Last year I wrote an article for Crowdfund Insider called, “Recycling Yesterday’s News”. The piece drew attention to a “not-so-obvious” warning sign that a company may be headed for a downfall. In the article I cautioned investors to be leery of companies that consistently post stale and irrelevant news instead of issuing bona fide press […]
Investment Red Flag Alert – Failure to Launch
You see it all of the time. A starry-eyed CEO is out on the capital raising trail luring investors with hopeful promises. Prospective investors are assured that their money will fund the next world changing innovation. They receive well thought out financial forecasts and pitch decks dressed up with hockey stick charts. Of course, every […]
Investing Red Flag: The CEO Who Moonlights
One of my recent investment red flags articles titled, “At What Point Does A CEO’s Salary Raise Serious Red Flags With Investors?” – which underscored appropriate salary ranges for a startup CEO – sparked quite a discussion on a prominent LinkedIn angel group. I believe that a CEO’s salary should depend on a company’s capitalization, its revenues […]
Investment Red Flag: A Chef in a CEO’s Clothing
Some CEOs are great at execution. They develop products that customers truly desire. They know how to increase sales and generate profits. They are consistently rewarding shareholders by maximizing their investment. Then there are other CEOs who aren’t as adept at executing on a business plan, but instead possess superb culinary skills. Only instead of […]
At What Point Does A CEO’s Salary Raise Serious Red Flags With Investors?
We’ve all heard the expression that salaries should commensurate with experience. Well that’s all well and good when you’re working for someone else. But it can be problematic when you are hiring yourself as the CEO of a company that you founded, control, and is being capitalized by outside investors. In that instance, a CEO’s […]