What of the following things does your startup have? > Founders who have graduated from prestigious universities / previously exited companies to known acquirers / worked for a known companies (with known being a brand-name company such as Google, Amazon, Facebook etc) > Three or more months of ...
So are you trying to calculate their possible ROI? Roi is simply profit divided by expenses such initial investment and both fixed and variable expenses. To calculate a buyer of lead's ROI i would aim to average out the cost of leads package versus their average product sold to these leads. And...
Hi! I am owner of an ice crean chain with 45 stores in Chile. We have stores in shopping centers, streets and also karts that you can put in events and parks. The average cost margin of ice cream (depends on the amount of materials you use in producing the ice cream) is around 40%. This is ita...
Look at your peers and the people involved in the incubator. If networking with them enriches your venture and helps you out, then it's a good idea. That's the way you decide on an incubator or a coworking space. An acceleration program, though, is a whole different monster.
I've been raised angel money as CEO several times, and also advised angels on multiple transactions... Of course the investors understand that you don't want to "give away too much" equity, but of course if they believe in your business then they'll want to acquire a meaningful position. If you...
Normally, investors want startups to either exit or go public. They're not exactly interested in making some small return before. They want to make at least 10x the amount they invested, that's why it's worth it for them, even with the risk of losing the capital (and that's what happens to a co...
Alessandro Daliana's comments are bang-on. It seems you were also asking about how to get your elder's to accept your ideas about change. It's difficult, especially when your boss always wants to see you as their child. How do you earn their respect and get them to listen to you the way they w...
Music curation is something that greatly interests me as well, and one of my projects slated for 1-2 years out will be in that area. Don't forget that -- apart from being united by musical taste -- fans usually have MUCH else in common as well. Musical taste is a great predictor of other demogr...
Vehemently disagree with Noam that you should spend anytime on a business plan. You should be spending *all* of your time getting your product to market. The likelihood of any investor investing at the pre-product level is low. While it does happen, it is almost always when investing in a prove...
Sounds like you're doing a great job already. Well done. Based on the continuous increase in growth, and assuming that there is a growing market for your product, it shouldn't be too difficult to find an investor. What you would need is to create 2 investor pitch decks (presentations): one whic...