How to Prepare your Business for Fundraising - with Asher Ismail

Asher was named Emerging Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017. He’s led multiple startups and raised millions in capital from angels, VC, and crowdfunding.  Prior to Uncapped, he was CEO at Midrive, General Manager at Moneysupermarket and part of the early team at Skype.  Asher is also a Board Member of Tech London Advocates (TLA) and Founder of InterTech Diversity Forum, organizations dedicated to improving the strength and diversity of the UK tech sector. In this episode, you will learn How an ecommerce business knows if they are ready for fundraising If an ecommerce business plans to fundraise, what are some things that they need to do to prepare for this effort When a business is ready to fundraise, what are some common channels they can follow to start the process Examples of some ecommerce businesses that have raised funds and some lessons learned from that process For show transcript and past guests, please visit https://www.ecommercemarketingpodcast.com Or on YouTube at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3PgT0NOGzpdPGQtBK0XLIQ Follow Arlen: Twitter: https://twitter.com/askarlen  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arlen.robinson.7  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/arlenyohance/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/arlenrobinson/   Past guests on the ecommerce marketing podcast include Neil Patel, Nemo Chu, Luke Lintz, Luke Carthy, Amber Armstrong, Kris Ruby and many more. Thanks for listening. Be sure to subscribe and leave a review.