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How investment works when the entrepreneur is a foreigner?
I'm a foreign entrepreneur, If a US investor shows interest in investing in my company.
At what stage do i have to meet them?
do you think it's worth it to spend $2000 in travel expenses and yet ...
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Who are the most reputed Angels/VCs and what type of Businesses each of them Concentrate on
I am looking for funding, thus looking for angels in technology and trading. Is is possible to post sources of funding by area and stage. Also relative merits of each source. Perhaps links and ...
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How to do market research with a focus group?
To help me raise funds for a new company (medical device) I decided to do some market research. I was able to arrange a focus group in a local hospital where I would like to get some input from ...
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What are the keys to writing a good teaser?
I'm curious what are the main things required to make a good 2 page teaser, to be presented to a potential buyer of a company, a European company.
Some tips as well as links to examples would be ...
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Multipliers for the VC exit
I’m trying to look for reasonable multipliers in Europe and in US
for the possible exit of the 1st VC at Yr5 in the NanoTech domain.
The start-up figures are as follows:
1st round VC: 2M at Yr1 ...
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Angel or VC wants to invest, what are main arguments to negotiate shares vs investment?
what are main arguments to negotiate shares vs investment?
I want to be prepared when the time comes and I don't want to figure out in the moment about the negotiation about shares split and how much ...
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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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Source for “The Venture Capital Secret: 3 Out of 4 Start-Ups Fail” [closed]
This tidbit has been re-blogged all over the internet:
About three-quarters of venture-backed firms in the U.S. don't return
investors' capital, according to recent research by Shikhar Ghosh, a
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How to evaluate my startup price? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How do i determine a premoney valuation
How to evaluate my startup price especially at early stage to be able to choose between VCs offers
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How to Research and Determine Total Available Market (TAM) and Serviceable Available Market (SAM)
I'm working on the executive summary for my website idea and need to figure out the total market capitalization for the this industry.
For example, if all the yearly advertising (and other) revenue ...
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equity arrangement for “Proof of Concept” before going to VC
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What value would - $100k cash investment by founders, resource time and development of IT and IP in testing proof of concept, and securing $100k revenue from testing PoC - equate to prospective ...
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Funding : for growth, releasing equity for cash
Just browsing through crunch base, i was looking at flipboards profile http://www.crunchbase.com/company/flipboard , what i was wandering is initaly they got $10.5m series A funding and then $50m in a ...
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Including a demo with your pitch email. Good or Bad?
Recently I've been emailing local VCs with accelerator/partner programs (With only "contactus" and no application forms) in order to apply.
The mail was the standard small bit a of background about ...
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What is really considered overhead in a web-based app business?
The setting is a web-based app that charges a fee per month to use the service.
You have rent, utilities, servers, developers, graphic designers, marketing, legal, accounting, office supplies, ...
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What are the most successful University seed-stage venture capital funds? [closed]
I'm trying to benchmark 'best-practices' in university seed-stage venture capital funds. That is, university funds that invest in inventions, businesses, or products created by one's own alum.
One ...
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Product in Development what to do next?
My product is in development.
By Feb 5th a beta should be released.
For the mean time aside from getting traffic to prelaunch what else should I do ?
I am the nontech founder.
So Far I have ...
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How is Wattpad.com monetized?
This is a link to the press release that Wattpad has received and additional 17+ million from come venture capital groups. Wattpad press release Those venture capital groups must see some way to make ...
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Where can I find complete list of Venture Capital, Private Equity and Angel Investors? [closed]
I am looking for a list of venture capital, private equity and angel investors. Are these lists available online or do I need to subscribe to a service?
Also where can I find complete lists of ...
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How much equity is normal for a programming VC to take for developing a mobile app?
I'm in the process of developing a mobile app for a niche industry B to C. We have an established brand in 17 countries (hard goods)and significant credibility in our industry. It's not, but as an ...
