Comments on: How to get Investors https://www.companypartners.com/blog/2011/09/22/how-to-get-investors/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Bringing business partners together Fri, 27 Mar 2020 09:45:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: lisa lambert https://www.companypartners.com/blog/2011/09/22/how-to-get-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-3245 lisa lambert Wed, 22 Feb 2012 20:33:12 +0000 http://www.companypartners.com/blog/?p=638#comment-3245 i would just like to say if it sounds to good to be true it probably is, i have a new product to come to market and even with some money from my bank, it is still not easy tooling been waiting 7 months manafacturing all work at a speed of beyond slow and patents well after reading lots are they worth the paper they are wriiten on and thats a money pit, i got an audtion for den but did not get to live show, if you are a player you will get there

]]> By: Elena https://www.companypartners.com/blog/2011/09/22/how-to-get-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-3089 Elena Tue, 27 Dec 2011 11:04:17 +0000 http://www.companypartners.com/blog/?p=638#comment-3089 The Council is good. But …
I’m looking for funds to maximize work of artist’s. He does not care who it is: an investor or sponsor, he does not think about profits, he wants to realize though, would be a small part of their art ideas. How do you explain the investor that the artist has great potential in creating new trends in art?
How to show his ability to work quickly and efficiently?
How do you explain there are many artists, but generators of idea – units?
Filling in standard forms on the sites of Angels puts me in a dead end….

]]> By: anna https://www.companypartners.com/blog/2011/09/22/how-to-get-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-2877 anna Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:13:46 +0000 http://www.companypartners.com/blog/?p=638#comment-2877 Looking for investors in the hardest thing i have encountered so far.

]]> By: John https://www.companypartners.com/blog/2011/09/22/how-to-get-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-2874 John Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:55:38 +0000 http://www.companypartners.com/blog/?p=638#comment-2874 Forgot to mention, offered NED positions to more than 10 people on an equity base, none of them acceptep, just up-front cash!

]]> By: John https://www.companypartners.com/blog/2011/09/22/how-to-get-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-2873 John Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:52:28 +0000 http://www.companypartners.com/blog/?p=638#comment-2873 Just few examples of real world in the last 6 mths
-went to a business angel presentation, two people interested, spent 2 mths working on development and then discovered they were banned from any UK company directorship
-went to a business angel presentation, one person interested, still in discussions after 4 mths
-contacted directly by a business angel, still in discussions after 4 mths
Don’t forget some people are out there just to get a good conversation starter, or to have something to do whit their time, or just waste others time. Really hard to understand why after more than 20hrs of discussion, of business plan, cash flow and strategy development, and after agreement in principle on the amount of investment and equity they are still thinking/delaying to make the final commitment. At least be a man of honour and speak up your mind!

]]> By: Neksummi https://www.companypartners.com/blog/2011/09/22/how-to-get-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-2862 Neksummi Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:59:25 +0000 http://www.companypartners.com/blog/?p=638#comment-2862 I quite agree with Brett Davis. The time taken for a starter to get such angels if you ever got any seems like eternity. But as others have said, persistence is the answer.

]]> By: Chris Riggs https://www.companypartners.com/blog/2011/09/22/how-to-get-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-2855 Chris Riggs Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:58:23 +0000 http://www.companypartners.com/blog/?p=638#comment-2855 All good advice! The big problem in the UK is when you have a invention to open up a large market (energy bill reduction and carbon emission reduction) investors seem not to get the Win Win that being offered.

]]> By: jay https://www.companypartners.com/blog/2011/09/22/how-to-get-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-2852 jay Fri, 23 Sep 2011 10:04:19 +0000 http://www.companypartners.com/blog/?p=638#comment-2852 Very good advice, nice 1

Also there are government scheme to help start up new business but they don’t help, too many question and red tape.

I’m after less for a investor and more for some one who very connected and who could open doors.

]]> By: Mark Jones https://www.companypartners.com/blog/2011/09/22/how-to-get-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-2851 Mark Jones Fri, 23 Sep 2011 09:38:58 +0000 http://www.companypartners.com/blog/?p=638#comment-2851 Excellent, sound commentary.

I feel that Dragon’s Den has done a lot to damage the expectation of VC/Angel funding – we are now literally bombarded with random requests for investment in ‘unique web ideas’. We don’t even offer investment!

Perhaps I would slightly amend your closing statement to ‘be realistic, be persistent’.

]]> By: Brett Davis https://www.companypartners.com/blog/2011/09/22/how-to-get-investors/comment-page-1/#comment-2849 Brett Davis Fri, 23 Sep 2011 08:14:46 +0000 http://www.companypartners.com/blog/?p=638#comment-2849 Good advice.

The only thing I would add is that don’t under estimate the amount of time it takes to close a round of investment. I would suggest that if your business is live and you are starting from scratch searching for your first round of investment, make sure you have enough cash to last 6 months. 

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