How to Raise Capital and Find Funding For Your Small Business (feat. Sika Health)

03/30/23 • 36 min

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Mind The Business: Small Business Success Stories

In business, you have to spend money to make money. But you also have to have money to spend it. Hosts Austin and Jannese discuss how to decide which type of funding makes sense for your small business and explain the differences between angel investors, VC funding, crowdfunding, small business loans, and grants.

Later, Ami Kumordzie, founder of fintech company Sika Health, joins the show to share her empowering story of beating the odds as a Black woman who raised a $6.2M seed round from world-class investors during a pandemic.

Learn more about how QuickBooks can help you start, grow, and fund your business:

For more insights on growing a new business visit:

https://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/small-business-data/new-business-insights-2023/

For key takeaways from this week’s episode visit:

https://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/running-a-business/mind-the-business-episode-1/

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Learn more about how QuickBooks can help you start, grow, and fund your business:

For more insights on growing a new business visit:

https://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/small-business-data/new-business-insights-2023/

For key takeaways from this week’s episode visit:

https://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/running-a-business/mind-the-business-episode-1/

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Previous Episode

Introducing: Mind The Business: Small Business Success Stories

There is so much excitement around starting a business, but hardly any insight on what it truly takes to be your own boss. To help unpack the necessary tools you need to jumpstart your business, Intuit QuickBooks, in collaboration with iHeartRadio, is bringing you "Mind the Business: Small Business Success Stories" Every episode, join hosts Jannese Torres (Yo Quiero Dinero) and Austin Hankwitz (Rate of Return) as they interview business owners who will share their journey of trials and tribulations with entrepreneurship.

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Knowing Your Audience for the Best Marketing Strategy (feat. Andrea Casanova)

Having a great product or service is just one part of having a successful business. You also need people to know about your business so that it becomes profitable. Hosts Jannese and Austin share how they effectively used social media to build their brands and explain different marketing strategies including loyalty/rewards programs, remarketing, SEO, one-to-one marketing, and email marketing.

Viral marketer Andrea Casanova joins the conversation to share her story of immigrating to the US and creating a marketing agency where she helps clients discover the best marketing strategy to take them to the next level.

Learn more about how QuickBooks can help you start, grow, and market your business:

For more insights on marketing your small business, visit:

https://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/marketing/marketing-plan-examples-for-small-business-owners/

For key takeaways from this week’s episode, visit:

https://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/running-a-business/mind-the-business-episode-2/

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Mind The Business: Small Business Success Stories - How to Raise Capital and Find Funding For Your Small Business (feat. Sika Health)

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