In this week's solocast episode of Dadages entitled “It takes credit to make money,” host Chad Hagle shares his strategies for raising capital for early-stage companies. Chad shares the stories of his first company GetFit.com during the dot-com boom of the late 1990s. He shares the stories of the Wild West from that time in Silicon Valley and what he learned about raising capital and dealing with venture capital investors.

Chad provides a model for building credibility in early stage companies as a means of building credit to secure funds from capital sources. He also provides valuable advice and a framework for creating an early-stage business plan.

Listen also to learn about the launch of Dadages version 2.0 and what that entails.

This episode is Part 1 of a two-part series, with Part 2 focused on raising capital for real estate development.