Raising Capital

In this last lesson, Leslee walks you through the different options of how to offer the original founders stock in the company.

Leslee takes you through crowd funding, which allows you to go out and solicit the world and not through accredited investors. She also highlights the limits on how much each

In this lesson, Leslee walks you through how to differentiate between the types of investments you’re seeking, how they are all types of securities, but not all types need to

In this lesson, Leslee walks you through the Series A round, where a company usually seeks between $2-10 million from venture capital investors.

In between the initial seed round and Series A round of fund raising, the Series Seed allows some of the same protections and benefits of Series A at a fraction

In this lesson, learn about SAFEs and how they help protect the company and the investor involved.

In this lesson, you’ll learn all the pieces that you need to consider when looking to raise funds with friends and family – the legally protected way –  vs a

In this lesson, Leslee takes you through a brief overview of the various types of fundraising that most food entrepreneurs might look to use.

Meet Leslee Cohen, of Hershman Cohen, and learn how she’s taken her corporate experience to help entrepreneurs protect themselves in early-stage fundraising.

Dani introduces you to The Hatchery, a non-profit food and beverage incubator located in Chicago. The Hatchery is a physical space for kitchen production and has 67,000 square feet of