Funding for dummies…four

And finally no financing deal ever goes through without relationships and credibility. Relationships open the door and get you time; credibility gets you to the term sheet. The sooner you build up your stock of these two elements the faster you can get to capital – debt or equity.

January 18, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Blue Screen, Startup, entrepreneurs, new ventures, small business  No Comments

Funding for dummies…three

We met Wilson Tan on a trade trip across China. In just over a week, thirty technology companies from the Asia Pacific region covered 3 cities and one hundred Chinese partners, trying to understand the opportunity that was China. Wilson was the President of the organizing body, (the outgoing President of Mercury [...]

January 18, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Blue Screen, Desi Back to Desh, Desi Startup, Education, Startup, entrepreneurs, new ventures, small business  No Comments

Funding for dummies…two

It’s not that money is not available. Or that you can’t raise it. Or that it’s a fairytale that come true for only a select few. Truth is a lot less absolute; there is no black and white, only shades of grey.

Let’s take a look at how and why a 37 year [...]

January 17, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Blue Screen, Desi Back to Desh, Desi Startup, Failure, Startup, entrepreneurs, new ventures, small business  3 Comments

Funding for dummies…one

You dream, you write, you pitch.

If you put your heart in it and have an idea with merit you collect, build, sell, retire and live happily ever after. You never have to ask, borrow or steal another dime since the millions of dollars you have put aside as a result of your efforts [...]

January 16, 2009  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Alchemy stuff, Blue Screen, Desi Back to Desh, Desi Startup, Education, Failure, PASHA, Startup, entrepreneurs, new ventures, small business  One Comment