Tuesday, August 17, 2010
The whole point of investing in your business is to crystalise a profit at some point. The vast majority of investors are not investing in your business for a dividend income stream, like you might get from Telstra shares for example. Investors in growth stories are after a capital gain, and it is at the [...]
Thursday, June 10, 2010
Image via Wikipedia How big are your risks? What is the outcome? What can I do about it? Simply treating all risks that you may be exposed to in your business “as equal” in your business plan doesn’t really help you manage them effectively, nor will it help an investor understand them. Further, whilst you [...]
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Pitching to a VC is all about YOU. An investor is investing in you, as much as your idea and business concept. Thinking startup? David S. Rose’s rapid-fire TED U talk on pitching to a venture capitalist tells you the 10 things you need to know about yourself — and prove to a VC — [...]
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Ryan Allis, the author of entrepreneurship book bestseller ‘Zero to One Million’ shares how he raised $5.35 million in venture capital for i…all » Ryan Allis, the author of entrepreneurship book bestseller ‘Zero to One Million’ shares how he raised $5.35 million in venture capital for iContact at age 22 and provides tips on how [...]
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Many business owners are satisfied with making a good living, and creating a profitable business. And while many businesses are profitable, this is not really the stuff which will excite an investor. Donald Trump once said, “if you’re going to think, you might as well think Big”, and it is big thinking that will create [...]
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Venture Capital is a specific term that refers to funding obtained from a venture capitalist. These are professional serial investors and may be individuals or part of a firm. Often venture capitalists have a niche based on business type and or size and or stage of growth. They are likely to see a lot of [...]
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Make Your Business More Attractive to Venture Capital Investors By Derisking Derisking is the process of removing risk factors from your business in order to make it more attractive to an outside investor or to an outside buyer. It is one of the most important factors in the grooming process in order to be an [...]
Sunday, January 17, 2010
You hear the terms ‘Small Business’ and ‘SME’ (small and medium size enterprise) all the time. In some contexts they refer to very small business – a husband and wife team, or a sole business operator. Others would refer to these businesses as micro-businesses. There’s significant differences between what people think they are, and what [...]
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Guy Kawasaki is famous for his involvement in Apple (small company, has some great products apparently) and is now in the VC space. He is an entrepreuner and an investor… a great mix.
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