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Seed Money

Jayla Siciliano

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Seed Money is where everyday people learn how to raise capital and get the funding you need to FINALLY turn your amazing idea into reality! Whatever your idea is... - product - app - real estate deal …or maybe you want to build or expand your small business… if you’re struggling to get people to believe in your vision and you don’t need a billion-dollar deal in Silicon Valley, Seed Money will unlock the answers you’ve been looking for! Hosted by Jayla Siciliano, Shark Tank Entrepreneur, MBA, ...
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So you’ve pitched your idea, an investor loves it and wants to give you resources to grow your business. Well done! You’ve just secured a big piece of making your vision a reality - and that’s a huge feat. Now it’s time to close the deal and actually receive the funding you’ve been seeking. Remember, once you sign the dotted line and they wire the …
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When entrepreneurs send a pitch deck to angel groups, they don’t realize they have a short amount of time to grab the attention of investors. Angel groups are evaluating hundreds of pitch decks a week, so you have as little as 2 minutes to pique their interest and make them want to respond to you. There are some things entrepreneurs do that instant…
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Congratulations! You just found an investor who believes in you and wants to fund your business. Now comes the next hard part - structuring the deal and setting up your startup paperwork. For early stage entrepreneurs, the step can be confusing and overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact, you can get it dialed in quickly with m…
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Coming up with a brilliant business idea and sharing it with the world. Raising money and getting investors to fund said brilliant idea. Getting your first customers and crossing the profitability line. These are all stops along the entrepreneurial journey. Each of them can be hard enough to make you want to throw in the towel and go back to corpor…
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In order to get funding for our businesses, we have to find and pitch to investors. Sounds easier said than done, right? This is one of the most nerve wracking and challenging steps you’ll take, but it is worth it. If you put yourself there and talk to enough people, you will get the funding you need. Even if you’re an introvert. Even if you hate n…
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Before we can go out and raise money for our businesses, there are things we need to have dialed in. The idea, the numbers, our pitch and the investors we’re going after. This stuff is critical, but THE most important thing is the relationship we have with money. Trying to raise money without dialing in our money mindset is a recipe for burnout, di…
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For entrepreneurs, running fast and charging hard comes with the territory. But that could be doing nothing but running us into the ground. A lot of the things we think are “normal” parts of building and running businesses are actually signs of burnout. So many of us are stuck in that “wired and tired” mode and we don’t even know that we’re well ov…
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The playbook of raising money that people used to rely on has changed a lot over the last few years. Now that the market is more competitive and the pace of innovation is so much faster, what worked a decade ago won’t produce the same results today. Some of the best practices we were taught aren’t as entrepreneur-friendly as we think. A lot of foun…
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When you build a business, you aren’t just creating a product, you’re also setting up a legal entity. The legal side of things can be daunting (and expensive), especially when you intend to raise capital in the near or far future. Before you can even think of approaching investors, first-time founders have to make sure they have the legal ducks in …
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Fear is something everyone struggles with - whether you’re trying to raise seed money or (believe it or not) a billionaire who has already had success. No wonder they call fear the final frontier! We often focus on the tangible aspects of entrepreneurship, but the mental and emotional stuff play a huge role in our success. In fact, if we don’t work…
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Raising money through investors is the default for growing a company, but it might not be the right move for everyone. Taking the VC route is like walking through a one-way door - once you make that decision it sets you on a specific trajectory. That’s why more entrepreneurs are being thoughtful about the decision, and even opting out of raising mo…
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>>> Watch our free Revenue Management training at https://www.getpaidforyourpad.com/cfm-replay >>> FREE E-Book: 5 Most Common Airbnb Revenue Management Mistakes >>> Click here to download Jayla Siciliano, former Shark Tank entrepreneur, shares her experience on the show and the challenges she faced in building her wine company. She discusses the im…
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The process of raising money is as much a mental one as it is a financial one. Before we start finding and pitching to investors or even structuring our deals, there’s a step we can’t skip, working on our mindset. There’s no sugar-coating it - getting funded is one of the hardest things you’ll do. You’ll get told your idea doesn’t doesn’t work. You…
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The process of building a company, getting funded and bringing a product to market isn’t just data-driven. It’s gut-driven too. The numbers matter, but when you’re building a product without market acceptance, you have to trust your intuition and persevere when you’re told it won’t work. In many ways, taking an entrepreneurial risk is a lot like ta…
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Building a company, going on Shark Tank, raising $1 million dollars and working with Mark Cuban. Sounds like an entrepreneur’s dream, right? Well, that’s what I thought, until I walked away from it. It was the hardest decision I’ve ever made, but also the best one. When you build your own company, it becomes an extension of you, so stepping away is…
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>>> Watch our free Revenue Management training at https://www.getpaidforyourpad.com/cfm-replay >>> FREE E-Book: 5 Most Common Airbnb Revenue Management Mistakes >>> Click here to download Zach Leimaster, founder and CEO of Rent to Retirement, discusses how he helps people retire early with turnkey rentals. He explains that turnkey rentals involve i…
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>>> Watch our free Revenue Management training at https://www.getpaidforyourpad.com/cfm-replay >>> FREE E-Book: 5 Most Common Airbnb Revenue Management Mistakes >>> Click here to download Nick Libertin shares his experience of his short-term rental property burning down and the challenges he faced with insurance coverage. He emphasizes the importan…
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Years later, people still ask about this story. So here it is. Pitching to a group of influential investors is a nerve-wracking experience, and that’s even before you have to do it on national TV! It’s not just a business presentation - you have to be entertaining, compelling, relatable and likable. I found that out when I appeared on Shark Tank. A…
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The world of seed funding runs on two currencies - money and connection. Investors aren’t just paying attention to the financials, they are looking for a compelling story that makes them connect with us and then want to get on board. Crafting our story is a step we can’t skip in the early stages of our businesses. The more clarity we have on it, th…
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>>> Watch our free Revenue Management training at https://www.getpaidforyourpad.com/cfm-replay >>> FREE E-Book: 5 Most Common Airbnb Revenue Management Mistakes >>> Click here to download In this episode, Jasper Ribbers interviews Mike Savage, the founder of Synergy Stays, about revenue management in the short-term rental industry. They discuss the…
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>>> Watch our free Revenue Management training at https://www.getpaidforyourpad.com/cfm-replay >>> FREE E-Book: 5 Most Common Airbnb Revenue Management Mistakes >>> Click here to download Ziona McIntyre, author of '30-Day Stay: A Real Estate Investor's Guide to Mastering the Medium-Term Rental', discusses strategies for finding and managing mid-ter…
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Early-stage fundraising may be a stressful stage in business, but it can also be the most invigorating and exciting time. The determination, drive, conviction, and guts it takes to get seed money is a powerful life force. It’s not just an opportunity to get the resources we need. It’s a chance for investors to access your awesomeness, and absorb th…
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Seed Money is where everyday people learn how to raise capital and get the funding you need to FINALLY turn your amazing idea into reality! Whatever your idea is.. product app real estate deal …or maybe you want to build or expand your small business… if you’re struggling to get people to believe in your vision and you don’t need a billion dollar d…
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>>> Watch our free Revenue Management training at https://www.getpaidforyourpad.com/cfm-replay >>> FREE E-Book: 5 Most Common Airbnb Revenue Management Mistakes >>> Click here to download In this episode, Jasper Ribbers interviews Arthur Colker, the founder of Stay-fi, a guest Wi-Fi marketing tool. They discuss how short-term rental operators can c…
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>>> Watch our free Revenue Management training at https://www.getpaidforyourpad.com/cfm-replay >>> FREE E-Book: 5 Most Common Airbnb Revenue Management Mistakes >>> Click here to download In this episode, Jasper Ribbers interviews Dave Krauss, the co-founder of Rent Responsibly, an organization that supports the short-term rental industry. They dis…
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>>> Watch our free Revenue Management training at https://www.getpaidforyourpad.com/cfm-replay >>> FREE E-Book: 5 Most Common Airbnb Revenue Management Mistakes >>> Click here to download In this episode, Jasper Ribbers interviews Jordan Locke, the founder of RevParty Consulting, about revenue management strategies for short-term rentals. They disc…
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>>> Watch our free Revenue Management training at https://www.getpaidforyourpad.com/cfm-replay >>> FREE E-Book: 5 Most Common Airbnb Revenue Management Mistakes >>> Click here to download In this episode, Jasper Ribbers interviews Jordan Locke, the founder of RevParty Consulting, about revenue management strategies for short-term rentals. They disc…
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>>> Watch our free Revenue Management training at https://www.getpaidforyourpad.com/cfm-replay >>> FREE E-Book: 5 Most Common Airbnb Revenue Management Mistakes >>> Click here to download In this episode, Jasper Ribbers interviews Steven Suarez, the founder of Argest Rentals, about his experiences in property management and the challenges he faced …
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>>> Watch our free Revenue Management training at https://www.getpaidforyourpad.com/cfm-replay >>> FREE E-Book: 5 Most Common Airbnb Revenue Management Mistakes >>> Click here to download In today's episode of Get Paid for Your Pad, I had the pleasure to talk to Heather Loduca & Erin Donnelly, the founders of Pink Wall Designs, straight out of Cana…
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>>> Watch our free Revenue Management training at https://www.getpaidforyourpad.com/cfm-replay >>> FREE E-Book: 5 Most Common Airbnb Revenue Management Mistakes >>> Click here to download In today's insightful episode of "Get Paid for Your Pad," I had the distinct pleasure of discussing the evolving landscape of the short-term rental industry with …
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>>> Watch our free Revenue Management training at https://www.getpaidforyourpad.com/cfm-replay >>> FREE E-Book: 5 Most Common Airbnb Revenue Management Mistakes >>> Click here to download In this episode of "Get Paid for Your Pad," I, Jasper Ribbers, engage in an insightful conversation with Madison Rivkin, founder of Mount. We delve into the conce…
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