arunpurohit 13 Jun 2015
From one silver coin to 1.5 Crore- A funding journey
Reminiscences at Startup Saturday , NCL Innovation Park
Trust the person who seeks truth.
Mistrust the person who
claims he has found it "
Entrepreneurs are travellers
.. Some travel
Better prepared
Go LONGER
And get their pot of GOLD
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Tweeting itch??? Take it outside the walls
Recommended hashtag : #sspuneSpeaker : @arunpurohit
Raising fund is a killer journey
Rocking
Exhausting Daunting
Definitely not for Salary Addicts
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Its meThe EMI Slave, 2009
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This is how strong the pull of idea should be….
It should make you run naked
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Nothing going for me.. except
THE BIG, HAIRY AUDACIOUS GOAL
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I was a startup porn addict
This is me reading Sequoia funding pondy
Funding
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THE COMPLICATIONS WITH COFOUNDERS
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NO BODY WAS SURE
I was waiting too long to jump
3 months expense in PF + 3 months assurance from Friend got me going
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Decoding the investment onion
1.Own cash
7. Series A
5.Seed cash
4.Angel Cash
3.FFF cash
2.Cofounder
8.Series B VCs
9.PE Funds
10.IPO/Acquisition
6. Customer Cash
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Investors sit in these layers
ONLY WHEN SOMEBODY IN THE LOWER LAYER IS
KNOWN TO THE INVESTOR/S AND
ALSO TRUSTED BY THEM DOES CASH FLOW
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Get a credible face the community trusts
GET SOMEBODY WHO HASA NAME IN THAT DOMAIN WHOM INVESTORS TRUST
FOR HER JUDGMENTTO JOIN THE INTERNAL
TEAM
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First of 2 golden words of funding
CAN BUSINESS SUSTAIN? WHATS THE FLYWHEEL?
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Second of 2 golden words of funding
TRACTION ON KPI
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Sustainable .. Yes but fundable?
What causes killer falls?
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The conclusions
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Somethings beyond boundaries
KILLER WORLD OF STARTUPS
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How did u find the deck? feedback please
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Reach me out for hill climbing/cycling/Scuba diving
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