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Investment readiness criteria

Funding sources

Useful web sites

Recommended reading

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     Investment readiness criteria      
   
Here is a list of criteria against which your business plan will be judged by potential investors.

Investment readiness criteria devised by Michael Webster and Rob Wirszycz.
      
         
     Funding sources      
   
List of business angels and other sources compiled by Simon Williams.		      
         
     Useful web sites      
   
British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

ITC member John Cavill publishes a Learning Blog on various aspects of his doctoral research into the characteristics of entrepreneurial teams.

John has also written a paper entitled Growth Entrepreneurship: Do we really understand the drivers of new venture success? which was commissioned by SEEDA. 		     
         
     Recommended reading      
   


Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell. Powerful and compelling, it's about the psychology of decision making and gut instinct. Recommended by Michelle Field.

BVCA Directory 2007/2008 by the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. Pretty much everyone who's anyone in the UK VC industry. Recommended by Simon Williams.

Coaching for Performance: GROWing People, Performance and Purpose by Sir John Whitmore. A diamond amongst the polished glass of coaching literature. Recommended by Simon Williams.

Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling Technology Products to Mainstream Customers by Geoffrey Moore. Recommended by Simon Williams.

Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Peter F. Drucker. Recommended by Simon Williams.

The New Business Road Test: What entrepreneurs and executives should do before writing a business plan by John Mullins. Recommended by Simon Williams.

Seed-Stage Venture Investing: The Ins and Outs for Entrepreneurs, Start-Ups, and Investors on Successfully Starting a New Business - very expensive, even second-hand, and written from a US perspective, by invaluable nevertheless. Recommended by Simon Williams.

      
         
   

 Tools

      
   


Founders' equity: Amongst a group of two or more founders in a new business, who should receive what proportion of the equity?This is a rough and ready tool to help you take a first stab at a difficult question. Devised by Simon Williams.

      
   

 

 

 

      
 
 
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