investment.He can help you achieve liquidity for your company at a high valuation.Feel the Boot is a startup vlog of tips and advice for early-stage founders.

In this episode I explain why a very high valuation can cause trouble for your startup.It can demotivate your employees by hurting their payout at exit.It can derail your next funding round my making your last investors hostile and demanding. Read this as a blog: https://ftb.bz/70BWatch the Video: https://ftb.bz/70VJoin the Founder’s Alliance: https://ftb.bz/AllianceSubscribe to Boot Prints for free office hours: https://ftb.bz/Join

When to sell your startup? 🤷‍♂️ Equity and Valuation vs. RiskWhen should you take an offer for your startup?What is the risk of continuing vs. the immediate reward? It is critical to consider if and at what price you would consider selling your company before the offer arrives. When it does, the big $$$ may muddle your thinking.In this episode, I discuss how to systematically analyze these questions and share my experiences selling my first company. Watch the video: https://ftb.bz/69V Read this as a blog: https://ftb.bz/69BSign up for one-on-one coaching: https://ftb.bz/JoinJoin the Founders Alliance: https://ftb.bz/AllianceSee our other videos on running your startup: https://ftb.bz/Running-your-startupAll the rest of our playlists and videos: https://ftb.bz/Channel

Recruit startup advisors 👨‍🦳 board of directorsYour advisors can make or break your startupLearn how to identify and recruit the perfect startup advisory board Read the blog: https://ftb.bz/68BWatch the video: https://ftb.bz/68V Join us to access free one-on-one office hours: https://ftb.bz/JoinMeet other entrepreneurs at the Founders Alliance: https://ftb.bz/Alliance In this episode I share a step by step method for building a startup advisory board or board of directors. You will learn how to identify and recruit advisors.Advisors can help you with startup funding, angel investors, venture capital, pitch decks, growth hacking, startup marketing, product sales, PR, and more.

Blitzscaling 🤔 4 hour work weekWhat kind of startup do you want to create and run?Be clear on your desires to achieve the journey and outcome you want.Read the blog version here: https://ftb.bz/67BWatch the video: https://ftb.bz/67VJoin the founder alliance: https://ftb.bz/allianceIn this episode I ask founders to think about the kind of startup journey and outcome they want. Consider things like bootstrapping vs. venture capital. Going for unicorn status vs. building a lifestyle business.Are you open to working 100 hour work weeks, or are you looking for a 4 hour work week allowing time for your favorite activities?Do you want to be a serial entrepreneur, ride this train all the way to the end of the line, or get a payout and retire?

Learn how angel investors and venture capitalists determine your startup’s valuationI share three formal methodologies and the secret technique most angels actually use Join Feel the Boot to access one-on-on coaching https://ftb.bz/JoinMeet other founders in the Founders Alliance https://ftb.bz/AllianceRead the full blog from this episode https://ftb.bz/66BWatch the video https://ftb.bz/66V Calculating preseed valuations can be tricky because you have little to no revenue to base it on.Both Angel Investors and Venture Capital companies have a number of valuation methodologies they can use.Startup funding requires setting a pre-money valuation for the company, which are the end point of a negotiation between the investor and the startup founder. Related topics:Pre-seed, slidebean, crowdfunding, equity, y combinator, startup pitch, pitch deck, startup news, startup grind, growth hacking, ycombinator, how to start an online business

Task Management ✍️ make time for strategic thinkingUse these two time management and prioritization frameworksto ensure you accomplish your high priority strategic objectives Founders and CEOs can often get in the trap of working on mundane tasks while failing to take time to do the critical strategic thinking that will make the company soar. I found two frameworks that helped me in my startup, and I will walk you through them in this episode.Read the transcript here: https://ftb.bz/65BWatch the Video: https://ftb.bz/65V Subscribe to our newsletter and get a link to schedule one-on-one office hours with me. https://ftb.bz/joinMeet other founder at the Founders Alliance. https://ftb.bz/AllianceThe “what does the business require of you” concept comes from the seminal book “The Effective Executive” by Peter Drucker. https://amzn.to/3fyEdg6