• 00:00 Introduction 
• 00:43 Background and Inspiration for starting Musizi University
• 03:53 Unique Approach and Model of Musizi University
• 07:09 Co-founding Musizi University and Takako's Background
• 13:58 The Meaning of Musizi 
• 16:16 Blending Western and Ugandan Talent in the University
• 26:32 Fundraising for a Startup University
• 30:43 Fundraising Success and Building Relationships
• 38:26 Tactics for Warm Introductions and Relationship Building
• 41:52 Crafting a Compelling Pitch
• 47:41 Navigating Challenges of Starting a University
• 48:16 Actionable Advice for Ambitious Ideas
• 49:43 Building Meaningful Relationships with Donors
• 51:07 How to Donate and Learn More About Musizi University

To see all the show notes visit: https://www.7figurefundraising.com/podcast/

To learn more about fundraising and our training visit: 7FigureFundraising.com

Joey Coleman helps companies keep their customers and employees. As an award-winning speaker, he shares his First 100 Days® methodology for improving customer and employee retention with organizations worldwide (e.g., Whirlpool, Volkswagen Australia, and Zappos). His Wall Street Journal #2 best-selling book, Never Lose a Customer Again, shows how to turn any sale into a lifelong customer or donor.

His new book, Never Lose an Employee Again, details a framework companies and nonprofits can use to reduce turnover, and increase employee engagement.

In this episode we cover

• Employee Retention
  • Treat Employees the same way you would treat a donor
  • Donor/customer experience is similar to the Employee experience
• New Employees Experience
  • The importance of the first 100 days with a new employee
• Job Posting
  • How to entice the right applicants from the start
  • Why you should provide interview questions in advance
  • Off-the-cuff questioning vs. the more common interview questions
  • Learning about the person as a person instead of an employee
• Making a Job Offer
  • What to do during the "quiet period" - the time between the offer and the first day
  • Making a lasting impression on the first day and how to "Give them something to talk about."
  • Making sure a new employee understands their role in the company and why they matter.
• Close
  • Joey's  challenge for the audience
  • Pick up a copy of Joey's book, Never Lose an Employee Again

To see all the show notes visit: https://www.7figurefundraising.com/podcast/

To learn more about fundraising and our training visit: 7FigureFundraising.com

Trevor and Tarren Bragdon discuss how to think about fundraising for a startup nonprofit. 

We have a lot of people new to fundraising who find us through the podcast and we’d wanted to do a podcast specifically for fundraising for a startup nonprofit. 

• 3 phases of a Startup Nonprofit
  • Idea phase - Finding the product and market fit
    • Read the book The Mom Test by Rob Fitzpatrick
  • Proof phase - show your idea works - pilot or small scale success
  • Scale phase - figuring out how to take things that work on a small scale and make them work on large scale
• Theory of Change Formula
  • What is the Problem
  • What is your Solution?
  • Why are you the best team to solve the Problem?
  • Write out your theory of change in less than 140 words.
    • Refine and edit.
    • You'll want to be able to explain it in about 1 minute
• How to introduce yourself - to new people and talk about your nonprofit
  • Problem, Solution and then a Story
  • Introduction from The 1-Page Marketing Plan by Alan Dibs
  • “You know how [state the problem you solve]. Well I’m starting a nonprofit that [insert your solution here]. In fact, [give a story about your solution]”
• Start working on your pitch - 
  • See our short video on How to Build a Pitch
    • Elevator Close Video
  • We have a video on this and a short course on Udemy on how to build a pitch - almost 600 students enrolled
• Phase 2 the Proof phase - showing your idea works - pilot or small scale success
  • Communication with donors key
  • Start thinking about the size of the nonprofit you want to create
  • Building out your team 

Wrap up

• To grow your fundraising as a Startup, focus on these steps. 
  • Idea Phase
    • Ask why isn’t this done already
    • Develop out your theory of change 
    • Create your introduction and begin your pitch
    • Begin testing your idea on a small scale 
    • Pitch donors and listen to their feedback 
    • Expect a lot of No’s 
  • Proof Phase
    • Decide the type of nonprofit you want to build
    • Build out your team
    • Figure out how to scale 

To see all the show notes visit: https://www.7figurefundraising.com/podcast/

To learn more about fundraising and our training visit: 7FigureFundraising.com