Questions regarding people or companies providing businesses with cash infusion(s) needed to finance its operation.
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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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What are the standard clauses of a contract with an investor?
I know an investor usually ask for a Drag-Along Right in the contract, who obliges minority shareholders to sell the company if the majority want so. Sometimes they could want to oblige you also if ...
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Equity distribution when taking investor / partner to develop a successful existing business
i am the sole shareholder of a well-established service business with 10-years of expertise and recognition in our industry locally.
We have an opportunity to grow by creating multiple new locations. ...
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How do you pay back an investor?
I have read the answers on here and read a few books on the subject but I need more clarity. How would one pay back a investor?
Specifically, if I get an investor then how does he get his money? How ...
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If my company (start-up) does not make money is it right time to look for investors for funds for further development? [closed]
We are develooping PLM (PDM) software for engineers. We have a business model that will bring money to us. But to grow business and further product development we need funds. Please advise on my ...
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How do I pay back a investor who only invested $1500?
I came up with an invention 4yrs ago and just recently took it to invent tech to get help making it. My husband drew out the sketch for me. When I took it to Invent Tech they told me it would cost 945 ...
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Term sheet condition to use the investors law firm?
Our company has just received a term sheet for a convertible debt investment. One of the clauses states that we have to pay the fees for drafting the agreements (which I understand is normal), but ...
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How long do you have to be “successful” when you accept investment money?
I have been considering getting an angel investor or joining an incubator. How long do you have to be "successful"? What is successful to an investor?
More details
I'm working on a project that may ...
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Joining a startup as GM, I have doubts about the offer..
I have been asked to join an e-commerce startup as General Manager.
The current partners are just partially active, but with strong connections in the specific market and backup by VC.
The business ...
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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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Should I give an investor equity for a short term investment?
We are not so much a start up company; been doing business for over 7 years and started off with an investor which was considered a loan with interest. Now we are up to receive anywhere from ...
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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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Is there an index of startup incubators around the world? [closed]
Is there a list of places like the YCombinator, CapitalFactory etc arranged by their geographic operating regions?
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Thoughts on offering Software development in return for Equity for a tech startup
I have been developing some software for an online venture in return for significant equity. I am working with another founder who is developing the business. The current thinking is to value our ...
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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 to find Angel/Early stage pitch events
We are an early stage company with a working product. We would love to gain some seed funding to help us market the product. However, we seem to hear about pitch events either in the paper or past ...
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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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How improbable is it that a founder with student loan debt will grab seed funding?
I noticed that student loan debt is almost never mentioned in articles discussing the acquisition of angel funding and funding from VC's. I have a hard time believing that investors will invest in ...
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How to protect investors from founders leaving when out of money
We have founding partners who work for our start-up company full-time. We are now having a first external equity investor coming in. We have enough financing to last about one year at which time we ...
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Sticky IP situation
We are in a sticky situation, that is no ones fault but our own. We had approached a developer to join our startup. After showing him the project he was excited and decided to join. Our mistake was ...
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How to expose my startup to seed investors instead of cold calling them?
How can I expose my startup to seed and angel investors instead of cold calling them?
Is there any way to get feedback from them?
In Silicon Valley or other major startup scenes.
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Investor wants to drip feed money by quarter, how to reward?
I have software product I've been developing for a few years that is just about at the beta stage. I am still working full time as a IT consultant and working on the product in the evening and the ...
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Should I pitch my idea to Angel Investors?
We have an idea for a website. I am a software developer, but I don't want to spend all my time creating this site that won't sell or be marketable or popular whatsoever, and make us no money.
Would ...
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We are 4 tech guys that have almost a MVP for our project, would it be good to apply for an incubator?
We are working at our MVP (we can develop app, server & graphic).
We got a business model but no business plan because we don't have a marketing specialist.
There's one incubator program that ...
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Is it possible to start a self sustaining web design business with limited finances and experience? Do i need a partner?
I want to start a web design company, and ultimately a brand name. I am hoping to acquire skills, financing, and contacts simultaneously. Is this possible? Can one generate enough money with ...
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With the rampant invest-in-clone-markets system prominent in India, how does one pitch in for some fresh concept?
Angels and VCs in India seem to be living in a "third world" in terms of their risk appetite and appreciation of a new concept or idea. A major part of funding to startups in India goes to ...
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Next Steps…Web/Phone App idea [closed]
My partner and I have an idea for a web and phone application that we think would do really well. We've thought through what it would do, how it would function, and have built examples of how it would ...
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Investor want high stake and I need money
I love startups but have no prior startup experience. Till now I have only built stuff like mobile apps (as part time gigs) and worked as a consultant for many large enterprises. I have this new idea ...
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Consequences with investors if company doesn't meet agreed milestones
I have a few questions about promised milestones to investors.
Is it common to include very specific milestones in the term sheet?
What are the consequences if you fail to meet them? Losing Board ...
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Finding Investors/partners to fulfill the following needs
You've probably heard this before, but I came up with the idea for great product and I developed it. I measured the demand for it personally, by demonstrating it to the target audience and got a ...
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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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Where to find enthusiasts to collaborate on startup development? [closed]
We're the team of 4 guys from Europe. Recently launched a startup and are on the way of development, but want to improve the speed of building up a successful startup. Hence, we're looking for ...
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Have launched a royalty free music & audio stock library. Looking for enthusiasts for collaboration [closed]
We've recently launched a marketplace of Royalty-free Stock Music and Audio:
Have got quite a good selection of music, sounds and sound effects of 8,000 items available for instant licensing and ...
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Raising money for a technological company
My partner and I have come up with a unique technology that can provide a solution to many small-scale problems.
We've been working on the technology full time for the past 5 months and now we are ...
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What options are best offered to investors?
I have been planning for years and slowly working on launching my own business again. I have read many articles and I have debated on going the route of an investor but I am unsure on if I should ...
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Finding the right Investor
Hi my name is Ray and I have developed and Patented a wild fire suppression system to protect homes and structures. Is there a particular type of Investor I should be seeking?
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How should I forecast numbers in the business plan?
After searching and referencing many types of business plans I am trying to figure out how to forecast my competitors profits to demonstrate the potential profit for the company. However, I am going ...
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How much equity do I give an investor?
If an investor gives about $20k for a startup business, how much equity should I give them? If there's a good chance that the idea could be worth potentially millions?
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Investor Q&A Readiness
We are an early stage web startup, and do not have anyone with deep financial experience on our team. Is not a likely option at this point.
We are pitching to investors in a contest setting next ...
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Finder's Fees and SEC regulations
I've been advised on multiple occasions that agreeing to a finder's fee as a percentage of capital raised is illegal in the United States, unless the "finder" is a licensed broker-dealer.
Despite ...
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Do Investors Care that We Have Other Businesses?
My partner says that if investor come and ask whether we have other businesses I should say no.
However, I find it strange
While this can be shoehorn into "looking your best" (The other bizs are ...
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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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Identify the different points of view that an investor will have for a new business
I am currently trying to create from scratch a new business. Is a high cost start business and I dont have the necessary funds, only the information of how to do it, that means from the customers and ...
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How can a first time entrepreneur pitch himself to an investor?
The founding/management team is one of the critical areas investors look at in a startup. Usually the team is more important than the idea/product.
Investors like to see a proven track record of ...
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Talking to investors whose portfolio company is a competitor
We're trying to decide whether or not to talk to an investor who has invested in a lot of companies, and one of them has some overlap with our product but has a different business model (b2b vs b2c).
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How should I protect myself from intellectual property theft before I pitch this game to Scopely?
(For the impatient, the main question is at the bottom of this text.)
I was reading this article and a couple of others about Scopely, a game development company responsible for the creation of the ...
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How to become a secondary angel investor
I'm planning to become an angel investor but during the initial stages dont want to be directly looking over all the operations.
Thus looking for something like helping another angel investor,so that ...
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How to find genuine investors online?
How to find sound (Small Business) investors that can recognize an outstanding opportunity when they see one? I mean how to find them online? Cuz it’s such a waste of time when one (startup founder) ...
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Angel Investor Compensation
I have a few investors who are looking to fund my startup. Normally, how does the compensation work between the startup and the investor? Is it similar to the stock market where the investor buys a ...
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Why investor require start-up having a co-founder?
I contacted a lot of investors and accelerators. I found most of them don`t care about the product itself too much, but strongly requiring start-up should have a co-founder.
Why?
Perhaps some of ...
