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Helping choose the right investor network for prospective entrepreneurs

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Eva Taylor
Helping choose the right investor network for prospective entrepreneurs

For entrepreneurs who have a viable business plan in hand, finding a worthy investor is probably one of the most difficult things to do. One not only needs to approach multiple investors with the business plan, but he also needs to make presentations to almost all the interested parties and do so convincingly. At the end of the day, it is important to remember that the investor community is being targeted every day by hundreds of such entrepreneurial projects and ideas and hence this is a cut-throat competitive environment that requires strategic planning and critical thinking on the part of the entrepreneur.

Many new business owners hence try the business incubator route to ensure steady and strong investments in their entrepreneurial projects. Most of these incubators and accelerators are associated with credible Investor Networks that help provide much required financial impetus to startup businesses. Technology incubators are one of the segments of the business incubator community that offer assistance and support to technology-oriented entrepreneurs helping them through the initial stages of development of their business entities.

Most of these Technology Incubators are either university-based or public sector funded which means that in the former case, these incubators typically target the students and the faculty of the university for business ideas and projects. There are three important criteria that need to be met by these ideas: -

1. The concept should have a technology orientation.

2. Should be a viable business idea and have growth opportunities.

3. Should have the ability to provide employment to people from the technical and applied sciences field.

In order to choose the right technology incubator, it is essential to look into few parameters, of which one of the most important ones is to check the close and productive links that these incubators have with feasible investor network or are financially so strong that is able to provide the investment themselves to the new business idea. Proficient investor network consists typically of venture capitalists, private equity firms and angel investors. These are organizations and entities that are always looking out for opportunities to invest in businesses that have the potential to become successful in a given timeframe.

Being associated with reliable technology incubators ensure that entrepreneurs are able to look up through registered investors and/or interact closely with the associated investor network to be able to choose the best from the available funding sources. For the investor community too, being part of a business incubator network indicates the opportunity to investigate in detail about hundreds of featured deals and entrepreneurial ideas to be able to select the best.

Technology incubators and other business incubators are providing a growth-oriented viable platform for both the entrepreneurs and the investors to participate, interact, network and choose the best from the available resources. The connect that they are able to provide via their links with both sides is enabling plenty of novel and innovative ideas to transform into effective businesses, forming a win-win situation for all parties involved as well as for the general public.


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