Gordon Daugherty, Author at Texas CEO Magazine

Gordon Daugherty

Gordon Daugherty is a seasoned business executive, entrepreneur, startup advisor, investor, and the best-selling author of Startup Success: Funding the Early Stages of Your Venture. A proud native Texan, Daugherty graduated from Baylor University. He has vast experience with early-stage fundraising from both sides of the table, making more than 200 investments and raising more than $80 million in growth and venture capital as a company executive, fund manager, board director, and active advisor.

The Fundraising Toolkit – Startup Success: A Startup Fundraising Series

Gordon Daugherty September 10, 2020

The previous Startup Success column focused on planning out a fundraising campaign in such a way as to optimize for both efficiency and effectiveness. Armed with the plan, you are almost ready to launch the campaign. Some key tools will be needed for that. A fundraiser’s most important tools are their elevator pitch, pitch deck, […]Read More

Planning a Fundraising Campaign

Gordon Daugherty April 2, 2020

Startup Success: A Startup Fundraising Series How Does a National Crisis Affect Startup Fundraising? I have three adult daughters and two granddaughters. During the recent coronavirus outbreak, I worry most about their personal health safety. But I’m also worried about their personal financial security, and that causes me to think about the financial health of […]Read More