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How much equity should I give away?

Karan Rai Founder at Startup, E-commerce Entrepreneur ◆ Fashion & Beauty Writer ◆ Fashion Stylist

October 25th, 2015

An investor is willing to give me the startup capital I need, $40,000 to get my business off the ground.My business is just an idea at this stage. The... More

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Do seed stage investors invest in ideas alone or look for more than just an idea?

Anonymous

January 11th, 2016

I have an idea that I am really passionate about. However, I don't have the money needed to create or market it. Will early stage investors invest... More

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Am I reading the following signs from investor correctly?

Dimitry Rotstein Founder at Miranor

July 1st, 2015

We are an Internet startup, and we're trying to raise a $100K pre-seed round from a private investor at a valuation of $2.5M. We already have a working... More

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A formula for seed funding?

Dimitry Rotstein Founder at Miranor

February 25th, 2016

Lately there have been a lot of similar discussions here about fundraising: When (or if) to seek investment? Am I ready for investment? What makes... More

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What is the best way to kick out a board member?

Shamim Hasan CEO at Xpart Solutions

September 28th, 2016

Talking about a board member that is also an investor with over 10% equity stake in the business. This board member is adding no value and holding... More

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Like everyone, I have a million dollar idea/business. What distinguishes who gets heard?

Matthew Evon

August 23rd, 2016

When an investor is looking to put money into a business what distinguishes one person from the others? Enthusiasm? I can understand the numbers... More

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Why I failed at Product Incubation and why you probably will too?

Dustin Williams Business Systems, Software Development, Information Technology

October 11th, 2016

4 years ago I had a great idea.. I'd invest my time, technical expertise & intellectual property in startups as an investor... More

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Who picks up the bill? The investor or the entrepreneur?

Bogdan Mirkac Electronic engineer / business development manager

September 28th, 2016

This will be in the case of a dinner being arranged by both parties where the main discussion is a potential investment in the entrepreneur’s company. More

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How a bootstrapped startup can negotiate a pilot opportunity with a Fortune 500 company?

Greg Lipinski Patent Examiner at USPTO

July 19th, 2016

My startup has been testing on a limited scale, but it's attracted the interest of a Fortune 500 company. We're talking with their venture arm about... More

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Is it bad to raise Seed financing from VCs?

Svyatoslav Dormidontov Web-developer

September 23rd, 2016

I read somewhere that it is risky to raise capital from VCs at a Seed stage as most of them follow the prey and spray model. Meaning that if you don’t... More

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