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16 Australian Entrepreneurs Share Their Tips For
Securing Investment Funding
In our experience, securing funding is a
difficult task in Australia. Its important that
you find investors that you can connect with.
Once you are able to develop a strong personal
relationship with the investor, everything else
becomes much easier.
James Wakefield, co-founder of InStitchu
Bootstrap your business and prove product-market
fit before raising money. The more revenue (not
necessarily profit) you can bring in, the better
your valuation and leverage when youre out
raising capital.
Mitchell Harper, co-founder of Bigcommerce
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1. Getting in front of the right person Make
sure you do your research. 2. Acing the first
meeting First, make sure youre completely
prepared 3. Choosing the right investor Make
sure that both your goals about where you want
the company to go are aligned from the start 
Vicky Lay, COO of Zookal
My advice Dont ever let a few little
(sometimes not so little) hurdles get in the way
of your business success!
Gen George, founder and CEO of OneShift
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So MOST IMPORTANT have a good product and a
good business model, and the rest is a lot
easier. Also important the further along with
your product, the more time in market, the more
runs on the board, more customers and more
revenue you have essentially the further
progressed from simply an idea you are the
easier its going to be for investors to SEE and
UNDERSTAND your business.
Andre Eikemeier, CEO of Vinomofo
For more tips, read full article here
 http//www.businessinsider.com.au/these-16-succes
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