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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Larry Chaityn, Keiretsu Forum, New York Tri-State Chapters President (Part 3)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Tell us more about your advisory board. Is it an outside board? Larry: Yes, it’s an outside board that I put together and these are people whom I highly respect in the community. One is G.S. Schwartz , a PR firm. Reid Smith attends, Citrin Cooperman,
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Larry Chaityn, Keiretsu Forum, New York Tri-State Chapters President (Part 2)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What would you say are the key points that make Keiretsu Forum stand out from other angel groups? Larry: It’s the breadth of our investors. If a company does well in one chapter, other investors in other chapters also want to see them and possibly invest
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Larry Chaityn, Keiretsu Forum, New York Tri-State Chapters President (Part 1)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the twentieth interview in our series on financing for entrepreneurs. I am talking to Larry Chaityn, president of New York Tri-State Chapters, the Keiretsu Forum. Irina: Hi, Larry. Let’s start with your background and then go to the point where you got involved with the
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Amit Grover, Member, Mumbai Angels (Part 6)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What can investors do to be more successful? Amit: We need to devote more time to the companies we invest in. We need to give them more customer references. Early-stage companies lack a lot of things that angel investors or successful entrepreneurs can bring them. On
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
