Funding Questions

I have recently submitted an application to receive a government grant for funding. There is a requirement, that is to be submit via an incubator. I contacted an incubator and they are ok with...

Funding Seed Funding Fundraising

asked Aug 6 '12 at 22:59

Slay
154 points

We are a young team willing to launch a tech startup (we have the product ready), and we are looking for funding to develop it further. We are looking to take advantage of European Union...

Funding Venture Capital Entrepreneurs

asked Aug 9 '12 at 20:11

Ra Sal
21 points

I have been working on a startup idea for the past few years. The prototype is out there and I have a few hundred people using it. My adsense revenue is about as much as I spend on costs. At this...

Funding

asked Aug 10 '12 at 14:48

Nbv4
123 points

Ran across this breakdown of startups applications (roughly 7000 "startups" in the database) that appears to show that less than 10% of startups looking for funding have any revenue. Seems hard to...

Funding Revenue

asked Aug 12 '12 at 11:36

Blunders .
899 points

What if we got seed funding (say $350k) and needed to find an iOS developer and backend web developer right away. Do you: a) Hire an agency to help develop the app b) Find a freelancer to...

Funding Hire Seed

asked Aug 13 '12 at 07:46

Ender Parker
12 points

There are many resources about how to pursue funding for horizontal products, often software that can be used by a large number of people. These are problems that investors can understand...

Funding Vertical

asked Jul 25 '12 at 04:25

Mjibson
116 points

I really don't have a "plan" right now, but have been offered a meeting to pitch to an entrepreneur that has already sold at least two companies they founded each for over 100 million. They know I...

Funding Pitch

asked Aug 4 '12 at 05:26

Blunders .
899 points

We are 3 founding partners in an early stage start up. We are all good friends, and just started to negotiate an equity agreement. Our goal is to be fair, but also be fundable, as we will be...

Funding Dilution

asked Jul 11 '12 at 08:56

Derek
164 points

I have a few ideas for a company, and plan to get started sometime this fall. I know of an accelerator that focuses on this vertical, and I have contacts there so reaching out to them would be...

Funding Venture Capital Intellectual Property

asked Jul 11 '12 at 17:00

Lenwood
151 points

If you have a startup that is free for all users and does not generate revenue, but the site/product is used by a lot of people so you have a lot of users, would a VC potentially give you funding...

Funding Venture Capital Revenue

asked Jul 21 '12 at 08:23

Lulu
1 point

We have three co-founders...all of us business men and business owners. None of us are programmers. We have decided that finding one more co-founder(a coder), would probably be the best move for...

Funding Partnerships

asked Jun 20 '12 at 10:36

Derek
164 points

I know that the first thing investors look for is a good strong team. Until recently, I thought that just meant the founder and co-founders. However, I was just checking out angelist, and most of...

Advisors Funding Venture Capital Investors

asked Jun 27 '12 at 04:51

Derek
164 points

I just launched an online platform that allows inidividuals to video chat based on their interests. Unfortunately, Sean Parker launched a similar concept last week but it just means we are both on...

Funding Investors Product Launch Fundraising

asked Jun 12 '12 at 13:01

Kumar
6 points

I'm negotiating a job to build a prototype for some people. They will show that prototype to investors and can potentially get funded. Do people usually get compensated for this? If so, what...

Funding Compensation

asked May 28 '12 at 16:13

Russell
180 points

I made some money over a new startup and I would like to invest a part of it into someone else's startup. I found it through an online university competition and I would like to know more...

Funding

asked May 21 '12 at 03:14

Nikolai
125 points

Imagine you found a VC or Business Angel or other to invest in your project something around 200,000 USD. How long does it usually take to close the deal and get the money? (A min-max and average...

Funding Venture Capital Angel

asked May 1 '12 at 23:02

Denislexic
106 points

This might be a really dumb question but I've heard of a few cases where VC's have purchased into a business and it made me wonder. Facebook's purchase of Instagram recently made me think to ask on...

Funding Venture Capital

asked May 4 '12 at 11:25

Lloyd
360 points

I have a newly formed LLC in California which I did through Legal Zoom. I understand I need to be careful with cash flow (with respect to where it comes from and goes). I am also in the process of...

Funding LLC

asked May 5 '12 at 19:47

Jason
124 points

Does anyone have a methodology or logic for deciding on debt vs equity financing? Specifically, for a software startup, where a lot of development has been completed and product is ready to launch....

Funding

asked Apr 17 '12 at 06:22

Patrick Ny
300 points

The Senate passed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) by a vote of 73-26. The Senate added new crowdfunding protections, the House will likely accept them as-is, and the President is...

Funding Legal Jobs

asked Mar 25 '12 at 07:24

Zapoo
303 points