Growth Capital Strategy

Growth Capital Strategy: Should You Raise Outside Capital or Continue to Bootstrap?

Summary:

As a founder or CEO, your time is your most valuable asset. Don’t waste months (or potentially years) chasing the wrong investors or pursuing growth capital strategies at the wrong time!

Raising growth capital isn’t just hard—it’s a critical strategic decision. In this presentation, we compare growth capital strategies across different business types, stages of company maturity, and business models. To get a better perspective, we will also be putting ourselves in the shoes of equity investors or debt lenders to understand how they evaluate opportunities.

By the End of This Session

You will master:

  • Business Model Alignment: Understand how your business model directly impacts your growth capital options.

  • The Decision Framework: Have a clear framework for deciding if you should raise outside capital or continue bootstrapping.

  • Your Primary Strategy: Gain perspective on your primary growth capital strategy.

Who Should Attend

This session is designed for all founders, entrepreneurs, and CEOs:

  • Any Stage: From early-stage startups through scaling later-stage companies.

  • Any Business Model: Tech startups, small or traditional businesses, and social enterprises.

  • Any Capital Path: Founders who are bootstrapping or preparing to raise outside capital.

Presentation Options:

  • Option 1: The High-impact Presentation (60-minutes): A fast-paced overview of the Growth Capital Strategy Framework, followed by an interactive live Q&A session.

  • Option 2: The Interactive Class and Workshop (120-minutes): A deeper dive with small-group exercises, live feedback, and interactive Q&A.

About the Speaker & Pitch Creator

Jason Tagler (pitchcreator.com/team/jason-tagler) has over 20 years of experience in private equity of all stages - angel, venture capital, growth equity, and buy-out rounds.

In 2014, he founded Pitch Creator (pitchcreator.com), an education platform to demystify growth capital for entrepreneurs.

  • Expertise: The Pitch Creator team has collectively invested over $1 billion in private companies of all stages and that real-world experience is embedded in the education platform.

  • Experience: Educated over 3,000 founders, CEOs, and student entrepreneurs through live classes and online courses.

  • Impact: Founders featured in testimonials on our website have collectively raised over $200 million for their businesses.

  • Testimonials: pitchcreator.com/testimonials. See real feedback from the diverse founders and educators we serve.

Bring This Presentation to Your Organization

Interested in booking this as a webinar or an in-person presentation for your organization, accelerator cohort, or college/university? Please send an email to support@pitchcreator.com with“GROWTH CAPITAL STRATEGY” in the subject line.