Comments on: Techpreneurship: What’s Getting Financed and Where? http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2009/09/10/techpreneurship-whats-getting-financed-and-where/ The INOV8 blog tracks the latest news and trends in technology and innovation throughout the world. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:24:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Will Hurst http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2009/09/10/techpreneurship-whats-getting-financed-and-where/#comment-148 Will Hurst Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:36:12 +0000 http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=367#comment-148 Very Very good Blog this week, very insightful Very Very good Blog this week, very insightful

]]> By: Jeff Amerine http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2009/09/10/techpreneurship-whats-getting-financed-and-where/#comment-137 Jeff Amerine Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:20:43 +0000 http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=367#comment-137 Andrew We do have several resources that can help. Contact me at jeff@innovatearkansas.org and I'll give you some good places to start. Also take a look at www.EquityNet.com. These guys are great and they're local. Their Enterprise Analyzer tool can help you crystalize and analyze your thinking. Before you launch into thinking about any funding source, really spend some time validating your concept. Make sure you have something that solves a real problem and that people will pay for it. Once you've done the hard yards around that point which is really non-trivial then you can consider how to get your concept/business financed. Contact me and we talk it up some more. Jeff Andrew

We do have several resources that can help. Contact me at jeff@innovatearkansas.org and I’ll give you some good places to start. Also take a look at http://www.EquityNet.com. These guys are great and they’re local. Their Enterprise Analyzer tool can help you crystalize and analyze your thinking.

Before you launch into thinking about any funding source, really spend some time validating your concept. Make sure you have something that solves a real problem and that people will pay for it. Once you’ve done the hard yards around that point which is really non-trivial then you can consider how to get your concept/business financed.

Contact me and we talk it up some more.

Jeff

]]> By: Jeff Amerine http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2009/09/10/techpreneurship-whats-getting-financed-and-where/#comment-136 Jeff Amerine Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:14:55 +0000 http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=367#comment-136 Tom That is a great question. I think VentureSource tracks it nationwide but since our numbers are in the round off it doesn't bubble up to the summary report. I like your suggestion about tracking it locally. AEDC, ASTA, Innovate Arkansas, and Accelerate Arkansas are beginning to track startup funding from all sources. I'll see what the word is about publishing that data. Thanks for the question! Jeff Tom

That is a great question. I think VentureSource tracks it nationwide but since our numbers are in the round off it doesn’t bubble up to the summary report. I like your suggestion about tracking it locally. AEDC, ASTA, Innovate Arkansas, and Accelerate Arkansas are beginning to track startup funding from all sources. I’ll see what the word is about publishing that data.

Thanks for the question!

Jeff

]]> By: Tom Benton http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2009/09/10/techpreneurship-whats-getting-financed-and-where/#comment-131 Tom Benton Fri, 11 Sep 2009 19:05:53 +0000 http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=367#comment-131 Jeff, Does Venture Source (or anyone else) track & publish regional VC activity for this region? If we want to grow up and play with the big boys, we should start tracking these same benchmarks and publishing them. Jeff,

Does Venture Source (or anyone else) track & publish regional VC activity for this region? If we want to grow up and play with the big boys, we should start tracking these same benchmarks and publishing them.

]]> By: Andrew Cains http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/2009/09/10/techpreneurship-whats-getting-financed-and-where/#comment-130 Andrew Cains Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:54:31 +0000 http://blog.innovatearkansas.org/?p=367#comment-130 Hi enjoyed the post, its so true finding the race is the problem, I cant even find anything on the web about venture capital or how to get it or even how it works! very strange, I guess you have to know the right people as usual, whenever its discussed its always with the premise that everyone knows exactly how it works, I'm guessing I need some sort of plan or prototype? but who do you present it to? how do I finance the prototype, where do I build it? its no wonder real industry is falling behind, and lets face it largely non existent in Arkansas, we just hope some big outside entity takes pity on us and builds something here, that's the extent of our industry promotion, no business incubators, no real small business promotion, no college courses, no open workshops, no conventions, its kinda shocking, we're just figuring out how to make a decent burger Hi enjoyed the post, its so true finding the race is the problem, I cant even find anything on the web about venture capital or how to get it or even how it works! very strange, I guess you have to know the right people as usual, whenever its discussed its always with the premise that everyone knows exactly how it works, I’m guessing I need some sort of plan or prototype? but who do you present it to? how do I finance the prototype, where do I build it? its no wonder real industry is falling behind, and lets face it largely non existent in Arkansas, we just hope some big outside entity takes pity on us and builds something here, that’s the extent of our industry promotion, no business incubators, no real small business promotion, no college courses, no open workshops, no conventions, its kinda shocking, we’re just figuring out how to make a decent burger

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