how to finance your (startup) dream

hannes a. schwetzhaswez

startupICT.blogspot.com

finance

fun

luck

product

sales

team

timing

success factors

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finance

history

sources

contracts

sell &resell

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columbus6 years investor searchall over europe~ 1.5M maravedis~ 1/3 own capital10% commissionno wage

history

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do it yourselfbanksincubatorsbusiness angelsventure capitalsubsidies/grants

sources

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make onee.g. good leaver-bad leaver tag/drag alongexit preferencepay to play, …

reality check

contracts

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outperformunderpromiserelationshipsell successtell problems + solutions8 week cycle

sell & resell

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chase jarvis

history

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linkscolumbus´s first voyage: profit or loss from a historical accountant´s perspective, wikipedia:

funding campaign columbus

business angels networks: i2 (at), aico (at), munich network (g)

incubators: ycombinator (us), seedcamp (uk), hagenberg (at), i5 (at)

venture capital: tecnet (at), gcp (at), avco (at), bvk (g)

subsidies/grants: preseed, seedcinancing :(high tech), impulse xs, xl, departure (creative), mikrokredit, ffg startup (r&d), a+b centers, zit, nöbeg preseed, …

legal gibberish of investors in plain english, investopedia

„rutschgefahr“ founders terms in german venture capital contracts

chase jarvis photo plus expo keynote 2010randy pausch last lecture: achieving childhood dreams

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„…the brick walls are there to stop the people who don´t want it badly enough.

they are there to stop the other people.“randy pausch, the last lecture, 2008

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