Venture Capital Questions

I'm looking for advice on writing a business plan for a VC or Angel investor in the technology field. What are they looking for in a business plan/pitch? There are some good basic guides on...

Venture Capital Pitch Business Plan

asked Jul 4 '11 at 08:37

Hisnameisjimmy
126 points

Should business ideas pitched to venture capitalists be narrated in 2nd person or 3rd person? One does not actually sell the product/service to the VC, but in a sense it does "sell" the whole...

Venture Capital Pitch

asked Jul 6 '11 at 02:34

Peter Knego
103 points

What are the differences? Or what are the other investment on a company we should watch out?

Venture Capital Strategic Investment

asked Jun 25 '11 at 21:49

Victor
593 points

My assumption, which I am perfectly willing to have challenged, is that these VC's would understand the industry and grasp pretty quickly the significance and value of what it is I'm trying to do....

Venture Capital Legal Research

asked Jun 27 '11 at 03:06

Nat Colley
11 points

I would appreciate any advice based on a current situation that I am in that I think a lot of people involved in startups (especially developers) find themselves in at some point. Basically, I'm...

Funding Venture Capital Career Stock Options

asked Jun 29 '11 at 15:19

Rick
136 points

What are some ways that a company can attract investors? I am the proud owner of a profitable software as a service (SaaS) company and I need capital to grow. But this is more of a broad question....

Venture Capital

asked Jun 13 '11 at 10:26

Rook
123 points

Our team has a huge 7 digit venture capitalist funding and we want to make a web service that we get money on every time people use it. The software does not depend on us coming out with more...

Software Venture Capital Website Web Services

asked Jun 5 '11 at 04:16

Anthonypliu
136 points

What types of things do I need to consider if I get approached from a venture fund overseas? I had an early-stage venture fund from Germany contact me looking to learn more about our startup and...

Funding Venture Capital Angel Overseas Seed

asked Jun 5 '11 at 05:46

Nick
1,171 points

How do we go about raising seed money for our startup that is at this point nothing much but an idea (working towards a prototype), team (2 technical persons with over 10 years experience in...

Venture Capital Seed Funding Prototype

asked Jun 6 '11 at 10:38

Xoail
365 points

What does these mean in plain English, guessing the best way to describe it is by giving theoretical numbers for best worst case instances, though that's just my thought - I'll leave it up to you...

Funding Contract Finance Venture Capital Terms And Conditions

asked Jun 3 '11 at 01:56

Blunders .
899 points

I have the most experienced and talented people (120 instructors making up 20 MLB teams) for teaching baseball in Minnesota but no one knows because I don't have a building (overhead). How do I get...

Venture Capital Branding

asked May 18 '11 at 10:24

C J
14 points

Have you taken VC money or angel investor funding for your enterprise? At what stage? What has been your experience so far? I know Joel advises against it and hasn't used VC money so far, and I...

Venture Capital Angel

asked May 20 '11 at 20:21

Water Cooler V2
139 points

I'm curious what are the main things required to make a good 2 page teaser, to be presented to a potential buyer of a company, a European company. Some tips as well as links to examples would be...

Venture Capital Investors Selling

asked Apr 27 '11 at 10:18

Shk
4 points

More specifically, has any of you managed to convince both financial support, and getting additional technical talent to support the expansion of a startup concept/prototype? If so, where and how...

Recruiting Venture Capital Angel Technical

asked Apr 18 '11 at 08:50

Stanigator
133 points

We're bootstrapping our latest business idea. Everything I've done has been boostrapped. This will be a complete stop and change direction (so could be a total distraction for a month while we...

Planning Venture Capital Market Opportunity Market Research

asked Apr 18 '11 at 23:26

Matt
2,552 points

I worked for few government organizations on contractual basis for four years. They were my premium customers for custom software applications. After freelancing for these many years and learning...

Funding India Venture Capital

asked Apr 21 '11 at 23:33

Rpk
208 points

There are some VC funds who only invest in late-stage companies and some who focus on early stage I am trying to find (or build) a list of those who are interested in taking part in early-stage...

Venture Capital Investment Investors

asked Apr 22 '11 at 01:53

Bryan Migliorisi
449 points

I was reading this article on traction and it had an interesting comment in it: If you wait until you're "ready" to fund you're too late. Funding is about developing a relationship over time....

Networking Funding Venture Capital Seed Funding

asked Apr 23 '11 at 05:52

Nick
1,171 points

I'm in NY. It's been suggested I limit the scope of my VC courting to my native coast. I appreciate the intimacy of the entrepreneur/VC relationship, but if I'm looking for early-stage funding,...

Venture Capital Location

asked Apr 16 '11 at 04:51

Anonymous
16 points

What are startups raising millions of dollars for? I know running a website can get costly, but seriously, millions? I just don't get it. And if you say advertising, I still don't get it, because...

Funding Finance Venture Capital

asked Apr 6 '11 at 14:37

Aslyesnow
214 points