Investors Questions

My partner and I have come up with a unique technology that can provide a solution to many small scale problems. We've been working on the technology full-time for the past 5 months and now we are...

Technology Investors Fundraising

asked Feb 20 '13 at 19:57

Daniel
18 points

I've developed a new product that I am going to be selling and putting on the market. I had been planning on funding everything with my own personal savings. I have a friend (Mike) who believes in...

Getting Started Funding Equity Investors Partnerships

asked Feb 26 '13 at 16:01

John
1 point

I want to start a web design company, and ultimately a brand name. I am hoping to acquire skills, financing, and contacts simultaneously. Is this possible? Can one generate enough money with...

Getting Started Website Investors Partnerships Social

asked Mar 1 '13 at 01:57

D Keifer00
6 points

I have been planning for years and slowly working on launching my own business again. I have read many articles and I have debated on going the route of an investor but I am unsure on if I should...

Investors

asked Feb 9 '13 at 08:22

Matt 2.0
188 points

After searching and referencing many types of business plans I am trying to figure out how to forecast my competitors profits to demonstrate the potential profit for the company. However, I am...

Business Plan Investors

asked Feb 12 '13 at 06:23

Matt 2.0
188 points

My partner says that if investor come and ask whether we have other businesses I should say no. However, I find it strange While this can be shoehorn into "looking your best" (The other bizs are...

Investors

asked Jan 28 '13 at 21:30

Sharen Eayrs
118 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

We are an early stage web startup, and do not have anyone with deep financial experience on our team. Is not a likely option at this point. We are pitching to investors in a contest setting next...

Pitch Financial Investors

asked Feb 1 '13 at 08:38

Laramie
192 points

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...

Software Equity Venture Capital Entrepreneurs Investors

asked Feb 6 '13 at 07:51

Sam Jolly
116 points

I am currently trying to create from scratch a new business. Is a high cost start business and I dont have the necessary funds, only the information of how to do it, that means from the customers...

Business Plan Business Investors

asked Jan 16 '13 at 02:52

Voislav Sauca
83 points

We have founding partners who work for our start-up company full-time. We are now having a first external equity investor coming in. We have enough financing to last about one year at which time we...

Founder Investors

asked Jan 17 '13 at 05:21

User23570
6 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

Angels and VCs in India seem to be living in a "third world" in terms of their risk appetite and appreciation of a new concept or idea. A major part of funding to startups in India goes to...

Venture Capital Angel Investors

asked Jan 27 '13 at 07:31

Ikartik90
108 points

We're trying to decide whether or not to talk to an investor who has invested in a lot of companies, and one of them has some overlap with our product but has a different business model (b2b vs...

Investors Fundraising

asked Jan 5 '13 at 08:13

User22400
21 points

The founding/management team is one of the critical areas investors look at in a startup. Usually the team is more important than the idea/product. Investors like to see a proven track record of...

Pitch Investors

asked Jan 12 '13 at 06:56

Zuly Gonzalez
9,194 points

I contacted a lot of investors and accelerators. I found most of them don`t care about the product itself too much, but strongly requiring start-up should have a co-founder. Why? Perhaps some of...

Getting Started Co-Founder Investors

asked Dec 15 '12 at 09:26

Anlai
375 points

I have a few investors who are looking to fund my startup. Normally, how does the compensation work between the startup and the investor? Is it similar to the stock market where the investor buys a...

Investors

asked Dec 16 '12 at 11:04

Taylor Niver
68 points

How to find sound (Small Business) investors that can recognize an outstanding opportunity when they see one? I mean how to find them online? Cuz it’s such a waste of time when one (startup...

Venture Investors

asked Dec 17 '12 at 01:30

Di Cheetal
6 points

(For the impatient, the main question is at the bottom of this text.) I was reading this article and a couple of others about Scopely, a game development company responsible for the creation of...

Copyright Investors Intellectual Property

asked Dec 19 '12 at 10:15

Baptzmoffire
3 points

I have looked into Imagine k-12, and sadly they are closed to new applicants right now which I'm super bummed about, and NewSchools. How else can I get seed funding for an educational startup that...

Investors Seed Funding Education

asked Dec 2 '12 at 19:18

Apis Girl
38 points