One of my favorite blogs in the blogsphere is The Instigator Blog where various topics are discussed around start up companies with tips and resources etc. They just wrote a fantastic article about the 10 questions Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors are going to ask you when you pitch your business plan to them. This blog post is important to all you start up companies out there looking for some investment capital. Here are the 10 questions.
- So what’s your business all about?
- What’s the barrier to entry for competition?
- What’s going to stop big monster company in your space from copying you?
- Why are you raising the money you want to raise?
- How far does that money get you?
- Do you have any customers? Have you spoken to potential customers?
- What’s your marketing strategy?
- What are you coding in? (for technical products)
- How are you handling the technological infrastructure for scaling?
- What’s the team look like? What are your backgrounds?
To read the entire article written on this subject go to the actual article here. This is a great article and a great blog for that matter.
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August 22nd, 2007 at 10:40 am
Pasadena Angels Investors…
By Al Schneider (Vice Charmain, Pasadena Angels) and Joe Platnick (Director, Pasadena Angels)
The Pasadena Angels is a group of over 100 accredited entrepreneurial investors who provide early-stage financing and counsel to emerging companies located i…