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No one said securing capital was easy. Every time you think you are about to close the deal, something comes up.

Just as you put the Dom Perignon on ice, you will probably realize that the financing process is taking too much time. How do you adhere to the mantra coined Glengarry Glen Ross by writer David Manet: Always Be Closing?

You make it simple. You leave no question unanswered. You provide the exact amount of information to potential investors, not an inch more and not an inch less. You follow up. You always leave a door open (for yourself) so that they can let you back in the poker game.