To every startup entrepreneur, seeing their concepts or ideas morph into tangible, hot selling, money-spinning models is the stuff of dreams. The journey from a scribble or that remarkable eureka moment, to a full-blown commercial enterprise, however, is strewn with speed breakers. The biggest stumbling block perhaps is access to precious capital held by the pool of investors out there. To get...
Mike Markkula was intrigued by Steve Jobs and Wozniak. He realized that the duo had built the first affordable and useful computer for people. In the year 1977, by investing $250,000 in Apple he became its Angel Investor. Angel investing is appealing, but there is a huge risk of losing your money. So, what are the advantages of investing in angels? And how to become an angel investor? Some...
A decade ago, to invest in a startup, you were required to possess a lot of money and have a lot of connections. It’s no longer the case, and ordinary investors can now easily participate in interesting startup opportunities through several portals. From an Investor perspective Consider private investors like ‘Angel investors’ and ‘Venture capitalists’ Angel investing: If you are thinking...
CoffeeMug today is a rapidly growing community of over 2,50,000 founders, investors and business leaders. As the economy struggles with the third wave, we conducted a survey on funding sentiment amongst our founder base. Considering the fact that the Covid wave last year had derailed multiple funding and expansion plans, we thought it would be extremely helpful for the founder and investor...
There’s no disputing the fact that to get your business off the ground you do need money. While you must have encountered numerous challenges in your search for angel investors and venture capitalists, to whom you will be required to give away chunks of your company’s equity one at a time, allocating start-up equity is yet another issue. What is start-up equity? The percentage of a...
Starting your own business entails a significant amount of effort. Due to a lack of funding, young entrepreneurs and startups in India usually fail to generate adequate profits from their excellent ideas. But the biggest dilemma that entrepreneurs face is how to find investors for startups in India? While starting a business is challenging, it is also highly rewarding. Rather than...
A startup entrepreneur comes up with what could be the real next big thing. But after that comes the real test – translating that billion dollar idea into a fully scalable and successful business model in the high stakes, real time business world. Which brings us to that critical point – startup capital for business. And one question that every startup seeks answers to is – what...