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8. a) You run a startup that is looking to provide fitness and strength training based on the individual physique of the customers. The service is highly customised and the trainers will be working on a 1:1 basis with the customers. You have a team, a venue, the branding, and already about a dozen customers. However, you are still in need of £600,000 of seed funding to pay for the venue. Describe your fundraising strategy.
b) You have successfully raised the funds through angel investors. Now you are looking to scale your customer base with an anti-cyclical marketing budget. Describe your strategy.
a) You run a startup that is looking to provide fitness and strength training based on the individual physique of the customers. The service is highly customized and the trainers will be working on a 1:1 basis with the customers. You have a team, a venue, a branding, and already about a dozen customers. However, you are still in need of £600,000 of seed funding to pay for the venue. Describe your fundraising strategy. (8 marks)
b) You have successfully raised the funds through angel investors. Now you are looking to scale your customer base with an anti-cyclical marketing budget. Describe your strategy. (7 marks)
ANSWER:
a) Fundraising strategies as per my ideology:
b) My strategy to scale \our customer base with an anti-cyclical marketing budget: