Due Diligence Decoded: What Investors Check Before They Wire the Money
From FROM IDEA TO INVESTMENT Podcast · 27:49
Show by Brad Young
It's called due diligence. Think of it this way. Up to this point, the investor has been falling in love with your story. They've seen the pitch, heard your vision, and reviewed the highlights. Now, before they hand over millions of dollars, they're going to check whether everything you told them is actually true. They're going to open the hood, look at the engine, and kick every tire. And if they find something you didn't tell them, or something you didn't know yourself, the deal can slow down, get repriced, or disappear entirely. I've seen founders celebrate a signed term sheet on Friday and lose the deal by the following month. Not because their business was bad, but because their paperwork was a mess, their numbers didn't match, or a surprise surfaced at the worst possible time. And I've seen the opposite. I've watched well prepared founders sail through diligence in a few weeks, because they had everything organized, honest, and ready. Today I'm going to decode the process for you. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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