From Wikipedia An investor is a party that makes an investment into one or more categories of assets --- equity, debt securities, real estate, currency, commodity, derivatives such as put and call options, etc. --- with the objective of making a profit. This definition makes no distinction ...
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How to kick start a web service with no working capital on hand?
I have a project on the table with a business model that involves creating a web service to streamline all the best pieces of internet marketing into one platform. Full details need to be kept ...
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Can I approach Angels even if my associate and I have absolutely no cash?
My associate and I are doing a website and we have absolutely no cash.
Altough, we made a demo, "a prototype" of our website.
Would that demo and a solid pitch/business plan convince an angel even ...
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Do investors in the US invest in international companies?
I am based in the US, but I would like to start an ISP in a different country.
Would it be reasonable to find investors in the US? Or do I have to find investors in the target country?
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What is a reasonable amount to ask to investors?
I asked a question about this before, but things have changed.
I developed software for basketball and football teams. I have sold 32 copies @ $20 each doing virtually nothing. I wrote a few articles ...
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Investor Relations for Startups
Our company appears to be close to getting our first investment -- term sheet but no cash delivered -- and we know we need to get in the habit of keeping this investor and any future ones up to date ...
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Is it worth applying to ABC's Shark Tank tv show?
I am trying to raise funds for my patented idea. I looked into applying to ABC's Shark Tank tv show. Does anyone have any experience with the show? I submitted my idea to season 4 casting on Shark ...
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How to calculate a company market value?
When an investor invests in a start up company, the investor will also ask how do you estimate the company's market value. How do you calculate this value? Does it require some professional accountant ...
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Licensed software and due diligence: sufficient?
In the process of due diligence for an investment or for M&A, I ask:
Considering that all other software is property of the company, is it sufficient to have a non-core part of the software, ...
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Handling Investments
I am developing software that will work much like Yellow Pages but for the iPhone. I am developing it for a small town in a different country and there is a lot of local support for the product. I ...
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What is the procedure to finance a project?
A wealth individual would like to invest into a project where he would provide the funds and I would provide the management of the project. However, I am not too sure of the correct procedure to start ...
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How much equity should an active investor get in an early stage of a startup?
I'm the only executive, I have 100% of the shares, I have 4 employees.I built the prototype on my own and I'm almost launching.
This person has intense experience in tech but not as an investor. ...
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Have applied for Provisional Patent, looking for Angel Investor first
I have over 20 years of Software Development and 10+ Years of Project Development Management experience. I have plans to apply for two more Patents, (besides one Provisional Patent already applied). ...
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What should we expect in an accelerator interview?
Checked, but didn't see an answer to this:
My partners and I have applied to a NYC accelerator. They have invited us to do an in person interview to determine if our project is a good fit.
Aside ...
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Can an investment club, made up of non-accredited investors, invest in multiple startups?
We are about to create an investment club. We have plans to buy stock, but we plan to invest over 50% of our shares monthly minimums on startups. Is this allowed since we are an LLC with multiple ...
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Startup - C - Corp structure - How do we offer equity for seed investments?
We have a startup with some interested investors - (friends, family, etc). We have a C - Corp structure. We want to take in some of these investments - problem is that we have spoken to 2 lawyers ...
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Divide equity among founders, investors and advisors [closed]
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Forming a new software startup, how do I allocate ownership fairly?
Here is how our startup is dividing equity among Founders and Investors: 2 Founders (43% and 25%), ...
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How do I make website projections?
I own a website that I've been working on for the last couple years, and I'm now at a point where I need to try and raise money from venture capitalists. I am wondering what the best way to formulate ...
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How Many Seed Investors Should we Approach
We are building a startup, we are a few weeks away from our MVP launch. We have had some initial positive investor conversations with an angel and a couple VCs. One large VC that generally doesn't do ...
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Should I quit the company I founded?
I will try to make this short. About nine months ago my ex boss offered to invest in a company for me. Our relationship even when it was not romantic was deeply emotional. I care a lot about him as a ...
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How long should you keep your idea a secret?
I am a graduating senior in college studying computer science and machine learning. For the past year, I have been working with two other people on what we think is a pretty fantastic idea, offering a ...
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Start up valuation - how much equity
Approached by 2 founders that are very early days of executing an idea.
They have some good .com properties that will be central to brand/idea and had recent offers around $100K, with one outlier ...
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How does one pay back an investor?
I am starting a fashion retail business this year, and I need a total initial investment of $300,000. I don't know about financial issues regarding shares, equity and dividend. I'm currently looking ...
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Finding Investors. Who can you trust?
I see lots of investor hunters or finders on the web, but who can you trust? For instance many want a fee upfront to introduce you to 10 or 20 qualified leads. This is mostly done via phone and email. ...
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Is AngelList the best place for finding angel investors? [closed]
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Any experience with AngelList as startup?
I am about to find seed investors for my company, I read somewhere in tech news mentioned AngelList. Is it good? How easy is it ...
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commission on interest of cash deposits of foreign investors
I live in a country, Australia, where I can get upwards of 5% interest per annum on cash deposits held in a bank account. Having parents-in-law who live in a country, Japan, that offers about 0.02% ...
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Where can I find international seed investors?
We have just lauched a website for our upcoming SPARQL Database Server. We would like to attract the interest of international seed investors, but we are not sure where to start looking. We are based ...
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News source of companies who have received funding
As a CEO of a startup, I would like to stay informed about potential competitors. One source of such information would be to read news about startups that have received funding from investors. I am, ...
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do you think it is a good idea to start a revolutionary startup in europe?
yes, the title sums it up.
I mean, there are news of towns as better places for startups than before. but given the users, resources and everything else vital in this context, would you launch your ...
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What happens to the angel's / A round investor's stake on subsequent rounds, in the Valley?
As far as I understand, when the next round happens, the startup emits new shares that are sold to new investors under newly negotiated valuation.
Does this lead to the previous investor's shares ...
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What is a good way to find investors for a start up?
I have developed my SAAS on a shoestring budget and I have just made it production ready so I am now looking for ways to market it to my customer base. I, however, do not have the funds available to ...
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Where can I find detailed information about a company's stock structure prior to their IPO?
I'm curious to know about the stock structures of a lot of companies. For example Marc Pincus of Zynga has preferred stock, where each of his share's voting power is 70x greater than those that are ...
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Should you try not to give a concrete number to a potential investor?
When raising funds for a start-up with a working prototype/alpha product, should you refrain from asking for a specific amount? Or should you provide a preferred amount, and a backup plan for a ...
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Utilizing revenue in an LLC as an investment, not income in a new year
We are currently in the month of December and have about $10K (all revenue - all expenses) in our LLC's account. We plan to use this to invest on a project early next year. Unfortunately, it is not ...
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Vesting Schedule for an initial “100% CTO”
Classic case startup, 1 biz-dev + 1 techie. The 1 techie gets to be the lone warrior to build the entire contraption. The gut rule seems 50-50, but there are complications with that. What's a better ...
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Got initial traction, how do I know that it's “enough” to pursue investors?
My webapp is gaining traction, being passed around and written about in various countries around the world (it's nice seeing viral loops in action, I must say :) ).
And because I'm in the file storage ...
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Pondering Angel Investment
My startup has been bootstrapping for 4-5 months, we're at the point now, the other cofounder is working 40+ hours a week on a full time job at a company, would potential angels look down on this and ...
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Was there ever a startup website that didn't require the help of angel investors?
I guess what I meant to say is;
Has there ever been a startup that started small then became successful on its own, instead of having a large financial backup beforehand? If so, may I ask for a list ...
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What to put in to a company pitch?
We have a project we've been working on as a side project (Web based education and training application) for a few months as more of a hobby than anything. Recently we were approached by someone who ...
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How long does it take a company similiar to ebay to get investing
My Company is looking to get angel investing for a startup in order to provide more resources/time to various aspects of our business.
How long does it take to sway an angel to invest? I know this ...
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What are my requirements for confirming an investors is “Accredited”?
When raising capital at what point is it required by United States law that the investor be accredited, and if possible what are the laws stating these guidelines? Also, what due diligence is required ...
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StartUp Expenses for a web site corporation?
I'm looking for a list of costs associated with a large internet website startup such as groupon or yelp. Ground floor starting point before seeking seed investment, what startup costs would be ...
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Angel investment and qualification questions
Just because I didn't make 250k a yr ago why cant I be considered an angel if I was short like 20k but made it this year? Also, where can I invest, because most places dont want to deal with someone ...
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Valuation for a B2B SAAS past prototype, but pre-launch?
This is a little complicated, but I have an interested group of angels asking for how much for 10%-20% of my company. I have no clue what to tell them, or what my valuation is.
It is a B2B Saas ...
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What do investors generally want back in exchange for money?
I am aware there are plenty of questions here that address almost every aspect of the founder/investor relationship, but I'm not there yet. I'm still struggling with the basics. I've read through a ...
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How many shares for investors?
I want to incorporate a new company and authorize 10MM shares. I also need $50,000 to get started. I am considering inviting friends and relatives to invest, and issue them shares. I want to own 50% ...
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Late Stage Investments
My partners and I have built our company from an $11K company to a $1.2M company in 5 years. We have an investor who would like to put $500K into the company to help us get it to the "next level". My ...
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How do we communicate investment opportunity with video?
We have developed a great series of videos promoting an investment opportunity for one of our clients. The clients, and investor brokers love it. Now the challenge is how to show it on the website ...
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How website like deviantart make Money?
I was wondering how website like DeviantArt make money ? Even by allowing users to create free account and upload data for free. I heard some venture capitalist invest on such website but even how can ...
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Started a Website---Where to find legitimate Investing
I've started a website for a fantasy football game. It will launch next year for the 2012-2013 Season. I have a phenomenally designed site, with an extremely marketable name. I have some great ...
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How much of this company should I as -and angel investor own?
I current own my own business and make quite a bit of profit. Well I am looking into other things and found some friends that have a good idea that I am interested in.
These friends only have the ...
