How I raised money without even meeting my investors

arunpurohit 13 Jun 2015

From one silver coin to 1.5 Crore- A funding journey

Reminiscences at Startup Saturday , NCL Innovation Park

Trust the person who seeks truth.

Mistrust the person who

claims he has found it "

Entrepreneurs are travellers

.. Some travel

Better prepared

Go LONGER

And get their pot of GOLD

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Tweeting itch??? Take it outside the walls

Recommended hashtag : #sspuneSpeaker : @arunpurohit

Raising fund is a killer journey

Rocking

Exhausting Daunting

Definitely not for Salary Addicts

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Its meThe EMI Slave, 2009

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This is how strong the pull of idea should be….

It should make you run naked

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Nothing going for me.. except

THE BIG, HAIRY AUDACIOUS GOAL

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I was a startup porn addict

This is me reading Sequoia funding pondy

Funding

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THE COMPLICATIONS WITH COFOUNDERS

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NO BODY WAS SURE

I was waiting too long to jump

3 months expense in PF + 3 months assurance from Friend got me going

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Decoding the investment onion

1.Own cash

7. Series A

5.Seed cash

4.Angel Cash

3.FFF cash

2.Cofounder

8.Series B VCs

9.PE Funds

10.IPO/Acquisition

6. Customer Cash

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Investors sit in these layers

ONLY WHEN SOMEBODY IN THE LOWER LAYER IS

KNOWN TO THE INVESTOR/S AND

ALSO TRUSTED BY THEM DOES CASH FLOW

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Get a credible face the community trusts

GET SOMEBODY WHO HASA NAME IN THAT DOMAIN WHOM INVESTORS TRUST

FOR HER JUDGMENTTO JOIN THE INTERNAL

TEAM

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First of 2 golden words of funding

CAN BUSINESS SUSTAIN? WHATS THE FLYWHEEL?

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Second of 2 golden words of funding

TRACTION ON KPI

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Sustainable .. Yes but fundable?

What causes killer falls?

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The conclusions

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Somethings beyond boundaries

KILLER WORLD OF STARTUPS

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How did u find the deck? feedback please

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