Ep. 232 – Startup Secret Weapon: See Execution Risk Like an Investor

SIBP-Blog-NEW-4 Welcome to Episode 232 of the Success in Business Podcast. We are here for you every Monday to teach you about success in business and today is no different, except that our host Tom Ryan and producer Jason Pyles want to start off by wishing you a Happy Halloween! We hope you have a fun, safe and spooky day!

Next thing, be sure to tune in to listen to these recent episodes for a little more background to today’s episode:

Episode 218 – See Risk Like an Investor, Part 1
Episode 219 – See Risk Like an Investor, Part 2
Episode 220 – See Risk Like an Investor, Part 3

Understand that the investors are looking at 10 other deals and they will make their decision very objectively. It will come down to your ability to execute.

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Ep. 220 – Startup Secret Weapon: See Risk Like an Investor Part 3

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Welcome to Episode 220 of the Success in Business Podcast, your host Tom Ryan is joined by producer Jason Pyles. This episode is Part 3 of 3, where Tom shares his StartUp Secret Weapon: Approaching Risk Like An Investor.

Market risk is one of these iceberg or transformer topics where there’s more than meets the eye. But generally speaking, assessing market risk comes down to an investor believing what you’re creating will quickly solve an actual problem that’s significant and worth tackling. A problem the market will agree is worth solving.

Surprisingly, most startup business and investor pitches do a poor job of Continue reading

Ep. 218 – Startup Secret Weapon: See Risk Like an Investor Part 1

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Welcome to Episode 218 of the Success in Business Podcast, your host Tom Ryan is joined by producer Jason Pyles. This episode is Part 1 of 3, where Tom shares his StartUp Secret Weapon: Approaching Risk Like An Investor.

There are four major risk categories that every entrepreneur needs to understand and to be able to reduce in order to be successful.

Having worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs both as an advisor and investor, Tom can confidently say that all but a few understood how to think about and manage risk when they started out.

He was in the same boat back in the early-90s when he launched his first company, but fortunately, got some great advice from a mentor that changed the way he Continue reading