How To Create an Insanely Great Investor Pitch
Pitching is crucial if you have to get past the funding barrier. Even if you do not need funding and are bootstrapping, you may still need to pitch your idea...
Pitching is crucial if you have to get past the funding barrier. Even if you do not need funding and are bootstrapping, you may still need to pitch your idea...
In previous articles, I have occasionally mentioned “red flags” which every potential investor unconsciously listens for. Other writers, like Guy Kawasaki, have irreverently called some of these “entrepreneur lies,” but...
An idea for a startup is only a beginning. A lot of would-be startup founders think the key to the whole process is the initial idea, and from that point...
ignite100 is a mentorship-led accelerator program for start-ups but with a big £100,000 difference. ignite100 provides seed capital, office space and mentors, and the runway necessary to sustain momentum after...
Do angel investors and venture capitalists prefer investing in LLCs or C-Corps? Why are there so many consumer focused startups compared to B2B startups if the majority of profits are...
An angel investor or angel (also known as a business angel or informal investor) is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible...
GrowLab is a joint venture between entrepreneurs and angel investors in Vancouver, British Columbia, as well as in Silicon Valley — that has signed up some high-profile financial backers including...
Greenstart is a startup accelerator for cleantech. We help the most promising cleantech startups achieve greater success, faster. The companies we select receive seed funding, three months of mentoring, valuable...
Venture Capital firms screen through hundreds–if not thousands–of investment “opportunities” each month. To differentiate yourself from your competitors, it’s important to avoid mistakes and and make the best presentation of...
9flats.com, the European leader in peer to peer apartment rentals, has announced today that it has completed a major investment round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Redpoint Ventures....
Pipeline is a social venture startup that accelerates women innovators through their career pipelines. Pipeline’s initiatives include proof-of-concept labs for entrepreneurs, professionals, and women in transition;#womaninnovator, a media campaign to...
Martin Zwilling is a veteran startup mentor, executive, blogger, author, tech professional, and angel investor. I often get asked the age-old question (by men) of “Who are the best entrepreneurs,...
Guest post submitted by Tomer Tagrin, Co-founder at Yotpo . Yotpo is a new start-up company that is all about users and users’ opinions. After a few weeks (or forever...
Martin Zwilling is a veteran startup mentor, executive, blogger, author, tech professional, and angel investor Startups ask me “How much money should I ask for?” The simple answer is the...
Martin Zwilling( Startup Professionals Musings). Martin Zwilling is a veteran startup mentor, executive, blogger, author, tech professional, and angel investor A few years ago I was intimately involved with a...
Zaarly is an auction-style startup that connects buyers and sellers in a real-time marketplace using mobile phones. In an interview with TechCrunch’s Alexia Tsotsis, Bo Fishback co-founder of Zaarly said:...
LiveMind.com, an online live learning startup, has recently closed an Angel financing round of $700,000. LiveMind is an open marketplace for live online learning. Using the LiveMind platform and suite...
The Fourth annual Wireless Seed Stage Forum (WSSF) hosted nineteen leading wireless startups in Austin on December 1st to present their startups to more than 40 venture capitalists and angel...
Online TV is like cable, only with a much bigger selection of programs at your fingertips. It is tipped to be the next big thing with innovators signing deals with...
Springboard is a new startup incubator that will launch in the UK with a full time 13 week bootcamp programme for up to ten teams. But the programme does not...