Sentences with phrase «venture capital investors want»

Venture capital investors want to know that you will be a good steward of the funds they placed under your control.

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Especially with less venture capital available, investors want to know whether a business idea amounts to a firm.

But the game hit Apple's Canadian App Store in May, and venture capital investors might want to take notice.

And, venture capital investors rely entirely on capital gains to make their money, so if you absolutely don't want to sell your business, then VC shouldn't be an option.

VC John Frankel of ff Venture Capital wants to answer your big startup questions about raising funds, meeting investors and pitching.

The challenge is that in order to land an initial and subsequent rounds of venture capital investment, investors (particularly east coast VCs), want to see evidence of market traction in the form of product sales and revenue before they'll get behind an idea.

If you take funding from a venture capital firm or angel investor and want to build a large, enduring company (rather than sell it to the highest bidder), this isn't the decade to do it.

In his book, Delivering Happiness, Hsieh says that he never wanted to sell Zappos but that the company's board — and, in particular, investor Sequoia Capital, the venture capital firm which kept it afloat with $ 48 million in the mid-2000s — was getting tired of his «social experiments» and wanted the company to improve profitaCapital, the venture capital firm which kept it afloat with $ 48 million in the mid-2000s — was getting tired of his «social experiments» and wanted the company to improve profitacapital firm which kept it afloat with $ 48 million in the mid-2000s — was getting tired of his «social experiments» and wanted the company to improve profitability.

In addition to professionals wanting to enter the venture capital field and entrepreneurs looking to raise venture capital funding, this course also benefits anyone who wants to learn more about financing, including lawyers, accountants, angel investors, bankers, policy makers, regulators and educators.

The day is part of a growing series of events that was originally spearheaded by investor Aileen Lee of Cowboy Ventures and moved forward by Jess Lee of Sequoia Capital, who along with their women friends in venture wanted to work more closely with the far larger — and growing — community of women founders that has begun to form in recent years.

We work alongside companies, many with disruptive technologies, that seek funding, as well as with the venture capital firms, institutional investors and corporate ventures that want to invest in exciting business opportunities.