Get Funding As A Founder

This session is designed for founders who want to learn how to pitch investors clearly, confidently, and with substance. Earning funding is not about flashy decks or buzzwords. Investors look for founders who understand the problem they solve, know their numbers, and can clearly explain how capital will accelerate growth.

In this session, you will learn how to present your business in a way that helps investors quickly understand the opportunity and decide whether they want to support you.

This class also includes a unique opportunity to pitch two real-life investors in a safe, learning-focused environment and receive direct feedback on your pitch. The goal is not perfection. It is clarity, substance, and learning how investors actually evaluate opportunities.

Whether you are preparing to raise your first round of funding, pitch angel investors, or simply want to understand how investors evaluate businesses, this session will focus on building a clear and compelling investor pitch.

In this class, you'll learn:

• What investors actually look for when evaluating founders and businesses
• How to structure a clear and concise 5-minute pitch
• The key numbers and traction investors expect founders to know
• How to communicate your funding needs and how capital will be used
• How to respond to investor questions and feedback in real time

Participants who choose to pitch should be prepared with:

• A clear 5-minute verbal pitch
• The problem your business solves and for whom
• Your current revenue or traction
• How much capital you are seeking and why
• How an investor could help accelerate your growth

No pitch deck is required, but clarity is.

Bernadette Joy is the millionaire author of Crush Your Money Goals, an angel investor, and founder who supports human-centered businesses with real customers, clear revenue models, and strong leadership. Through her work as a financial educator and investor, she helps founders articulate their vision and connect with the right capital partners.

A copy of Bernadette Joy's book 'Crush Your Money Goals' is included with your ticket. Please bring our preferred method of note-taking as well.

• Founders preparing to raise capital • Entrepreneurs seeking angel or early-stage investment • Business owners looking to refine their investor pitch • Service and consumer business founders with growth ambitions • Entrepreneurs who want to understand how investors evaluate opportunities