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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Amit Grover, Member, Mumbai Angels (Part 5)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Nurture Talent workshops are live, right? They’re not online? Amit: They are not online. We are going to start our online training programs in the near future, but these workshops are completely offline as of now. Every Saturday we take a conference room and anywhere from
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Amit Grover, Member, Mumbai Angels (Part 4)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Amit: Let’s take Apalya Technologies. The first time they came to Mumbai Angels, we didn’t shortlist them at all. We told them to take three or four months and come back with a prototype in place with customers, a few service providers signed up, and television channel
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Amit Grover, Member, Mumbai Angels (Part 3)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Do you require that the entrepreneurs you invest in have previous business experience? Amit: In terms of running a venture of their own, no. In terms of having some experience of at least being in that sector, understanding the nitty-gritty details of what they are getting
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Amit Grover, Member, Mumbai Angels (Part 2)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How many deals do you get each month, approximately? Amit: On average, I would say we get maybe sixty to seventy-five, but it can be up to one hundred. Irina: How many of those deals deserve a closer look? Amit: Once the one hundred companies apply
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Amit Grover, Member, Mumbai Angels (Part 1)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the nineteenth interview in our series on financing for entrepreneurs. I am talking to Amit Grover, member of the Mumbai Angels and the founder of Nurture Talent Academy, a training institute for entrepreneurs in India. Irina: Hi, Amit. Let’s start with your telling us a little
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Eric Paley, Managing Partner, Founder Collective (Part 7)
By guest author Irina Patterson Eric: It is amazing how much investors can damage a company. And I think the first thing an investor needs to do is not damage a company. Investors to be really careful to help the management team stay focused, be responsive and helpful, but not be demanding in ways that
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Eric Paley, Managing Partner, Founder Collective (Part 6)
By guest author Irina Patterson Irina: Do you have any sector preference? Eric: We are seed-stage, software-enabled capital-efficient investors. So, within that there are a lot of things we can do, but our setup tends to lend itself to a lot of Internet investing. We can do other things, and we are doing other things.
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Eric Paley, Managing Partner, Founder Collective (Part 5)
By guest author Irina Patterson Irina: Do you have a number for what is a reasonable size? Eric: I think there is no set number. I need to believe that the entrepreneur can build a big company. It depends what you mean by niche. A $500 million–dollar market where there is no real competition and
