How To Raise Money Podcast

Welcome to another episode of the How To Raise Money Podcast. Tune in today to hear Ray and Nigel discuss Receivership, Bankruptcy and County Court Judgements and how you can secure investment, even if you have a bad financial track-record or a history with financial difficulty. Your hosts respond to popular demand to answer questions from the How To Raise Money community and provide you with the proven reassurance that anyone can raise finance, start a business and secure investment, if you know how to do it. KEY TAKEAWAYS Just about everyone who you see on TV or present themselves as successful entrepreneurs have been through tough times surrounding finance and financial history.  Even Richard Branson has famously been involved with companies that have been through receivership and bankruptcy. Ensure you are always honest and make your investors, angels, dragons and whales aware of your background, how you got there and remind them of how you will make them money. If you’ve had receivership or bankruptcy a

In today’s episode of The How To Raise Money Podcast, discover the 13 Top Tips For Pitching and how you too, can secure investment and fund your idea with a simple but effective 10-minute pitch. If you’re looking to finance your ideas, content, start-ups or scale-ups, pitching matters. A successful pitch will get investors begging to invest in your company and secure you the right investor that can help you grow your business and provide you with the right expertise to achieve success. Learn how to reduce the odds of failure and increase the chance of success, by crafting a pitch that turns heads and gets your idea funded. Tune in today to hear the who, what, why’s and how’s of successful pitching, with your host, Ray McLennan. KEY TAKEAWAYS 13 Top Tips For Pitching Take only 10 minutes - Timing is critical, the less time your pitch takes, the better. Turn you pitch into a story - Storytelling is proven to capture your audience's attention and build engagement. Tell your story, tell it right and you’re bo

In today’s episode, Ray and Nigel discuss the 8 things they’ve learnt over the first 30 episodes of the How To Raise Money Podcast. Tune in today to listen to your hosts dive into previous episodes of the UK’s #1 finance raising podcast and hear a recap of the best moments yet. PLUS, look forward to hearing more from the guys over the next 40 episodes! of the How To Raise Money Podcast, including interviews with successful Dragons Den winner Levi Roots, HouseCrowd’s Fraser Fearnhead and the Bank of Scotland's Ross Mckeown. KEY TAKEAWAYS Time - How to plan and how time flies. It takes longer than you expect to raise finance and you, therefore, must know the systems, processes and sources you can tap into to secure investor finance. Technology - Some of the cleverest things are sometimes the smallest things. Look forward to a future episode where Ray and Nigel interview head of property crowdfunding platform, HouseCrowd, Fraser Fearnhead. Team - There’s a team of people that help to raise finance and a team o

So, you’ve approached an investor and after some talks, it is finally ready to seal the deal. In today’s episode of How To Raise Money Podcast, Ray lays out 10 essential items you need to look into when arranging a deal with your investor. There are things that could slow down the deal and you don’t want that to happen. Discover how these will help you not just speed up the deal but also go through the deal smoothly and trouble-free. If done properly, you can ensure that you’ll be raising money for your business in no time. KEY TAKEAWAYS Due Diligence. What slows it down is not having anything available and what speeds it up is having everything available and accessible. To speed up information, create a data room where you could check the activities of the users. Properly name files. Market Research. Create a properly named file with the current date for the investor to be easily understood. Avoid the mistake called ‘Chinese hat theory.’ Chinese hat theory – There are 7 Billion people on the planet, you’v

In this bonus episode, Ray shares 10 top tips on what to do if you are looking to invest your money in a company. Ray also explains what to expect when investing in a company and defines the difference between the role of a Director and Chairman which can be a very important factor in investing.

Welcome to another episode of the How to Raise Money Podcast. In today’s episode, Ray responds to popular demand to discuss sophisticated investors and high net-worth individuals and how you too, can use his six-point checklist to help identify the sophisticated investors you’re seeking to secure finance from. If you’re looking to raise finance or are frightened of making mistakes when approaching investors this episode is for you. Ray dives into the complete list of checks, that you need to make in order to agree a deal and seal investment. KEY TAKEAWAYS Six point checklist to identify a sophisticated investor or high network individuals. If it is a simple loan or a straightforward transaction the person does not need to be a sophisticated investor for you to work them. However, if you’re offering a share of the profits you are straying into regulated territory and will there forward need to follow this checklist. Do they have a salary of £100,000 a year or more? Do they have £250,000 or more in assets (n

Jim Duffy co-founded Entrepreneurial Spark in 2011 with the aim of creating an entrepreneurial revolution across the country. As a best-selling author and entrepreneur, Jim went on to help persuade the Scottish Government to establish the Edge Fund, a £1m award scheme for start-ups. In today’s inspiring interview, your host, Ray ask Jim for his best advice and insights into how to raise money and scale start-ups. Discover how to read people, live by a disciplined code, act empathetically in nature, operate gladiatorial in business and never take your eye off the ball. Learn how to focus on the people behind the business, and the mindsets and behaviours needed to take your start-up to the next level. Tune in to the How To Raise Money podcast to hear this exciting interview. KEY TAKEAWAYS Entrepreneurial Spark is the world's largest free business accelerator offering business support to start-up companies. Founded in Glasgow, Entrepreneurial Spark is funded by private capital, contributions from public sect

In today’s episode, Ray interviews Jack Black, one of the UK’s top motivational speakers, successful author and founder of business and personal development company Mindstore. Ray and Jack discuss the value of a positive mindset and how with just a few simple techniques we can take action, be successful and achieve our goals in life. Discover how Mindstore’s simple teachings can make a profound difference in your life and inspire you to take action and create the future you envisage in your mind. Learn how to harness the power of your mindset and attitude and train yourself to succeed. Ray and Jack dive into the subconscious mindset in this thrilling episode and show you how simple changes, a positive dialogue and the perception of coincidence and lead to magical things and make you a winner. KEY TAKEAWAYS Ray: Can you tell us a bit more about Mindstore? Jack: Mindstore is all about helping people achieve the most out of their lives using five techniques: Managing Stress - the consequences of managing st

Ray and Nigel enter into a thrilling and thought-provoking discussion about the morality of debt, beggars and wealth creators. Get inspired by this freestyle episode of The How to Raise Money Podcast. To answer the question; Do you feel bad about getting people into debt? Ray and Nigel explore the realities of both good debt and bad debt and how investors and capitalists (while not perfect) generate finance, cashflowing assets, and job opportunities by following the wealth formula. The word debt describes a whole myriad of words and brings about a host of problems both morally and physically, but in truth debt, begging and raising money is all about mindset. Creating wealth, being in control and becoming a custodian of money is all about the attitude you have and is usually taught by observing the person ahead of you. Investors by definition are making money, so they’re doing something right. Governments hemorrhage money and their only solution to generating money are to increase the tax burden.   Tune in

Welcome to another episode of the How to Raise Money Podcast. Today your hosts and raising money experts Ray and Nigel discuss what it takes to be a sophisticated investor. Learn what to look out for, and what to be aware of when searching and seeking investment from a professional investor, angel, whale or dragon. Ray and Nigel urge you to do your due diligence and understand how to identify a casual investor from the professionals. Hear the easy criteria you can follow if you’re looking for equity investment and an investor you can trust. Ray discusses the simple tips and tricks you can use to help fast-track the process and ensure you’re dealing with a bonafide investor. Learn how to create a one-page checklist for the investor to self-certify and legitimise the deal. KEY TAKEAWAYS A large percentage of an investors money could be taken by the gatekeeper, the manager. This can be up to 7% but ensures the investor in question is legitimate. The person seeking the funding would be required to pay the fee

Welcome to Part 2 of the two bonus episodes on Pathway to Sleep! Note: This is a practical exercise of what was learned from Part 1. This involves relaxation so make sure you’re not driving or doing anything that needs your high level of awareness. And, if you haven’t listened to the first part yet, do it now. You’ll be able to learn how to construct your sleeping quarters in your mind above others. Let the voice of Ray guide you to full relaxation on today’s episode. Find your sleeping quarters. Be relaxed. Let’s start! KEY TAKEAWAYS Practice this sleep exercise to get the best out of your sleep. Find a comfortable place where you could the sleep exercise. Just lie down and enjoy the silence. Clear your mind. Go find your sleeping quarters. Find a place from your memory or a dream that makes you feel comfortable. Relax your body. Feel the tension and slip away. Release the tension from your muscles. Take deep breaths. If thoughts are still coming in while doing it, brush it away. Have firm thought that yo

Lie down. Close your eyes. Relax. Then, Sleep. On today’s bonus episode of How To Raise Money podcast, Ray discusses on how you could get deep sleep at night. Sleep is very important. Ray can’t emphasize that enough. You don’t need external influences like that chamomile tea or the sound of the rain to get you to sleep. You just need a technique that will work for you. From reading Jack Black’s MindStore: The Ultimate Mental Fitness Programme, Ray was able to adopt a sleeping technique of constructing his own sleeping quarters in his mind. Ray will be sharing the techniques he uses, find out now if it might be effective for you. Watch out also for the second part of the special bonus episodes! KEY TAKEAWAYS Go to sleep without an alarm clock. Program yourselves to wake up early. We've tried it with a room at least 50 people, they go off and give me guarantee that they will wake up on time. Different feedbacks. The study's purpose is to show how important sleep is and how quickly you can adapt to new sleepin

Welcome to another episode of the How to Raise Money Podcast. Today your hosts and raising money experts Ray and Nigel talk about what an investor looks for when choosing to invest. The type of person, the personality and the characteristics needed, to attract JV partners and investment finance. All whales, dragons, angels, and investors are looking to invest not only in upcoming projects but in the people who carry them out. Ray and Nigel bring you the five things you need, in order to be the ideal investment opportunity and answer the question many of you have been waiting for Why would an investor want me? KEY TAKEAWAYS Time - Investors are often short on time and If you have time available and can make investors money work for them. Interest rates are eroding money away in the bank, therefore investors will look to leverage others time in order to invest and manage their money. Expertise/Experience - If you have expertise in an area in which an investor is looking to invest, you have credibility. If you

Welcome to another episode of the How to Raise Money Podcast. In today’s episode, your hosts Ray interviews Angel Investor, entrepreneur, owner and executive director of 9 companies and wealth creator Chris Jones. Ray and Chris dive into the essential need for due diligence in business. The purpose of due diligence is to ensure if you are putting time or money into a company or looking to acquire a company that everything is out in the open and you are aware of all the information before making a decision or taking action. Listen to this episode of the How To Raise Money Podcast to find out more about due diligence and you too could save thousands, simply by doing your due diligence. Discover the 40+ points Ray and Chris discuss and the tips and tricks you can implement in your business right away. KEY TAKEAWAYS Warranty -  a promise that something in furtherance of the contract is guaranteed by one of the contractors, especially the seller's promise that the thing being sold is as promised or represented

Welcome to another episode of the How to Raise Money Podcast. In today’s episode, your hosts Ray and Nigel discuss how to raise money from your traditional highstreet bank and must the myth that banks aren’t lending. Ray speaks to the chief executive officer of a national bank and the head of property to gain an insight into highstreet bank lending and reveal the secrets of how to access the bank's money a little easier. Discover how to get the banks on your side by getting to know their property manager, build credibility and confidence and get the banks lending with a relatively low level of interest. Finally, Ray and Nigel discuss why you should get started right away, even if you haven’t yet found the deal you need funding for and always remember collateral, cashflow and character. KEY TAKEAWAYS The Highstreet banks want three things to secure lending Collateral - Unencumbered property as security for the loan. You need to have a stake in the transaction. Cashflow - To service the loan. For businesses

Welcome to another episode of the How to Raise Money Podcast. In today’s episode, your host Ray McLennan interviews mentee and serviced accommodation specialist Sandeep live! Understand how to navigate your journey to success and that for some it will be a simple and easy path, but for others, it will be a rocky road. Learn how to remain focused on building your own business and recognise potential joint venture opportunities that can help your current business, whilst also expanding and scaling. Ray and Sandeep discuss two exciting joint venture opportunities and how you too can succeed in property by offloading the tasks that you don’t need to be doing and gain clarity in your life and in business by knowing your vision and values.   KEY TAKEAWAYS The purpose of a goldmine area is that it is accessible, and there is an infrastructure in place for it to be managed. Ensure you can create a yield and room for capital growth. To succeed, you need to be in this for the long run. There will be periods when yo

For every deal you get into, it is essential to have a lawyer by your side. This episode is an insider’s look on how to get the best lawyer out there, how to communicate with them, when to transact with them, and many more. Ray and Nigel shares an 11-point (plus two more!) checklist that you should understand and apply when dealing with lawyers. You don’t want to have any problems with your lawyers so you can avoid having any problems with your deals! KEY TAKEAWAYS Check if the firm you’re going to use is registered with the Law Society and that the lawyer is also registered. It’s common that you might think. It’s very easy to check. The ramifications are your contracts could be invalid. I’m talking about loan agreements, joint ventures and such. Ask about their insurance coverage. This is the professional indemnity insurance. You want to know the what the limits, excesses, who it’s with, or validity of the policy. Double check with the company all the details. Choose fixed pricing. Value pricing rather than

Welcome to another episode of the How to Raise Money Podcast. In today’s episode, your host Ray McLennan begins by summing up some of his angel investors most recent deals, including commercial property deals, investment pots and personal funding ventures. Ray reveals the 9 Secrets To Getting Rich and that by learning what the rich and successful people, you increase your chances of success, it’s a combination of things that lead to success. Understand the compounding effect that makes it work and breeds success. Ray explains how to know your values, gain clarity and create a vision by leveraging the 9 Secrets To Getting Rich. Learn how to get more done in less time, outsource everything & create more wealth. Follow what wealthy individuals do and create Multiple Streams of Income. KEY TAKEAWAYS The 9 secrets to getting rich Leverage - If you don’t understand leverage you work too hard. If you understand what leverage is, you can get more done. The Wealth formula - Simple but profound, W = (V+E) X

Welcome to Raising Angel (Alternate) Funding. What does success look like for you? Join Ray Mclennan discussing wealth hacks including pension transfer values, capital gains tax, stamp duty, which questions to ask investors, mind-set, training and strategy. KEY TAKEAWAYS Capital Gains Tax. Buy something, sell it, make an uplift and pay tax on it. You pay tax on everything else, now you've got to pay tax on the uplift. Wouldn't it be nice to to pay that tax...? Wouldn't it be useful? Stamp Duty. In England and Wales this is one thing. In Scotland it's called land and buildings transaction tax. LBTT. It's even higher there. If you're buying a commercial property, the stamp duty can be eye-watering at times. It used to be a price you pay to get your document stamped. Literally £50-100. Then they started to make it a percentage of the property. In 2004, stamp duty went up by 400% virtually overnight. Wouldn't it be nice, not to pay stamp duty...? Fees. Usually a project such as a commercial conversion, the t

Welcome To The How To Raise Money Podcast. Ray and Nigel dive into the Top Ten Scale Up Mistakes business make and how to avoid them. Discover how to thrive, grow and scale in this episode of The How To Raise Money Podcast. Understand the different types of growth and how it affects your business, learn to pay strict attention to your finances and avoid taking on debt and expensive overheads which errode the business. Ray and Nigel discuss that many entrepreneurs will burn through their start up costs quickly and why you need to have reserve capital for unexpected bills or an increase in running costs. Find out why location both online and offline is key to your businesses success and how you too can utalise systems and processes to streamline your business, whilst placing a premium on customer service. Nigel talks about the need for an in-depth business plan with an emphasis on marketing and finance and how to use social media to supercharge your business by targeting niche audiences directly and sparking