Questions related to receiving capital from external sources.
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Unique product. No investors
I've patented my idea in several countries but am having problems sourcing for capital. I've customers who've indicated their interest in my product but I'm unable to locate funders. Everyone I ...
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Should I take out a short term or long term loan?
I've got a small business that has been making a steady profit for a few months. However, I'm looking to bootstrap it a little more.
So I was looking at peer to peer lending to make that possible. ...
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How to take a draw in a multi-member LLC?
My business partner and I are forming an LLC. As I understand, members of an LLC are not employees and therefore are not on payroll. Instead they pay themselves by taking a draw from the LLC funds.
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How is an ownership group formed?
I am interested in forming an "ownership group". I see the term all over the place, especially in sports, but can't seem to find any details on how these groups are initially formed. Is it a legal ...
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Does donation box really works [closed]
Mine is a very small startup of which I am only a member. It provides free softwares useful for professionals. I want to monetize my software. So, I am planning of using Donation box on my site. So my ...
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about launching concurrent projects
yes, I have a couple of them that I do not want to give up any. Supposing they all got very positive feedback from very initial surveys, I would like to request your views on the possibility of their ...
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overcoming permission matters founding in another country
This is about starting elsewhere and not in the country one lives in. The reason is that there are countries that appear as a better starting place than the country I live in; livelier, more open ...
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Sample answer to “Explain how you intend to (or already do) find customers?” [closed]
Can anyone, please, give a sample answer to a question from funding website techstars.com
Explain how you intend to (or already do) find customers?
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How much equity should I give investors
I am seeking a $2M investment to take my patented product to next level. I have been told my product is unique and can be used in a variety of industries by both commercial and residential users. ...
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Percentage allocation for my startup reasonable?
I've developed a new product that I am going to be selling and putting on the market. I had been planning on funding everything with my own personal savings. I have a friend (Mike) who believes in the ...
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How do investors feel about investing in an outsourced MVP?
We are a semi non-technical team, that has access to technical people that will oversee the technical side of the build. Our thoughts, are to use the working MVP to validate the idea, and hopefully ...
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Who is investing in EdTech? [closed]
I have a start-up in edtech, located in eastern Europe. I'm not supposed to promote it here, i know :)
The question is, probably someone knows the list of active investors in educational technology ...
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Does BizSpark preclude you from accepting funding elsewhere?
I am going to embark very soon on a software venture (have been a consultant and employee up until now).
I see advantages in signing up for Microsoft's BizSpark.
However, I wonder if doing so would ...
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Investing in startups online
I've seen plenty of websites that utilize philanthropic crowd-funding, but I'm unable to find any websites that allow people to purchase equity online. Are there any? If not, for what reason?
Note: ...
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What Should I do as Founder
Hope you can help me out with little advice here. I recently founded a website and I have no technical programming. Perhaps I was lucky that I found a rich partner who can't work full time. But he has ...
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Funding Campaign Guidance
I just launched a funding campaign at SellAnApp. I am emailing multiple blogs and forums to help me spread the word and gain some great traction but I am running out of ideas. If this was you running ...
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I built a very profitable start-up business for my employer over the last 6 years & need HELP! [closed]
I need to know if I have just cause to sue. AZ is a right-to-work state, but I built a complete start-up business from "nothing with little or no support from the owners of this new business".
I was ...
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Meeting with “right” folks?
I have developed a brand new product that meets all the financial (cost / price / marketetr size, etc.) hurdles, as well as the operational constraints (size, weight, strength, portability, ...
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New job to bootstrap startup?
Context: I started a SAAS based platform for small and medium sized companies around a year back. To save some time I intentionally took this underpaid job close to my home. I have successfully ...
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Have good MVP, need capital to grow, new to getting funding
We have what we believe is a pretty solid MVP for a enterprise software product. Without much advertising, we've had people find our website and purchase and use the product, and the initial feedback ...
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Alternatives to raising capital without giving up equity
I am from India - Bombay and have started this trading business of Cast Iron Brackets which is used to fix up wall hung commodes in bathroom/toilets, urinal commodes and wash basins alike.
It's been ...
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What is a lead investor?
On TechCrunch, I often see articles saying
Company FooBar raised $10M in a Series A round, lead by Ventures Inc.
In this context, who are "Ventures Inc"? What does it mean that they lead the ...
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1answer
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Sharing too much/too little information
I am a recent co-founder of a local start up called HeartCode in Singapore and we're looking for funding to support our operations and product.
We have a very strong start-up idea and I took the ...
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how to get money to open a retail store?
I am on optometrist and want to start my own business and stop working for others. In my world, the owner of the optical pays the doctor (me) a salary and makes a killing on my labor in the form of ...
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Do I need funding? If yes What type of?
I am going to become first generation entrepreneur. I don't understand the actual meaning of VC, angel funding, seed funding. etc.
Where can I know the meaning of all these type of funding?
Which ...
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What is the value of my IP (in terms of equity)
Here is the scenario:
I am the ceo/founder of a company that will be launching a website/application. The amount of cash I have invested thus far is less than 3,000.
I am currently seeking ...
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SEEKING FOR START-UP FUNDING [closed]
I am an entrepreneur in Zimbabwe, Africa seeking for funding to start up an import business of mobbile phones and accessories in our country from China and Dubai. How can i easily get a partner or ...
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How much equity should these founders have? [duplicate]
Me and my 3 partners are in the early stages of a gaming start up company. We are now looking to split the initial equity in the company because we are not all on equal terms.
Person#1 is an ...
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Traction or Lack of Capital, which is greater problem? [closed]
Lack of capital or not having enough traction, which is a greater problem for your startup or business? I believe you can get traction with lack of funding....where there is a will there is a way, ...
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Biotech Startup Funding Sources
I am in the process of starting a biotech. I have determined that a year is enough time to gather results promising enough to merit much greater investment- or failing, serious reconsideration or ...
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Do startups need to incorporate to receive funding?
If a startup is going to take venture capital, is it necessary to incorporate so shares can be exchanged to the VC firm?
Is it the same with angel or individual investors?
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What type of lawyer do I need?
My business partner and I are looking to start a gymnastics school. We have been told by the bank that we need 100% collateral. It is not uncommon for owners to seek parents of current gymnasts to ...
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How to fire a co-funder on non funded company
How to fire a co-founder, which means mainly how to remove him from the funding process. We decided to get ride of one of our co-founder, we didn't fund yet, and we wanted to give him 20% share, ...
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When and how do I approach an investor?
I've been working on my startup for about 3 months now. Currently we have two active team members: a backend developer and a frontend developer (myself). Now we're looking to get investments so that ...
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Get foreign investment (US VCs and Angels) for startup in Europe
We are a startup in Europe. (A Saas music web app + mobile app and we are now exiting from stealth mode.)
I wonder how to reach US Venture Capitalists and Angels from Europe. We are incorporating ...
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Can startup funding cover founder's personal expenses?
I and a friend of mine are working on our own web startup. Right now we are coding the whole thing and would be looking for investors 3-4 months down the line. My question is, can we include our own ...
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I am going to launch Product beta version next month. Whats my next steps? [closed]
What should be our next steps regarding marketing, funding etc..
please give your valuable suggestions...
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Different stages of VC finance and were the company / product is in its life / development cycle
You hear a lot in the media about _ raised a stage A round of x million, or ___ just got seed funding from a group of angel investors.
But what's never explained is the stage that these companies / ...
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Going Public Through a Reverse Merger - Capital Pool Company
I am with a one year old startup. We had an offer to get public a couple of days after we started the company and nowadays more and more people ask me that. Reverse mergers and Capital Pool Companies ...
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Outsourcing development with friends and family money
My cofounders and I have bootstrapped so far to get a hardcoded (doesn't connect with a server) iOS prototype for $10k from a local outsourced developer. We have no traction yet and are in need of ...
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kickstarter alternatives for non US startups?
I've recently been looking into getting funding for my startup (we're building a web-based social platform). I've looked into www.kickstarter.com and it looks pretty cool however it is only open to US ...
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Funding for developing a mobile application
We are college students currently developing an iPad application and seek a small investment to complete the development before submitting to the app store. We have tried several avenues for asking ...
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Is it okay to shop around for incubators
I'm meeting with a local incubator tomorrow and I would like to know if it's okay to tell them I'm going to "shop around".
I want to talk to other incubators and see what they can bring to the ...
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How will I know when my company is ready to receive an investment?
How will I know when my company is ready to receive an investment?
I am starting a company and have bootstrapped it so far. I have produced four versions of the demo. The first fully-working version ...
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How is ownership of equity re-distributed at each stage of growth?
I've been researching for over a year now as an aspiring entrepreneur, but I am still fuzzy on how equity gets distributed at every stage of company growth.
Is a set amount of "shares" created upon ...
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I have a website idea I need to share with major companies
My idea works with the help of major companies, however, Im afraid if I share it with them they may steal the idea. I know there isnt much I can do to protect myself from this happening. My question ...
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Is 17 too young to apply to Y Combinator or any other incubator program
We are team of two 17 year old students with an "idea". Is it possible to even be considered for Y Combinator etc. We realize we dont have much credentials in terms of experience and education but do ...
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Two ways to finance the $20,000 of the remaining liabilities
A business has $80,000 worth of liabilities that must be paid within the next 3 months. The liquid (can be turned into cash quickly) assets total only $60,000, the sales and collections from customers ...
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Best single resource for understanding Business Analysis
I would like to get up to speed on Business Analysis, and just downloaded, "A Guide to Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK Guide)" and I'm wondering if this is the best single source for the ...
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Funding: Kickstarter or Family Loan?
Background
I've been working on a video game for android devices (i.e. an app) for some months now, and I'm getting close to completing a solid, well polished product
I'm lucky enough to have an ...
