Artificial Intelligence: The Trend For Tech Startups
Looking to get funded in 2015? Why not add some elements of the “The Terminator” & “The Matrix” to your Startup Business model. Funding increased 302% for Artificial Intelligence (AI) Startups in 2014. Pouring in over $309.2 million in over 40 deals. That’s more than 20-fold in just 4 years from $14.9 million in 2010. […]
The Startup Garage’s Top 10 Best Blogs of 2014
2014 was a momentous year for entrepreneurs and startup companies around the globe. Through out the year The Startup Garage has shared our knowledge, resources, and insights with you in efforts to skyrocket your success. Below our Top 10 Best Blogs of 2014, we hope you find them invaluable and worth referencing time and time […]
Startup Business Funding Report 2014
The past year has been an eventful one for Startup Businesses in their quest to raise capital. Venture Capitalists, Angel Investors, and Peer-to-Peer Crowdfunding soared in 2014, breathing new life into uncertain economy. Venture Capital Roundup According to the PitchBook Platform 88 billion dollars in venture capital was infused into the global economy in 2014. […]
The Unsung Heroes of Startup Funding – The Large Corporation
Sunne Justice sat across from me, explaining her company mission, and her interest in creating a conscious cloud technology business. She had a startup business that had successfully raised 1.5 millions dollars for a cloud technology venture. Listening, I was amazed, “How could a business, 5 years in the making; one that still had their […]
How To Determine Market Traction For Your Startup
The major thing to know about the first few years of funding a startup business is that in order to attract investor capital you must accomplish certain milestones. Accomplishing milestones helps to reduce the risk associated with the startup venture. Investors are constantly assessing risk when evaluating a startup and obviously prefer those that assume […]
Why A Business Plan Is Essential When Crowdfunding Your Startup
Letting the crowd fund your startup doesn’t mean allowing your business plan to go unwritten. In the business world, approximately 543,000 new businesses get started each month and funding those businesses comes from a variety of sources. Most recently, startups are beginning to utilize crowdfunding sites to promote their ventures and raise the capital they […]
What’s The Best VC Pitchdeck?
What’s The Best VC Pitchdeck? Don’t live your life impressing others. Live your life impressing yourself. The above is an interesting quote that relates to many aspects of life and business, especially when pitching your startup to the venture capitalists. The best pitch deck comes from the heart; it’s not one created for the benefit […]
How To Raise Startup Capital In 120 Seconds
7 key takeaways from the Tech Coast Angels Quick Pitch Finals 2014. Think of a quick pitch as you would a movie trailer. 1) A quick pitch should serve as a teaser of what’s exciting and noteworthy to come next. The intention of a 2 minute pitch is to deliver a heavy dose of substance, […]
Angel Investments Soar in the U.S. Along with the Tech Coast Angels
The Q1 2014 Halo Report was released recently by the Angel Resource Institute, Silicon Valley Bank and CB Insights In a collaborative effort to raise awareness of early-stage investment activities by angel investors the Halo Report researches and analyzes angel investment activities and trends in North America. This quarter’s report card will one most investors […]
The Past, Present and Future of Capital Funding
The Past, Present and Future of Capital Funding The Internet and the integration of valuable software into corporate systems, has disrupted almost every industry there is, laying bare vast quantities of knowledge, which in the past was extremely well hidden and only known to a privileged few. Just 10 to 15 years ago, you had […]
