Comments on: Should You Raise Venture Capital For Your Startup?

By: croatia_apartments

croatia_apartments — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:17:51 +0000

Im currently in the process of searching for VC and I've been thinking the same.. Is there any website around where I can check out some rules and guidelines regarding venture capital and business angels ?
I would really appreciate it.

Thank you in advance.
Pula

By: xiaoguangzhang

xiaoguangzhang — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:25:39 +0000

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By: xiaoguangzhang

xiaoguangzhang — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:24:56 +0000

By: Ben Yoskovitz

Ben Yoskovitz — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:29:24 +0000

@Tim: The short answer is this: “It depends.” There are a lot of variables in the equation. But from the sounds of it, this business is a “lifestyle business” which you want to grow but not scale to be worth $100M and exit from. Venture capital will require such a plan – that within 3-5 years you’ve grown the business to a size that it can exit for $50M+. If that’s not the type of business you’re running or want to run then venture capital makes no sense.

A small business loan might help you scale, but there are risks in taking loans as well. I would probably lean towards bootstrapping and trying to increase sales to the point where you can hire, to continue growing the business.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:33:33 +0000

Ben, what about a startup that has a moderate level of success already? What if the founder can support himself, but not scrape together the capital to hire. Would you suggest a small business loan or possibly looking for VC funding?

Thanks,

Tim
Business Planning Software

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By: Gina

Gina — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 07:31:34 +0000

I think it's necessary to play things in a safe way. Starting a business with enough capital to run the business in a good way should be the target. It doesn't have to be outstanding all the time..

By: Gina

Gina — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 06:31:34 +0000

I think it’s necessary to play things in a safe way. Starting a business with enough capital to run the business in a good way should be the target. It doesn’t have to be outstanding all the time..

By: Ben Yoskovitz

Ben Yoskovitz — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 11:30:47 +0000

Emmie – Thank you. Very cool. I'll have to think about those 5 blogs and what I can do about posting on them soon…