There is a saying in business, "If you're sitting at the poker table for more than 15 minutes and you don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy."

Just need to set a date and place - I know Oscar’s would be willing to set aside some tables for us.

There is a "sponsor exemption" but that only allows an unlicensed person to raise money but it cannot be more than 50% of their duties and the pay they receive cannot be based on how much they raised.If you have never raised $, a family office will be off the table as they typically want the company to ahve atleast $50-$100M in assets. 

With your background in computer science, math, and finance, you’re bringing some valuable tools to the table.

I really scaled up my number of doors the last couple of years and didn't bring any new processes to the table and it feels like a mess.

I am hoping a small profit is still on the table, but time will tell.If anybody tells you the delays are due to permitting within the City of Cape Coral, I would argue you are being misadvised.  

I realized I was pitching ideas without fully articulating the value I bring to the table.

I left a lot of money on the table because my CPA was not familiar with accelerated depreciation at the time.

From 9:45 to 20:30 walks through a summary of the proposal as well as options that the board has on the table.  

What do you bring to the table and what do you need from a partner?