There is a version of a growth plan that reads well and funds nothing: a forecast with a rising line, no explanation of what produces it, and an implicit promise to return in twelve months for more. Episode 17 of Call to the Bullpen is about the alternative, and about the specific piece of financial […]
When Should a Growth Company Bring In Board-Level Expertise? Before the First Check
Most founders think of board-level expertise as something that arrives with institutional money, installed by the investor as a condition of the round. By then, several of the decisions a board would have weighed in on have already been made. Episode 17 of Call to the Bullpen makes the case for reversing that order. When […]
What Investors Look For Before They Fund You
Most founders start preparing for a raise by building a pitch deck. By the time the deck exists, the questions that decide the outcome have usually already been answered, correctly or incorrectly, months earlier. Episode 17 of Call to the Bullpen is about that earlier work: the unglamorous preparation that determines whether an investor meeting […]