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Atricle Dump - Entrepreneur, Are You the One In 10,000? Your Chance Of Being Funded Depends On It
There are many examples of businesses able to increase their customer numbers overnight. Some have deep pockets and splash out on advertising. Others lower their prices or buy off the competition.But these strategies are not viable for every business owner. Traditionally successful businesses have outlived their competitors by following strategies
I asked him, “Between the VC firms and clubs, what is your estimate of the number of companies being funded today?” His reply was startling.
“About one in ten thousand.”
So those are your odds.
A Different Kind of Investor, A Different Kind of Entrepreneur
The Equity Investment Private Trust with which we work concentrates prima
Corporate branding!! Have you ever given a prime thought to what corporate branding means does? If not try it, Branding means process by which true character and purpose of the company or organization is communicated. And it starts with corporate logo. Corporate logo makes a mark on customers. A well designed logo gives any company or organization a hi
Is this man, who manages a VC firm, unique in his field?
No. Every individual VC or VC firm is being inundated daily with people wanting investment in their ideas, their concepts, their companies. It’s been this way for decades.
The Glory Days
Back in the 90s, when the DotCom fervor was in full flower, there were even more business plans coming through the door, just as many phone calls asking for the chance to make a presentation.
There were then, too, hundreds of Venture Capital Clubs. These were groups of individual private investors who had gotten together to provide breakfast or luncheon meetings so that potential projects could be looked at, their principals open for questions.
Those were the glory days. Companies were getting hundreds of millions of dollars on concepts only. Wall Street was alive with brokerage houses taking brand new companies, with inexperienced executives, through the IPO circus, garnering still more hundreds of millions of dollars. Investors were in the grasp of a ”Tulip Mania, throwing cash at every new stock issue as long as it had to do with the DotCom industry. But your chances of getting funded were still only about 1 in 1000-2000.
Back To the Present
That was then, this is now. And what are your chances today?
I’ve spoken at length with a wealthy VC who’s been investing for over 20 years. He consults with other VCs and VC Clubs, runs his own VC Club. He told me that the VC club ranks have been decimated since the DotCom debacle. “I estimate that there are less than 15-20% of the numbers of VC clubs back in the 90s. And most of the names now were not on those lists then,” he told me. “The private investors are also a different lot and they’re far more cautious.”
I asked him, “Between the VC firms and clubs, what is your estimate of the number of companies being funded today?” His reply was startling.
“About one in ten thousand.”
So those are your odds.
A Different Kind of Investor, A Different Kind of Entrepreneur
The Equity Investment Private Trust with which we work concentrates primar
1. Be reader-centered, not writer-centered.Many brochures, websites, and direct mail I see from nonprofits is focused on how great their services, products and organizations are. Hello? Audience, anyone? Consider your reader thinking, "What's in it for me?" If you can, talk with some of your current donors, volunteers, members and
Back in the 90s, when the DotCom fervor was in full flower, there were even more business plans coming through the door, just as many phone calls asking for the chance to make a presentation.
There were then, too, hundreds of Venture Capital Clubs. These were groups of individual private investors who had gotten together to provide breakfast or luncheon meetings so that potential projects could be looked at, their principals open for questions.
Those were the glory days. Companies were getting hundreds of millions of dollars on concepts only. Wall Street was alive with brokerage houses taking brand new companies, with inexperienced executives, through the IPO circus, garnering still more hundreds of millions of dollars. Investors were in the grasp of a ”Tulip Mania, throwing cash at every new stock issue as long as it had to do with the DotCom industry. But your chances of getting funded were still only about 1 in 1000-2000.
Back To the Present
That was then, this is now. And what are your chances today?
I’ve spoken at length with a wealthy VC who’s been investing for over 20 years. He consults with other VCs and VC Clubs, runs his own VC Club. He told me that the VC club ranks have been decimated since the DotCom debacle. “I estimate that there are less than 15-20% of the numbers of VC clubs back in the 90s. And most of the names now were not on those lists then,” he told me. “The private investors are also a different lot and they’re far more cautious.”
I asked him, “Between the VC firms and clubs, what is your estimate of the number of companies being funded today?” His reply was startling.
“About one in ten thousand.”
So those are your odds.
A Different Kind of Investor, A Different Kind of Entrepreneur
The Equity Investment Private Trust with which we work concentrates prima
One of my favorite shows is the Extreme Home Makeover. I think the show is so popular because it tells a story of how a very “in need” family gets a wonderful new home with the help of hundreds of strangers. And each week these “strangers” eat and sleep very little, to complete the home in just 7 days. And what drives these strangers to want to work
Those were the glory days. Companies were getting hundreds of millions of dollars on concepts only. Wall Street was alive with brokerage houses taking brand new companies, with inexperienced executives, through the IPO circus, garnering still more hundreds of millions of dollars. Investors were in the grasp of a ”Tulip Mania, throwing cash at every new stock issue as long as it had to do with the DotCom industry. But your chances of getting funded were still only about 1 in 1000-2000.
Back To the Present
That was then, this is now. And what are your chances today?
I’ve spoken at length with a wealthy VC who’s been investing for over 20 years. He consults with other VCs and VC Clubs, runs his own VC Club. He told me that the VC club ranks have been decimated since the DotCom debacle. “I estimate that there are less than 15-20% of the numbers of VC clubs back in the 90s. And most of the names now were not on those lists then,” he told me. “The private investors are also a different lot and they’re far more cautious.”
I asked him, “Between the VC firms and clubs, what is your estimate of the number of companies being funded today?” His reply was startling.
“About one in ten thousand.”
So those are your odds.
A Different Kind of Investor, A Different Kind of Entrepreneur
The Equity Investment Private Trust with which we work concentrates prima
It was not very long ago that the only place that thought about kids were the big fast food chains, and even then limited by offering a small toy with the purchase of a hamburger. These days if you don’t create an amazing experience for the twelve and under demographic you will lose their vote!!! So let’s look at a few ideas to get them on side:6.
Back To the Present
That was then, this is now. And what are your chances today?
I’ve spoken at length with a wealthy VC who’s been investing for over 20 years. He consults with other VCs and VC Clubs, runs his own VC Club. He told me that the VC club ranks have been decimated since the DotCom debacle. “I estimate that there are less than 15-20% of the numbers of VC clubs back in the 90s. And most of the names now were not on those lists then,” he told me. “The private investors are also a different lot and they’re far more cautious.”
I asked him, “Between the VC firms and clubs, what is your estimate of the number of companies being funded today?” His reply was startling.
“About one in ten thousand.”
So those are your odds.
A Different Kind of Investor, A Different Kind of Entrepreneur
The Equity Investment Private Trust with which we work concentrates prima
I've just been reading about the frustrations of a Human Resources manager. He's tired of having to answer the same questions about benefits over and over again.I understand that, having been on both sides of the issue, both as a consumer of benefits and in communicating about them on behalf of corporate clients. Benefits can be the slippery eels
I asked him, “Between the VC firms and clubs, what is your estimate of the number of companies being funded today?” His reply was startling.
“About one in ten thousand.”
So those are your odds.
A Different Kind of Investor, A Different Kind of Entrepreneur
The Equity Investment Private Trust with which we work concentrates primarily on the quality of the Entrepreneur presenting the package. About 80% of their decision is based on that. As their US consultant said to me, “A great project with a mediocre entrepreneur will lose money every time. Even a poor project, with a great entrepreneur, will make us money. If they’re both great, that’s the ones we’re looking for.”
The question for you, Mr. or Ms. Entrepreneur, is “Are you that one in 10,000?”
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