Funding Questions

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...

Funding Application Angel Mobile Apps Crowdfunding

asked Dec 5 '12 at 13:35

Grant Wilkinson
105 points

I have a Delaware entity with full control and I brought a partner that I gave about 45% of the outstanding shares. My partner did not like how I ran the business and left. The original business...

Funding Partnerships Dilution Startups Share Percentage

asked Apr 26 '18 at 00:10

Nick Flynn
1 point

This was my dilemma for over three years... I finally figured out the solution, but it took a paradigm shifting event for it to happen. I am sure a lot of folks feel this pain what would you do?...

Funding

asked Jan 31 '10 at 20:55

Foundup
14 points

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...

Funding Technology Web Website

asked May 20 '11 at 22:04

Pacerier
317 points

If you raise a small amount of money (under $50K) on Kickstarter for a product you want to build, can you pay yourself a small salary along the way? I am quitting my day job to focus on this...

Funding Salary Crowdfunding Kickstarter

asked Jun 6 '14 at 16:58

Mary Pritchett
17 points

I came here to ask about: How do companies divide their equity shares among the founders and investors? For example, consider two persons are building a company. Person1 came with the idea of an...

Funding Equity Investment Shares Startup

asked Jun 9 '14 at 07:28

Sky Buzz
36 points

Except for the 2-3 outliers (Instagram, Snapchat, etc), most of the photo sharing apps fail and close doors. Or get acqui-hired.Yet why do VCs continue to fund them? Is there much more to be had in...

Funding Venture Capital Photography Mobile Apps Instagram

asked Jun 19 '14 at 16:41

Cheryl Guynn
2 points

I'm trying to build an eCommerce company. Company registration is not yet completed, but is under process. Now I'm planning to raise capital to begin operations as soon as the company gets...

Funding Venture Capital Fundraising Crowdfunding

asked Jun 26 '14 at 11:15

Sky Buzz
36 points

I quit my job and have been working full-time on my startup the last 3-4 months. I decided to take the risk of investing everything I had in order to get the product built quickly.I hired two...

Funding Seed Funding Capital MVP Money

asked Jul 8 '14 at 01:55

Melissa Mainor
2 points

If we were to incorporate our company in another company (where one of our co-founder lives), would that seriously limit our ability to raise money from venture capital firms?The primary benefit to...

Funding Venture Capital Legal Tax Tax Structure

asked Jul 10 '14 at 20:14

Ronald Whittaker
7 points

I have an idea and made a working proof of concept (MVP). Its a solution for organizing data and could be used in from Enterprise Digital Assets Management systems to home computers.I am looking...

Funding Ideas Presentation Fundraising Getting Fund

asked Aug 9 '14 at 10:18

Shahab
6 points

I am an experienced computer developer, I was enjoying making computer programs since I was just 10, back to 1994. And since 2001, I started to create computer software as my part time and later...

Funding Co-Founder Venture Capital Investors Fundraising

asked Aug 18 '14 at 10:45

Shahab
6 points

Has anyone risked using credit cards to fund their startup in the beginning? I have looked at other options like angel funding, bank loan, etc. But none of those channels is something that I can...

Getting Started Funding Credit Cards Capital Fundraising

asked Sep 16 '14 at 16:45

Benita Mc Dermott
4 points

Outside of the big incubators like YCombinator and 500Startups, there are tons of smaller ones that only invest small amounts ($10K-ish) and take around 5% equity in your early stage startup.Are...

Funding Equity Incubators

asked Apr 17 '15 at 13:11

Robert Dotson
12 points

I have two ideas. One of which is pretty open but will require new software and a marketing team. I will need funding for the software. The other I can build grassroots-style but will have to get a...

Getting Started Funding

asked Apr 19 '15 at 19:31

User34363
11 points

It would save considerable overhead expenses on things like rent and health insurance in some cases (for those employees who are in other countries).What about VCs? Would they look upon such a...

Funding Venture Capital Employees Remote Startups

asked Apr 20 '15 at 12:57

Jason George
14 points

My co-founder and I have pitched to tens of venture capital firms in the bay area. Not once have been openly told "no". It seems all the VCs give you an open ended reply that makes you feel hopeful...

Funding Venture Capital Silicon Valley Investors

asked Apr 29 '15 at 11:12

Mary Sterrett
12 points

When trying to raise money, what are the going rates for finders fee? Also, who pays the fee: the investor, the entrepreneur or the company that is getting the investment? Does it change with the...

Funding Investment

asked Nov 19 '09 at 23:45

Ron Ga
2,181 points

Can someone who lives in a third world country target an investment round from a VC in US? From the likes of Ycombinator, etc?

Funding Equity Venture Capital

asked Nov 16 '12 at 12:06

Iam
16 points