Remove Common Stock Remove Customer Remove Intellectual Property Remove Syndication
article thumbnail

Ten questions the entrepreneur should ask the (prospective) investor

Tim Keane

What are their expectations for intellectual property-protectable businesses? Are you able to explain why your product is a compelling purchase for the customer, and how the customer will make buying decisions? If the investors ideal size is smaller than your need, you ought to ask about syndication.

article thumbnail

How to Fund a Startup

www.paulgraham.com

By which I meannot that it has to make something physical, but that it has to haveone thing it sells to many people, rather than doing custom workfor individual clients. Custom work doesnt scale. An advantage of consulting, as a way to develop a product, is thatyou know youre making something at least one customer wants.