Scaling: Thinking Big with Little Capital

This module is based on chapter 11, “Scaling: Thinking Big with Little Capital”, from “Capital Structure Intelligence”. After you have completed your first investor deal, the next important question arises: What happens next? Many people make the next mistake right here. They think: “Okay, I’ve made one deal, now I’ll just make the next one the same way.” That sounds logical – but it is not the way of great investors. Great investors don’t think in individual deals. They think in systems. 11.1 What Does Scaling Really Mean? Simple explanation Scaling means: You don’t just make one deal – you build a system that enables multiple deals. Why this is important If you think of each deal individually, you remain small. You keep starting from scratch: – looking for new capital – building a new structure – starting over from zero This costs time and energy. Wrong “I just make one deal after another repeatedly.” Why is that problematic? You don’t build a system. Each time you are again: – at the beginning – under...