Investment Questions

I am planning to start an online company, which would be a social tool, much like instagram and kik messenger, but I fail to see how these companies promise to return the investor's money. History...

Venture Capital Monetization Investment Social

asked Jul 1 '13 at 13:23

Jani Kovacs
75 points

Recently I have been thinking about opening a new company, specifically, a pizzeria. I'm from Brazil and here I already have a restaurant on São Paulo - SP, state of Brazil. Initially my objective...

Getting Started Company Business International Investment

asked Jun 3 '13 at 06:45

Carlos Xavier
6 points

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...

Venture Capital Angel Investment Investors Term Sheet

asked Apr 25 '13 at 07:20

Phil
114 points

I recently just started an IT business. I built the product and got the product out there and brought in clients already. I asked a friend to partner with me to build the company. I gave him 30%...

Partner Investment Partnerships

asked May 2 '13 at 04:11

Rasheeda
65 points

I have an entity I've been working on for roughly 4 years, the last being a real push to get it out the door. A student recently joined me and got us into a student business plan competition and we...

Equity Angel Founders Investment Stock Options

asked May 2 '13 at 22:47

User26081
6 points

I'm a single member LLC with C-corp taxes in the US, and I just started my entity in January. I'm trying to figure out how/if I report my own capital injections for expenses as regards my taxes. I...

LLC Tax Investment USA

asked Apr 12 '13 at 16:29

User25852
8 points

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...

Venture Capital Angel Investment Shares

asked Mar 30 '13 at 04:00

South
176 points

I would like to start a hotel over the next few years. I know I will need a lot of capital to do so. I am working on getting the capital right now but I would like to know what a realistic amount...

Startup Costs Investment Loan Cost Estimation Franchise

asked Mar 31 '13 at 06:06

Makai
11 points

On TechCrunch, I often see articles saying Company FooBar raised $10M in a Series A round, lead by Ventures Inc. In this context, who are "Ventures Inc"? What does it mean that they lead the...

Funding Definitions Investment

asked Mar 21 '13 at 10:56

Marty Pitt
171 points

Me and my 3 partners are in the early stages of a gaming start up company. We are now looking to split the initial equity in the company because we are not all on equal terms. Person#1 is an...

Funding Equity Gaming Investment Early Adopters

asked Feb 13 '13 at 13:30

David Menard
101 points

I have been employed at a research consulting company for several years. During the course of running research projects, I have developed software that I use internally to run some of my projects....

Equity Investment Shares

asked Feb 16 '13 at 06:47

Randigoo
61 points

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...

Investment USA Investors SEC

asked Jan 30 '13 at 02:33

Channel72
106 points

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...

Funding Investment Investors

asked Jan 27 '13 at 03:41

Michelle
168 points

Me and one of my fellow liked an idea. He said if I need investment for that start up, I will be happy to make. But that was more like a coffee table discussion which lasted for an hour. I think I...

Credibility Pitch Personal Investment

asked Nov 13 '12 at 06:50

Sourabh
288 points

I'll try to outline this quickly. Two equal, 50/50, partners - one is building/creating the product, running all operations, etc…the other is footing the bills and will be doing the sales. At the...

Equity Investment

asked Nov 15 '12 at 12:14

Calais
51 points

Will investors be turned off if i own 51% of the company and have an Anti-Dilution clause that keeps me at 51%? I expect I will go through several rounds of 3rd party investing in my start-up.

Investment Investors Shares

asked Oct 29 '12 at 06:02

Dragonman
120 points

We recently closed a first round of investing for 3 million and paid in excess of 150k for our legal fees. We used a reputable firm and were lead to believe that the costs would be around the 50k...

Legal Investment Fees

asked Oct 15 '12 at 22:37

First Time Enterpreuner
26 points

My question is in the context of a Term-sheet. I want to know what does anti-dilution preferences mean?

Definitions Legal Investment Term Sheet

asked Oct 18 '12 at 05:36

Lisa Howard
116 points

I am one of three founders (all part time) of a software start up which is still in early stages. Considerable effort has been logged even though no formal arrangements have been made. We have...

Equity Investment Dilution

asked Aug 20 '12 at 06:49

Mr. Anderson
13 points

I want to start a real estate renovation, redesign and buy-to-let company. I need 200k start up investment. I'm wondering whether or not I can simply offer each investor a 100% return on their...

Equity Investment Real Estate

asked Jul 17 '12 at 15:25

John
6 points