Marc NathanRice Entrepreneur Workshop

February 7, 2015

ABC’s of

Startup Capital

1998 - 2007 2007 - 2010

2010 - 2012 2012 - 2013

2014 - Present 2014 - Present

W A R N I N G

DON’T RAISE

CAPITAL IF

YOU DON’T

NEED IT

Start

with

http://www.ted.com/talks/simon_sinek_how_great_leaders_inspire_action.html

There are only two

GOODReasons to raise

Startup Capital

OK, BUT WE

DO NEED IT

Salaries

Tools

Services

Marketing

$0 - $5000

$25K - $100K

$250K- $500K

$500K - $1m

$3m - $5m

PERSONAL

C – C – C

F – F – F

ANGELS & CROWDFUNDING

VENTURE

CAPITAL

PROTOTYPE

MVP

TRACTION

SCALE

GROWTH

AngelsVenture

ustomers

redit

ontests

amily

riends

ools

Houston Angel NetworkHouston

Central Texas Angel NetworkAustin

West Texas Angel NetworkAmarillo

North Texas Angel NetworkDallas

Baylor Angel NetworkWaco

Cowtown AngelsFort Worth

Concho Valley Angel NetworkSan Angelo

Texoma AngelsWichita Falls

Aggie Angel NetworkCollege Station

South Coast Angel Network

(Provisional)Corpus Christi

Crowdfunding Sites

INVESTORS WANT

10% - 25%

OF YOUR COMPANY

EACH FUNDING ROUND

Why would they invest?

Market

Idea

YOU

Marc Nathanwww.slideshare.net/marc1919

marc@seedinvest.com

Linkedin/Twitter/Skype

marc1919

Thanks!

Q & A