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50 Questions: How can I tell that a VC won’t invest?

February 9, 2012

Time is an entrepreneur’s greatest resource. If you don’t know whether your fundraising process is failing, your time may be wasted.

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Tagged with: how to raise funding, venture capital

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50 questions: Do i need “competitive tension” in my fundraising process?

January 25, 2012

How many VCs do you want competing to invest in you?

It’s not a facetious question. Too few, and there is no sense of urgency or competitive tension. Too many, and you can be bewildered by choice, leaving hot prospects to go cold and chasing the next potential investor. Net result in both cases: no deal.

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Tagged with: capital raising, competitive tension, investors, shopsmart

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9 games make at least $20 million on the Appstore in 2011

December 20, 2011

How much money can you make on iOS? That’s a pretty key question if you are trying to work out if it is worth your effort to develop for the platform.
At least 9 games made $20 million in revenue in 2011…

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Tagged with: appstore, infinity blade, iOS, iphone, statistics, tiny tower, top grossing

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50 Questions: How do VCs make investment decisions?

December 15, 2011

Nic Brisbourne’s latest post gives an overview of the process from the VCs side: from first “falling in love with a deal”, all the way to finally making the investment.

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Tagged with: investment, nic brisbourne, the equity kicker, venture capital

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50 Questions: What are the five killer things I could do to improve my chances of funding?

December 9, 2011

If you need a quick and easy injection of fundraising advice, Nic’s latest 50 questions post should definitely do the trick. He has five simple but powerful tactics that you can use now to boost your chances of getting venture capital funding.

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Tagged with: equity kicker, funding, fundraising, investment, nic brisbourne, venture capital

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50 questions: Will a VC bring in a pro CEO once the round is closed?

November 18, 2011

VCs don’t plan to bring in a new CEO when they invest in a business, but over time circumstances may arise that make it the best course of action. In the latest 50 questions post, Nic explains when, why and how investors introduce new CEOs to the teams with whom they work.

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50 Questions: What are the five biggest pitfalls to avoid during negotiations?

November 4, 2011

Together with Nic Brisbourne of The Equity Kicker / DFJ Esprit, I am writing a series of 50 questions you should ask when raising venture capital. We expect the series to run for a year, after which we will collate the answers into a book. We view this as a collaboration, so please comment to help make this series even more useful. This [...]

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Tagged with: equity kicker, finance, investment, negotiations, nic brisbourne, venture capital

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