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The Investment Ready Guide will help you decide if your business is ready for, or indeed requires, investment funding and explains some key financial concepts and terms.
It explores funding options available to help grow your business and offers some alternatives to investment capital for expanding your access to markets.
If you decide that funds are the best way to grow, the guide looks at types of investors, the stages of investment and provides guidance on preparing your business for investment.
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The first thing to think about when you consider growing your business is whether you really need finance. Find out more
If you have explored the alternatives to outside investment and think you require equity finance, you need to gain a good understanding of the investment environment. Find out more
You will increase your chances of being taken seriously by showing that you have considered all factors relating to your business and its future. Before approaching an investor make sure you have answers to any potential questions. Find out more
A carefully planned, professional and well-executed presentation to investors is critical to getting their attention and approval. It’s your chance to show how good your business is. Find out more
An investor is seriously looking at providing capital and you are at the sharp end of negotiations. Now you need to work out what your company is worth. Find out more
New Zealand has some of the best small business development programmes in the world – many of them are free. You are encouraged to use them along with other resources provided as part of this guide. Find out more
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