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How To Get Funding For Your Product (R&D)
By Martin at April 15, 2015 | 11:12 am | 0 Comment
Angel investors and venture capitalists are looking for startups with real products and a proven business model, ready to scale. Yet I still get too many business plans that clearly are looking for money to do research and development (R&D) on a new and unproven technology. If you need funding for these early stage activities, I have some suggestions on better more...
How To Give Funding Pitch To Angel Investors
By Martin at January 21, 2015 | 11:25 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...
Top 10 Turnoffs For Angel Investors
By Martin at September 25, 2014 | 11:17 am | 0 Comment
Many new entrepreneurs are so excited by their latest idea that they can’t resist contacting every investor they know, assuming the investor will be equally excited and want to contribute immediately. Others will work hard on a business plan, and then mail it indiscriminately to every potential investor they can find on the Internet. Both of these approaches are a waste more...
Pros & Cons Of Angel Investor Or VCs Money For Startup
By Martin at July 4, 2014 | 8:38 am | 0 Comment
As an Angel investor to startups, I’m still surprised to find entrepreneurs who expect investors to give them money, and then disappear into the sunset. Would you do that if it was your money? If the entrepreneur wants total control of their own venture, with no one looking over their shoulder, they should work within the limits of their own resources, a process more...
Why Angel investors & Venture Capitalists Don’t Invest In Non-Profits Company
By Martin at October 14, 2013 | 8:48 am | 0 Comment
Angel investors and venture capitalists don’t invest in non-profits. The simple reason is that it’s impossible to make money for investors when the goal of the company is to not make money. Yet I still get this question on a regular basis, so I’ll try to outline the considerations in common-sense terms. A non-profit organization is generally defined as an more...
How To Avoid Bad Angel Investors For Your Startup Company
By Martin at May 27, 2013 | 8:06 am | 0 Comment
A few angel investors have slipped or fallen from their lofty perch, so entrepreneurs must take great care to validate the character and reputation of every prospective investor. The entrepreneur’s tendency to be in a huge hurry to obtain the funding can end up being disastrous, and play into the hands of these less scrupulous investors. Many entrepreneurs believe more...
How To Attract Investors?
By Martin at April 23, 2013 | 8:15 am | 0 Comment
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 line, angel investors look to invest in entrepreneurs that have an more...
Why VCs& Angel Investors Would Not Fund R&D Projects
By Martin at October 6, 2012 | 9:37 am | 0 Comment
I still get business plans, looking for an investor, that say all too clearly that the primary “use of funds” will be to do research and development (R&D) on some promising new technology, like superconductivity or cancer cures. Investors are looking for commercial products to make money, rather than R&D sunk costs, so your investment hopes are sunk as well. In more...
Simple Tips To Raise Funding From Angel Investors
By Martin at September 22, 2012 | 9:07 am | 0 Comment
Fundraising is brutal. Actually, according to Paul Graham, “Raising money is the second hardest part of starting a startup. The hardest part is making something people want.” More startups may fail for that reason, but a close second is the difficulty of raising money. A while back, I outlined “The 10 Best Sources of Cash to Start Your Business” for startups, more...
Find Out: Which Type Of Startup Domain Angel Investors Hate To Invest
By Martin at July 13, 2012 | 8:20 am | 0 Comment
We are talking about angel investors here, meaning people who invest their own money in early-stage startups for a share of the equity. These people are highly focused on investment areas they know, which have a large opportunity for growth, revenue projection of $20M or more in five years, and a high return that can be realized via an exit within five more...
Few Angel Investors That Entrepreneurs Should Avoid
By Martin at April 23, 2012 | 8:20 am | 0 Comment
A few angel investors have slipped or fallen from their lofty perch, so entrepreneurs must take great care to validate the character and reputation of every prospective investor. The entrepreneur’s tendency to be in a huge hurry to obtain the funding can end up being disastrous, and play into the hands of these less scrupulous investors. Many entrepreneurs more...
When To Approach VCs Or Angel Investors For Your Startup Funding?
By Martin at February 6, 2012 | 8:35 am | 0 Comment
If you are looking for an outside investor, you need to know how they see you. Different types of investors look for startups at different levels of maturity. If your startup is at the wrong stage for the investor you are approaching, fishing for money is a waste of time for both of you. For instance, if your company is only a few weeks old and you have zero customers more...
Angel Investors:Looking To Invest In Beta Startups?Here are 3 Beta Startups
By ajay at November 5, 2011 | 12:20 pm | 0 Comment
If you are active internet user and looking for some beta sign ups sites then check out few start ups given below. And if you're angel investors and looking for some stealth mode start-up to fund then you can also check out the 3 beta start-ups sites given below. 1 Weebrag Weebrag aims to monitor your child's progress from the day when you get pregnant till more...
How To: Get Prepared Before Approaching Investors
By Martin at September 10, 2011 | 10:25 am | 0 Comment
Don’t charge the hill until you are “ready.” This probably seems obvious to military types, but I see entrepreneurs violating this rule all the time. They approach key potential investors way too early, trying to talk their way up the hill, with no supporting business plan, and before they have a support team around them. Needless to say, they usually get shot down, 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...
Open Angel Forum–Connecting entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and industry professionals
By Vineet at December 6, 2009 | 8:59 pm | 0 Comment
What Company Is Offering: Open Angel Forum is very good new plateform which will help to connect startups,angel investors and VCs .It is an event that bring together entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and industry professionals. Its mission is to host events that are free to startups and investors. If you are selected to present as a startup or attend as an investor, more...
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