You don’t raise venture capital to play it “safe”
If you're a founder looking for investors, you can't play it "safe" with your strategy! It's only natural for investors to expect aggression and risk-taking from founders.
If you're a founder looking for investors, you can't play it "safe" with your strategy! It's only natural for investors to expect aggression and risk-taking from founders.
In the past several weeks, I have been astonished at the size of seed rounds that founders expect to raise in their first round. My jaw hits the table when a founder blindsides me with requests to raise seed rounds
It is easy to figure out when founders have been pitching for investments without any success and for a while. The pitches become nonstop monologues that will end at the allotted time or when abrupted by questions from us. Naturally, the founders overcompensate to
I sat through a pitch call today that went on for 35 mins (but it seemed much longer). The founder kept going through slide after slide of information which harped on the same point (the business model). To move things
It is a common founder complaint that Indian VCs & angel investors take a long time to close an investment. I believe so too. However, the reality is that founders expend all their energy preparing their pitch decks and put in
No, this isn't what you think it is! Or is it
At a personally & professionally challenging time in the 2nd quarter of 2016, I went out and stayed at Damodar Farms in Vapi for a short while. The serene setting of a farm, farm-fresh vegetables, raw milk and Mahatma Gandhi’s The
Imagine if this elevator pitch was given to you "There is a lack of reliable sources for procurement of farm fresh produce & it’s impossible to buy directly from farmers without traveling to farms. High consumer demand of farm fresh produce
“What is your total addressable market?” is a common question asked during a funding pitch. The consistency with which founders bumble through this answer continues to confound me. The most common response is to define it as a sliver of
Founder: ….then we will provide data analytics to the hotel owners providing an overview of what are the common complaints Me: Who on your team has experience in data analytics? Founder: I have management consulting experience Me: (confused) Do you know how datasets are made