• August 21, 2019

    Angel Investors: Who They Are & Who They’re Right For

    For a small brand, funding from an angel investor can swiftly facilitate increasing your retail distribution, growing revenue, and ultimately securing more shelf space. All businesses need funding for growth and success, and for smaller businesses in particular, this sort of personal relationship is beneficial. Angel investors provide more than just money – they are […]

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  • November 27, 2018

    Raising Seed Capital? 6 important questions

    Your 2018 Guide on How To Do It Successfully
    Thank you to Parul Sign who has provided a great guide. Access the guide here.

    Parul  walks through some great questions to ask yourself and your partners such as:

    Realistically, are you venture scale?
    How competitive are you?
    Are you willing to optimize for investor fit?
    As an Emerge subscriber, we strive to serve you and your team by saving you time and money by connecting you with the knowledge, mentors and resources you need at each stage as you grow your shelf space. Creating a great new product with just the right packaging is vital to building a winning brand, but it is only the first step. Gaining the financial acumen to grow and sustain a successful business is equally important.

    In recent conversations with FMI Emerge Mentors Randy Funk of Frontera Equity and Keith Kohler of the K2 Group, we learned some finance basics.

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  • August 27, 2018

    Emerging Brands Must Know About Finance- Understanding Finance Tools & Terms

    Within the FMI Emerge community, there is valuable insight available from more than 40 Emerge mentors.

    In  recent conversations Mentors Randy Funk of Frontera Equity and Keith Kohler of the K2 Group,we learned some of finance basics.

    Randy and Keith both have extension financing experience and expertise that they are ready to share with the community.

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  • June 11, 2018

    Established Brands Creating Investment Vehicles and Incubators?

    Back in the summer of 2015, wine and beer (Corona portfolio) category leader Constellation Brands was one of the first established companies to create an investment vehicle to help nurture emerging brands.

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  • June 1, 2018

    Is Your Emerging Brand Ready for a Strategic Investor?

    At first glance, it would appear that capital would be the commodity startups are most in need of as they look to grow their emerging brands. In fact, that isn’t necessarily the best reason to get involved early on with a strategic investor.

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