Depends if you are speaking to a Venture Debt firm, a Venture Capital firm or a Private Equity/Buyout firm. Each have a different model. You need to target who you are rais...
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Measure in weekly cohorts you upgrade percent to paid. If you've got something good, it should fall in the 1.5-2% range. From there, you can increase your pricing for a w...
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If you are pitching over email or having a friend forward your information to an investor, it should be about 3 sentences or so. You should quickly include: a) what does yo...
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You should be developing a business plan. I don't mean a big formal document to show to others, but rather a plan-as-you-go business plan that's built to be reviewed and re...
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Not that I know of. The closest thing to that I know of is:
a) the listing of angel groups at http://www.angelinvestor.ca/Find_Angels.asp
b) The VentureHacks list: http:/...
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I think you should get things squared away legally with your founders right out of the gate. Talk through what happens if things go well, and if things don't. What happen...
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have you tried BDC - great option to accelerate growth and get to a stage appropriate for VC investing
Call Robert Duffy over at the BDC or Jasmin Ganie-Hobbs - probably ...
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If you're a young entrepreneur, than congrats! We need more.
That being said, here's the deal.
Venture Capitalist invest in high risk, high reward startups. TV hasn't tr...
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I'm afraid I really don;t know much about the Asian market. Having said that, I think it is always wise to raise money from smart people in the market where you plan to op...
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People tend to waste too much time on forecasting the unknown (excel is evil). Or, they will say they will 1% of a massive market. Guestimate the total number of customer...
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If you have patentable IP, get the patents. In my experience, patents have little value to a tightly funded startup who doesn't have the funds to litigate, but they often ...
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Good VCs can help you business in many ways. The best way to find out if a VC can really add value to your business is to speak to other entrepreneurs who have received an ...
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It’s hard to know because the specifics of your situation can vary so much. However, if this person is to be your co-founder, its unusual to make them buy equity. It’s prob...
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Figure out where you are on the hierarchy of pitches:
http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/2008/10/hierarchy-of-pitches.html
Then focus on that level to the exclusion of a...
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really - just stand at the corner of richmond and spadina. MARS is by far the best place to hang out. Sprouter events, Mentor Monday events, Accelerate TO.....
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Through friends and people he knows well and trust (like other founders in his portfolio). For most good investors that's your only way to really get to them.
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Definitely. That's healthy though. Ideally you respect the opinion(s) of your investor(s) enough to analyze their point of view. Sometimes you will be wrong and your invest...
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