Investors Questions

Does an entrepreneur really need to rely on incubator for angel or venture funding? I feel if an entrepreneur is already confident of a business and has sound business plan, should be given angel...

Venture Capital Incubators Angel Investors Entrepreneur

asked Sep 8 '13 at 21:42

Prakash
6 points

I have been approached by a company called "Cavendish Management Resources" (http://www.cmrworld.com/ ) - They say they are interested in putting my business idea forwards to their investors, which...

Investors

asked Aug 16 '13 at 23:45

Darkcat Studios
190 points

Scenario: a start-up, post-seed that still has quite a lot of the seed capital in the bank. Investors have lost faith in the start-up's potential, but the co-founders want to keep at it. The...

Investors

asked Aug 18 '13 at 20:03

Sorest Rump
16 points

OK Here is the situation: I am looking for investors, and have a group interested in my idea, so they have asked to see my business plan. I have nearly completed my business plan, but want to be...

Investors Profitability

asked Aug 19 '13 at 19:05

Darkcat Studios
190 points

As an example, I have angel investors group that own 32% of the company, and I own the rest. If we are doing better that expected (with the agreement of the shareholders) It may be appropriate to...

Investors

asked Aug 22 '13 at 22:31

Darkcat Studios
190 points

Let's say I have a small team of technical and creative specialists but absolutely no one with any financial knowledge/skills, and I'm in the process of writing a business plan for an...

Startup Costs Business Plan Investors Internet

asked Aug 3 '13 at 05:41

Shadow Master
13 points

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...

Investors Purchase Agreement

asked Jun 12 '13 at 07:35

Andrea
26 points

I wonder how companies like Y Combinator are structured. Y Combinator is a seed accelerator, investing in and consulting businesses. On Y Combinator's web site, there is a list of partners. Y...

Consulting Corporate Structure Investors Shares Ycombinator

asked Jun 22 '13 at 21:58

Feklee
148 points

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...

Pitch Angel Investors

asked May 21 '13 at 08:20

User25771
5 points

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...

Investors

asked May 25 '13 at 09:34

1.21 Gigawatts
109 points

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?...

Investors

asked May 28 '13 at 13:02

1.21 Gigawatts
109 points

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...

Startup Costs Investors Partnerships Loan

asked May 30 '13 at 01:25

Chardae Keller
14 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

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...

Funding Strategy Outsourcing Investors

asked Apr 28 '13 at 05:16

Derek
164 points

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...

Getting Started Angel Investors Debt

asked May 14 '13 at 07:19

Mr Spock
106 points

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...

Investors

asked Apr 20 '13 at 20:34

John
21 points

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...

Co-Founder Legal Investors Intellectual Property

asked Apr 24 '13 at 15:13

Derek
164 points

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...

Getting Started Incubators Investors

asked Mar 30 '13 at 10:27

Leonardo
16 points

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...

Funding Investors

asked Mar 8 '13 at 14:24

Mauris
113 points

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...

Marketing Development Equity Venture Capital Investors

asked Mar 16 '13 at 02:03

Mi Gusta
120 points