Feb 6, 2025
Creating Scarcity in Your Fundraise
Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing.
In structuring your fundraise it’s important to design scarcity into it for the investors.
If you have one raise at a relatively high valuation then there’s no...
Feb 5, 2025
How To Handle Toxic Customers
Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing.
Toxic customers can ruin employee morale and distract them from their work.
Here are some steps to handle a toxic customer:
Remind the customer of the company’s policies...
Feb 4, 2025
Signs of a Toxic Customer
Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing.
Just as founders, employees, and board members can be toxic, so can your startup’s customers.
Here are some signs that one of your customers is toxic.
They take advantage of...
Feb 3, 2025
Signs of a Toxic Board
Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing.
Just as employees can be toxic to the company, so can the board.
Here’s a list of signs that your board may be toxic:
The board breaks their non-disclosure agreements...
Jan 31, 2025
In this episode, Hall T. Martin, CEO and founder of TEN Capital, shares his journey from starting three angel networks to creating the Texas Entrepreneurs Network, which eventually became TEN Capital. Hall discusses his early experiences in angel investing, noting the challenges startups face in finding...