There seems to be a common mindset among many entrepreneurs. If they are starting a business, they often find investors to help fund the launch. However, a recent article from Forbes argues that most entrepreneurs don’t really need an investor. All they really need is a little old fashioned bootstrapping. However, you might eventually need […]
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Social networking has become a way of life for many, and a way to promote your business if you’re an entrepreneur. It’s also a great way to find funding. But what Dellorso has constructed is a vehicle that not only helps aspiring businesses find backing, it’s also a pool for investors to select worthwhile ventures.
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Looking for an angel investor? Forbes has pulled together a list of things you should know about angel investors before you get started. Angels invest in people, more often than they invest in ideas. That means they need to know you, or someone they trust who does know you (warm introduction). For maximum credibility, start
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Call it the Buck’s Silicon Valley Barometer: The economy may be wobbly and the mood of the country anxious, but the Woodside cafe is humming again with deal-making breakfasts, reports The Mercury News. On a recent morning, just about every one of the cafe’s 110 seats were occupied – even at 10 a.m. Entrepreneurs shared
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For startups that aren’t interested in paying to pitch their business to angel investors there are some free services popping up that might help reports The Wall Street Journal. Earlier this year, Internet entrepreneur and blogger Jason Calacanis started Open Angel Forum, which holds free pitch events in various cities where entrepreneurs selected from a
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According to Inc.com, the motto of the venture capital industry this year could be: Well, anything is better than 2008 and 2009. Driving such a renewed sense of optimism is the relative resurgence in the IPO market and a strong pickup in mergers-and-acquisitions activity. That means VCs now at least have some hopes of exiting
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photo credit: h.koppdelaney OpenForum.com: Research shows that over 90 percent of new ventures start with whatever money entrepreneurs can scrounge from personal resources. The other 10 percent relied on external sources with family members (parents and spouse) as the most common (5.0 percent). Private investors fund less than 3 percent of start ups. Venture capitalists
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According to Mashable.com, the U.S.’s proposed Financial Reform bill could place some pretty tough constraints on angel investors, possibly upsetting the balance of early-stage venture capital for tech startups. A report got into the nitty-gritty details of the massive bill and uncovered some stipulations that would definitely affect the early-stage investment market, possibly making raising
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Life in a “Shark Tank” is quite scary. On the popular ABC TV show a variety of entrepreneurs take their chance with the sharks in hopes of receiving some funding to help build or grow their business, reports the Charlotte Observer. As it turns out, in the Queen City even Shark Tanks are decidedly genteel.
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Matt Mireles the founder of SpeakerText has defined his formula for choosing an investor: Pitching your startup to investors is a deeply personal matter. More often than not, they——politely or not——call your baby ugly. And that hurts. Good founders, I think, learn to not take the criticism too personally. But in the end, it is
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