E228 Dave Lavinsky - How to Reverse-Engineer Your Business Plan and Become a Multimillion-Dollar Capital Raiser
Dave Lavinsky is the president and co-founder of Growthink. Over the past 20 years, Growthink has helped over 1 million entrepreneurs and business owners start, grow and exit their companies, with an emphasis on business planning and capital raising. Dave is an internationally renowned expert in the fields of business planning, capital raising, and new venture development, and author of the world’s #1 business plan template.
Tyler and Dave discussed why you need to reverse-engineer your business plan to grow, the power of a positive mindset, how to optimize capital raising and more. Highlights include:
How to plan the trajectory of your business plan
Why many businesses fail at business planning
Gamifying and why you need to figure out how to make business planning fun
The importance of writing down your vision and looking at it daily
Why you need to implement contingency plans
What a business dashboard is and how businesses can leverage them to grow
Dave’s tips on capital raising and his $500 million deal
The reasons behind Dave’s failures in capital raising
How confidence and a positive mindset have enabled Dave’s growth
Connect with Dave:
Website: https://www.growthink.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davelavinsky/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/growthink
Twitter: https://twitter.com/davelavinsky
The following books were mentioned in the show:
Start at the End by Dave Lavinsky
Thinkertoys by Michael Michalko
Influence Robert Cialdini
Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got by Jay Abraham
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