A startup’s success depends on many factors, of which the idea itself is just a minor part. In the end, the idea is just the starting point from which great business may flourish. But then the question remains: What is it that makes businesses so successful? Investors bet on the jockey, not the horse If…
If you’ve attended one of my Fundraising Strategy Sessions, then you know I talk about your chances of raising investment. And you’ll also know I advocate an Expression of Interest form (EOI) as one of your five key pitch assets to support you in your fundraising journey. Here’s why: VC, Speedinvest, recently released data that…
In Köln und Umgebung lässt es sich gut leben, feiern und gründen. Auch in den vergangenen Wochen sind wieder einige spannende neue Startups in Köln entstanden. Einige sehr junge Startups davon stellen wie an dieser Stelle einmal vor. Das junge Kölner Unternehmen DueDash bringt Gründer und Experten aus aller Welt auf einer Plattform zusammen. Gegründet wurde das Startup von Markus Buck,…
Let’s start by defining a startup.As we say this word the definition takes many forms. There are no set rules, there is no magic wand, there is no secret recipe nor are there any scientific approaches and there are thousands of books and mentors out there to address this topic.Startups are anything but traditional businesses…
Das junge Unternehmen DueDash bringt Gründer und Experten aus aller Welt zusammen. Das Motto dabei lautet “Making Startups Investable”. Konkret es somit um Unterstützung sein Geschäft aufzubauen und Investmentgelder zu erhalten. Auf der Website leist sich dies wie folgt: “We bring together founders and experts from the global startup ecosystem to educate on startup and…
If you want to win investment, it’s a smart idea to get inside the mind of your potential investors. These shrewd people are likely to be seeing over ten investment opportunities per week, and of those businesses, they’ll only invest in 1%. They know that statistically, around 95% of their investment portfolio will fail. So,…
Your new technology can have a little salami as a treat; A story by Jennifer Dodgson on how luck and labor enabled her to receive funding from her angel investor Jay Teo. Question(Q): I hear you have some money. Can I get some money too? Answer (A): Well, maybe not right now, given the circumstances,…
Die Startup Boost Cologne Lineup steht. 10 Startups wurden für das Programm ausgewählt. Bewerbungskriterien waren neben einem marktreifen Technologieprodukt auch nachweisliches Kundeninteresse sowie ein international skalierbares Geschäftsmodell. “Wir wollen die Region zu einem der zentralen Startup- und Technologie-Hotspots in Europa machen”, sagt KölnBusiness-Geschäftsführer Manfred Janssen. “Mit dem Programm unterstützen wir Gründerinnen und Gründer dabei, ihr…
Just look around, there is so much buzz around “innovation and entrepreneurship”. All over the world, the governments are trying to use entrepreneurship and innovation to invigorate their economies. Even the large company leaders have embraced innovation and “intrapreneurship” to create shareholder value. Of course, innovation is the force causing upheavals in the daily life causing positive disruption (and some unintended…
Taking your entrepreneurial idea from an exciting concept to multi-million-pound success story requires significant investment. There are four different phases of the Fundraising Journey – bootstrapping, start-up, scale-up and exit. In those first two early stages, you need to be astute about when to seek investment and the equity you offer in exchange. Plenty of…
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