Focus on this - 
  
 What's the problem? 
 Why do you think you have what it takes to solve the problem? 
 How you intend to solve problem? 
 What potential issues do you see in solving the problem? 
 How big is the market for the problem? 
  
 Then talk numbers on how you plan to make your idea profitable

Consultant

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In upcoming months we have to pitch a investor give me some advice & how to cover all the explanation of business model in limited time

In upcoming months we have to pitch a investor give me some advice & how to cover all the explanation of business model in limited time- Grapevine

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Title. 

How do you build the comfort and confidence to double down on an idea that might work but sounds like a real hail mary shot?

How do you sell moonshot ideas to Leadership?

Product Manager

So currently working on a very small scale start-up as a founding engineer (ik), recently got a contact of a seed investor who is also working as CFO in an unicorn, I wanted to reach out to him for seed investment but I'm pretty much unaware of what I should write to him, I'm more into technical side of the company. Should I talk business numbers and the scale at which we are operating and the sales? Or what exactly should I propose him?

Raising a seed round

Software Developer

Hello everyone... My name Shardul patil and I have a unique business idea for a startup. I am already working on my first idea as it is on incorporation stage. I have a second idea for which I need a co-founder. I can invest 50% of my own and need another 50% as co-founder investment. Plzz reply if you are interested....

Idea

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AMA: Worked at tier 2 VC - got in post a few years of workex and a tier 2 Indian uni

What stops you from *stealing* an idea that you found mind-blowing from a pitch of a startup trying to get a seed funding?

Software Engineer

Founder

Welcome to Personal Finance's Private Community

Am I underpaid?
I have been in VC ecosystem since 1 year and have a salary of 40 k per month. This is my first job. I am from an average college.

VC Salary

VC Analyst

Hello grapeviners.

Need very important help.

I have to build a month wise business strategy roadmap for an early stage payments fintech startup.

What should be my approach to make it robust and awesome? I am sure grapeviners will come up with amazing ideas 🙂

12 month business strat roadmap for a very early stage payments fintech startup

Have been an entrepreneur since college days. Went full time on same idea and worked on it for a good 4 years full time before starting something new, raising some money, later pivoting (fucked up here) and eventually shutting shop last year. 

Life has been tough since then since there is no clarity on what to spend next 2-5 years on - acquisition offer falling apart, tried looking for jobs but didn't finalise and later did a bit of consulting (good pay but didn't really work out).

I now have a few good conversations going on right now - leading product & EIR/Founders Office. What do you suggest would be an ideal thing to do? 

Profile - Solid Generalist. Non tech. Money ain't really an issue right now but can't stay dependent on savings for so long - its stupid.

PS - If you or someone you know is hiring, please reach out. Happy exploring ideas as well.

2 time ex-founder / 6+ years of entrepreneurial experience

Making the switch from Business Analyst to APM. I don't mind the lack of WLB (60-70 hours a week) since I'm very early in my career- all I'm looking for is:

1) Learning
2) Above average but not ridiculously high pay (I'll be more than happy with 80k-1LPM in hand)

Problem is most companies that are more likely to provide me with these are start ups since I'm not from a Tier-1 college and have a B.Sc.

So how do I evaluate a start up's financials before applying there? Most people give vague answers like "check their financials", "figure out how much runway they have left" etc. without going into detail or mentioning any concrete steps.

How do I evaluate a start up before applying there?

Business Analyst

- Tried in the past or not, are you pursuing it now?
- Experience vs corporate job?
- Recommendations for those who think of shifting from corporate to entrepreneurship in the future?
      - Startup / Family business points if any?
      - Side hustle views?
- Anything else?

Have you tried entrepreneurship?

Finance Consultant

Good Evening Everyone

This site is Vishal Saraswat, I am 18 years old and with me there is a guide Raghav who is from IIT Kharagpur

I have an idea which might boost the Short video industry 

The idea is that we have to implement in-app purchases directly through Reels like Tik Tok shop which is needed in India, and attracts Dropshippers and many product-selling companies

This will earese the model of the website, which reduces the purchase of domain and hosting for Dropshippers

Mode of income -

• Commission on Product selling
• Sponsorship Badge
• Page opening Fee for the Company's

App development is in process, I want fund for Marketing and advertising 

As soon as soon possible we have to implement this type of app in Indian market

Hoping for Reply 
Thank You

Require Investor

Acquiring funding for a startup in india has become a hassle. I myself have been doing research on seed funding Vc's and angel investors. All they ask is pitch deck and LinkedIn profile. Which they don't even go through and just reply with an email saying we are not eligible for funding. On the other side US and other countries are getting funding at the ideation stage. I guess we can't even go for crowdfunding. Started building MVP, but halfway through the hurdle and unable to resume the development due to limited resources.

Tired of applying everywhere for funding.

Hi All, I am thinking of starting up in a space that in very passionate about and feel I have a unique insight. I also have a cofounder who I know from a long time from college when we studied comp science

What are some common pitfalls to avoid at the early stage of an startup?

Startup pitfalls to avoid

Business Development Manager

PM here with 3.8 YoE, got an offer from a B2C/B2B company for PM position. Full time wfo, based out of Mumbai. Offering 20 lpa fixed. Verbally said will be starting ESOPs from next month and eyeing to go public in the next 2 years.

Yay or nay?

Offer Evaluation

Absolutely sad to see the state of the startups, most of them.
I am a founder myself, and this is a post with equal disappointment with myself as much as it is for anyone else who relates.
Look at all these companies that have raised shit tons of capital, and now make a fraction of money that has been invested in them.
The raised money is spent on outsized, non business sense making acquisition costs, only to keep repeating it till the tap runs dry.
Then when all stakeholders get bored, the service quality plummets, the employees are fired and whole sectors are admonished as being bad.

But, my question is, which sector where large sums of money was invested in early days have come out with flying colours. Fucking nothing !
Edtech, proptech, agritech, ecommerce etc. etc. etc. kuch bhi nahi. 

Is there any sector where a startup which has raised in the 100s of millions in the first 5 years have actually built a sustainable business at any scale ?
Then scaling down, isse acha, scale slowly.
The worst part of this whole drama, is pushing the innovation wheel backward and destroying customer sentiment.

Isse acha, raise less money inititally, build slowly, and only scale when the market is ready. Artifical growth makes no sense, unless you have a treasure chest that shall never run out.
Even in that case, spend the money on assets and not on random acquisition costs, direct or indirect.

As founders, let's do better, nahi ?

Rant or is it ?

I have been investing regularly in MF and Stocks for the past 1.5 years. Recently for the past couple of days the market has been very bad and i have lost a lot of money. Should i invest more or should i hold. Need some investment suggestions. I have a lot of cash to spare roughly 40-45L what is the best investment should i make. Need suggestions from folks here. Would be great help as i wish to have a corpus of atleast 1cr in the next 2-3 years. I already have invested roughly 20L and have a cash of around 8-10L in my accounts plus the cash already mentioned.

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