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Financing a Start-Up

Tech Coast Venture Network

Once you have some skin in the game, if you personally can’t get to some level of revenues in the business, or at a minimum, pre-sales or letters of intent, then on to round two – asking family and friends for help. If you are pre-revenue, have pre-sales, letters of intent and/or customer commitments. Friends and Family.

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Raising Seed Capital Now: 10 Tips

Tech Coast Venture Network

Meet angels via the entrepreneurs they’ve funded. Referrals carry weight, but for those without a long list of angel contacts, getting access to angels via entrepreneurs they’ve already funded can be equally powerful. “Most have a strong desire to mentor and help build companies.” TCVN News'

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