1st LAUNCH In Launch Funding Network's approach to getting you the money you need for your business, 1st LAUNCH is where your blueprint for success is first created.  1st LAUNCH focuses on review and planning: Corporate Review and Readiness Business Planning Funding Strategy and Capital Formation Planning If you are starting a business or just have a few years under your belt, the Planning services offered in 1st LAUNCH may be exactly what you need to move to the next level. To start a small business or grow your company, you must have a business plan.  Our business planning and corporate development process makes your growing business more attractive to angel investors and other private funding sources in our network, which includes a variety of commercial lending, private lending and specialized conventional and SBA small business loan sources.  If you are an established business, a corporate review is necessary to ensure that your corporate veil is intact and your bylaws and executive orders are current and consistant with your share structure and operations.   You will still need a funding strategy to make sure you target the right type and amount of funding for your size and stage of business.   Also we will need to ensure your business plan communicates the information your target audience will be seeking.  The purpose of 1st Launch is to make your business more "attractive" to investors. The 1st Launch philosophy is "That which you pursue eludes you, but that which you attract pursues you!"   LAUNCHfn offers a variety of services to prepare and empower you to "attract" debt and equity funding you need to accelerate the growth of your business. Seeking To "Attract" Investors? The funding process is often frustrating, expensive and time-consuming. If you have little or no experience in this process, you should seek guidance, information and support to prepare your business for funding. This is part of a planning process. This planning process is absolutely essential to funding success. If you are a start-up, you must move through this planning process to get to our funding network.  The division of LAUNCHfn that specializes in planning and business development services is called 1st LAUNCH. We have two additional divisions. Launch Pad, for established businesses, prepares you to meet with investors.  This includes preparing your investment opportunity and helping with your business plan, management team, and business systems as needed. This enables you to raise the funds you desire. Post Launch schedules presentations and meetings with funding sources in our network, actually managing the process that raises funds for your business, and staying with you to guide you through the acceleration process. Start-Up Companies and New Businesses  1st Launch specializes in services to start-up companies or companies new to the funding process. Please review the list of services below and check those of interest to you. Then, email this list to us. We will provide a service description, of course, with no obligation.  Services  You have heard the old saying - by failing to plan you are planning to fail. Smart entrepreneurs take the time to plan well!  1st Launch offers a variety of business development services designed to get you through the "process of planning" to raise money for your business. Most entrepreneurs fail to raise the capital they need because they do not take the time to plan for their needs. That is why we have developed a special 1st Launch division. Our specialty is getting your business ready to meet with investors. And this sets you apart from many entrepreneurs who are not ready when they approach investors for funding. Through these services, you will be ready. Thus, you will have a competitive edge that is often the difference between funding failure and success.   Key Areas of Support  1st Launch provides support in three broad areas: Proof of Concept because investors want to know that your product or service will sell  Milestones because investors want to know what you have already achieved Internal Organization because you must have the capacity to grow and expand into new markets  Planning Services The Service Inquiry Form found below is a simple, no-cost, no-obligation way to obtain more information about the services offered through 1st Launch. Simply check the services of interest to you and submit.