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How To Define Traction Metrics For Your Startup
By Martin at February 27, 2013 | 8:27 am | 0 Comment
Almost every early-stage startup who has approached investors for funding has heard the innocuous sounding rejection “I love your idea, but come back when you have more traction.” What does traction really mean to investors, and how much is enough? Let me try to clarify the rules, and what it takes to win at this game. First of all, a definition. Traction is more...
Why Every Startups Need Traction First Before Approaching Investors
By Martin at September 1, 2012 | 9:02 am | 0 Comment
Every investor expects to see some business traction, both before and after a funding event. If you have been working 20 hours a day, and spent your last dollar, but have no results to show, investors will be sympathetic, but will probably tell you that your dream doesn’t have wheels. Traction means forward progress. I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their more...
Key Points For Startups To Consider Before Approaching To Investors
By Martin at April 4, 2012 | 8:23 am | 0 Comment
If your startup desperately needs an investor, you may not care if the investor is a so-called “angel” investor, or a venture capitalist (VC). The money is the same color in either case. But I have found that making the right choice at the right time can have a major impact on your long-term valuation, and the decision process is complex. The basics are simple. more...
Key Characters Required For Entrepreneurs To Attract Investors
By Martin at March 19, 2012 | 8:25 am | 0 Comment
Key Characters Required For Entrepreneurs To Attract Investors I’ve noticed that some entrepreneurs seem to have no trouble attracting investors, while others with a great business plan struggle with it. The reality is that angel investors are humans, and personal traits often make or break the relationship, even before the investment is considered. On the top more...
Make A Good Business Plan For Your Start Up Ideas Via Plancruncher
By Vineet at October 11, 2011 | 12:08 pm | 0 Comment
Most of the new wannabe entrepreneurs lack good business plan making skills that's why they fail to get investors for their startup projects. So,what's the solution? Well,how about using some sites that could help you to make a good business plan? How? Through Plancruncher. What it does? Plan Cruncher creates a standard one-page summary of a more...
Why Investors & Incubators Need To Look At Pre-Incubation?
By Guest Post at August 3, 2011 | 10:59 am | 0 Comment
Why Investors & Incubators Need To Look At Pre-Incubation This week, I’ve had several meetings with venture funds, incubators, corporate accelerators and other significant players in the startup eco-system. One theme seems to come up over and again, especially from geographies outside Silicon Valley: lack of a reliable pipeline of deals. On July 1, 2006, more...
Tips for your startup funding
By Martin at June 18, 2011 | 10:49 am | 0 Comment
Every investor expects to see some business traction, both before and after a funding event. If you have been working 20 hours a day, and spent your last dollar, but have no results to show, investors will be sympathetic, but will probably tell you that your dream doesn’t have wheels. Traction means forward progress. I hear a lot of entrepreneurs contemplating their more...
Tips for “funding pitch” to angel investors
By Martin at April 30, 2011 | 10:26 am | 0 Comment
The average length of a funding pitch to angel investors is ten minutes. Even if you have booked an hour with a VC, you should plan to talk only for the first fifteen minutes. The biggest complaint I hear from investors is that startup founders often talk way too long, and neglect to cover the most relevant points. Or they get sidetracked by a technical glitch due to poor more...
Two-year US visa to any entrepreneur that can get a start up idea
By Vineet at March 15, 2011 | 6:13 pm | 0 Comment
Do you have any starup idea and did you get any investors yet? Yes? Then fly to US. How? US senenators are going to pass a bill for entrepreneurs.This bill would called as Startup Visa act. If it get passed then any entrepreneur with an idea can move to US easily. What he/she have to do is just find one investor who backs them. TOI reported: Two-year US more...
Why funding requests for viable businesses are rejected by investors?
By Martin at March 12, 2011 | 2:03 pm | 0 Comment
New entrepreneurs often seem to confuse viability with fundability. Certainly a non-viable business should be not fundable, but many viable businesses are also not fundable. Thus when an investor declines your funding request, you need to curb your anger and understand the real reason for this outcome. In my experience, here are the most common issues that cause more...
