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Don’t Forget Grants If You Need Early Seed Money

In the US, many entrepreneurs see grants as “free money,” since they are not loans and don’t have to be repaid. A grant is not an equity investment, so the entrepreneur doesn’t have to give up a stake in the company either. Typically they can be used to fund product development and commercialization that would […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
11 May 2014

How do venture capital firms make money by investing in startups?

The venture capital fund itself makes money… …by investing early in a startup company’s life, when success is not at all assured. In exchange for investing capital to help the company grow, the fund receives an ownership interest in the company. Because in the early days a company will not be worth very much, the fund’s ownership […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
8 May 2014

Why are some venture capital firms not funding women?

The facile answer to this assumptive question is “because some women are not seeking funding from venture capital firms”. But there is actually quite a bit of truth in both statements. Women-led ventures definitely account for a smaller percentage of venture investments than  do ventures led by men, but women-led ventures also account for a […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
4 May 2014

7 Steps To Making A Great Entrepreneur Impression

Barack Obama meets Mark Zuckerberg, photo via Wikimedia Entrepreneurs are all about firsts, and the most important is you making a great first impression – on investors, customers, new team members, and strategic partners. Poor first impressions can be avoided, but I’m amazed at the number of unnecessary mistakes I see at those critical first […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
4 May 2014

As a VC or angel investor, how has your approach to investing changed over time?

The biggest change is the one that ALL serious angel investors eventually arrive at: no matter how smart or experienced you are, there are simply too many exogenous factors affecting outcomes for you to be able to pick only winners. Having now invested in over 85 startups, and finding that my personal metrics are very […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
1 May 2014
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