Investors Questions

Basically I have been lucky to get spotted by some angel investors and will be signing £60,000 for 60% of my current business come thursday, which will really boost my start-up massively and...

Contract Equity Angel Investors

asked Jul 4 '12 at 07:18

Owen O'neill
83 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 love startups but have no prior startup experience. Till now I have only built stuff like mobile apps (as part time gigs) and worked as a consultant for many large enterprises. I have this new...

Equity Investors

asked May 31 '12 at 02:55

Xoail
365 points

Assuming a venture-backed startup with seed financing that plans to raise further rounds: does it make sense to buy things or should it go for renting/leasing? "Renting" something (office...

Finance Venture Capital Office Investors Operations

asked May 31 '12 at 23:28

Sascha Konietzke
118 points

My associate and I are doing a website and we have absolutely no cash. Altough, we made a demo, "a prototype" of our website. Would that demo and a solid pitch/business plan convince an angel...

Angel Investors Bootstrap

asked May 15 '12 at 21:24

Younès
120 points

I have a project on the table with a business model that involves creating a web service to streamline all the best pieces of internet marketing into one platform. Full details need to be kept...

Getting Started Venture Capital Investors Strategic Investment

asked May 17 '12 at 00:28

Chad
32 points

I am based in the US, but I would like to start an ISP in a different country. Would it be reasonable to find investors in the US? Or do I have to find investors in the target country?

International Investors

asked Apr 29 '12 at 14:18

Ayub
133 points

When an investor invests in a start up company, the investor will also ask how do you estimate the company's market value. How do you calculate this value? Does it require some professional...

Company Investors

asked Apr 8 '12 at 00:22

Ted Wong
171 points

I am trying to raise funds for my patented idea. I looked into applying to ABC's Shark Tank tv show. Does anyone have any experience with the show? I submitted my idea to season 4 casting on Shark...

Angel Investors

asked Apr 9 '12 at 02:33

Laura Young
6 points

Our company appears to be close to getting our first investment -- term sheet but no cash delivered -- and we know we need to get in the habit of keeping this investor and any future ones up to...

Investors Communication

asked Apr 11 '12 at 03:22

Dmoore
46 points

I asked a question about this before, but things have changed. I developed software for basketball and football teams. I have sold 32 copies @ $20 each doing virtually nothing. I wrote a few...

Software Pitch Investors

asked Apr 12 '12 at 03:40

Mike
11 points

I'm the only executive, I have 100% of the shares, I have 4 employees.I built the prototype on my own and I'm almost launching. This person has intense experience in tech but not as an investor....

Equity Investors Team

asked Mar 24 '12 at 16:26

Zapoo
303 points

In the process of due diligence for an investment or for M&A, I ask: Considering that all other software is property of the company, is it sufficient to have a non-core part of the software,...

Co-Founder Legal Copyright Investors Intellectual Property

asked Apr 1 '12 at 16:36

Jj.
29 points

Checked, but didn't see an answer to this: My partners and I have applied to a NYC accelerator. They have invited us to do an in person interview to determine if our project is a good fit. Aside...

Venture Capital Incubators Investors

asked Mar 21 '12 at 05:24

Confused
11 points

We are about to create an investment club. We have plans to buy stock, but we plan to invest over 50% of our shares monthly minimums on startups. Is this allowed since we are an LLC with multiple...

Investors SEC

asked Mar 7 '12 at 03:11

Constantine Hinds
11 points

I own a website that I've been working on for the last couple years, and I'm now at a point where I need to try and raise money from venture capitalists. I am wondering what the best way to...

Website Business Plan Investors

asked Feb 23 '12 at 05:22

Oobie11
105 points

I will try to make this short. About nine months ago my ex boss offered to invest in a company for me. Our relationship even when it was not romantic was deeply emotional. I care a lot about him as...

Founder Company Investors Vesting

asked Feb 12 '12 at 08:40

Jessica
41 points

I'm going to start raising funds for my company soon. I already have more than a prototype website and can take payments, but still need to get a little more development complete. I'm undecided on...

Venture Capital Angel Investors Seed Funding

asked Feb 15 '12 at 17:59

Anagio
293 points

We are building a startup, we are a few weeks away from our MVP launch. We have had some initial positive investor conversations with an angel and a couple VCs. One large VC that generally doesn't...

Funding Investors Seed Funding

asked Feb 16 '12 at 22:15

Dmoore
11 points

I see lots of investor hunters or finders on the web, but who can you trust? For instance many want a fee upfront to introduce you to 10 or 20 qualified leads. This is mostly done via phone and...

Venture Capital Angel Investors

asked Feb 6 '12 at 06:28

Msw
21 points