Posts Tagged ‘positive mindset’

James Berkeley to Speak to Stanford Continuing Studies Start-Up Class On Uncommon Early-Stage Capital Raising Approaches

Wednesday, October 19th, 2016

 

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Berkeley to Discuss Strategy and Tactics for Global Entrepreneurs  

London, England— 19th October, 2016

James Berkeley, Managing Director of ELLICE CONSULTING LIMITED will be speaking to  the Fall 2016 class, “How to Build Successful Startups,” about how to get investors eager to meet you, the behaviours that turn them off and why “CASH”, a concept developed by Berkeley, is the quickest route to obtaining committed capital. The online Zoom session is scheduled for Thursday, 20th October, 2016 and is being co-hosted by Continuing Studies Program instructor John Kelley.

“I am constantly amazed by what I didn’t know two months ago. In bringing hundreds of investors and entrepreneurs together from around the world to address complex and ambiguous growth investments, continuing education is arguably the most under-valued aspect of the entrepreneurial journey. We invest blood sweat and tears in our business ideas and ask investors to validate their judgement by deploying scarce capital, yet as entrepreneurs we are often remiss in investing appropriately in our own skills, expertise and behavioural traits”, notes Berkeley, an expert in sourcing and deploying capital in world-class businesses. “The future for entrepreneurs is about “CASH”. Compulsive content, abundant credibility, striking rapport with investors and huge cash-on-cash returns. The good news, it has never been easier for entrepreneurs to stand out from the crowd so long as they are willing to engage with investors beyond the obvious steps.” Berkeley will help participants to translate his success practices into practical action for immediate application in their own businesses.

James Berkeley brings entrepreneurs and investors, who never imagined collaborating together to turn a business concept into an organisational reality. Today: an idea. Tomorrow: committed capital. He has worked extensively with North American, European, Middle Eastern and Asian venture capital funds, corporate venture capital, Family Offices and HNW entrepreneurs seeking proprietary deal flow and strategic deployment of capital into remarkable business ideas. He has helped over 120 investors and entrepreneurs in insurance, financial services, leisure, business services and technology source capital and accomplish record amounts of value creation in the past 5 years with impressive cash-on-cash returns.

Trusting Your Fundraising Technique

Tuesday, August 16th, 2016

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The crucible of the Olympics separates those, who implicitly trust their technique honed over early mornings and thousands of hours of practice and those, who fear the headlines that will be writ large about their despair. The “mental toughness” commentators talk about is really a mindset issue. A “fear of failure” cripples talent. A “no fear” mindset allows talent to flow.

Owners and top managers in growth businesses don’t have to wait four years for their golden opportunity. Rarely is your failure final, nor are you likely to be written off publicly.

Why cannot you walk into that investor meeting knowing you have tremendous value to bring and do your absolute best without fear? Why cannot you exude implicit confidence in your recommendations and demonstrate absolute credibility? If you knew you couldn’t fail what would you say to the current or prospective investor and how would you direct the conversation to convert the opportunity?

Many entrepreneurs and executives tell me hundreds of reasons why the investor passed on the opportunity. Most have reasonable language techniques but they don’t trust themselves in the moment. They freeze, their mind becomes scrambled and they default to “selling” (proving their worth) rather providing value (showing their worth) to the other party. When their conversation is subordinated to a sales pitch, which is quickly rejected, it is game over.

Believe in your skills and expertise implicitly and maintain a mindset that failure is temporary at worst. Your audience want you to succeed. They are investing 60 minutes of time because they believe it will be time well spent building a formal or informal relationship with you.

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