Jason's Business By Bootstraps

Tag: investors

  • Honouring shareholder obligations

    I haven’t used this line yet when turning down a proposal, but I keep it top of mind most days: “I cannot comply with your request without violating my obligations to my shareholders.” You don’t actually need to be a corporation or even have investors for this to be true. The truth is, we all […]

  • The key to the business pitch – that can’t ever be said

    I’ve noticed a trend in the business pitch (yes, I’m a Shark Tank and Dragon’s Den addict, er, enthusiast) wherein people never use the most obvious analogy. In Hollywood, or at least in movies about Hollywood, which I’m sure are 100% accurate portrayals of the culture, there’s this thing where movies are pitched as a […]