Resources for Startups and Entrepreneurs

1. Microwork
2. Sharing Economy
3. The Investment Cycle
4. EU SME and Startup Funds
5. Microlending, Microfinancing, and Microcredit
6. Crowdfunding (P2P Financing)
7. Alternative Lending
8. Vendor/PO Financing and Online Factoring
9. Other Sources of Financing
10 Resources

Microwork (get paid for fulfilling tasks online)

Amazon Mechanical Turk

LiveOps
InnoCentive
Samasource
Paid online survey sites
Kindle Direct Publishing (self-publishing)
Craiglist (classified ads)
Monster (find a job)
Newsy or CNN iReport (citizen journalism)
YouTube Partner (share ad revenues)

CCNow (accept credit cards and PayPal payments)

Amazon Associates (get a commission on referred sales)
EBay or Etsy or Alibaba (sell things, including handicrafts)

Shareconomy (Sharing Economy)

View introductory video

AirBnB or Couchsurfing (share your home for a fee)
Eatwith or Kitchensurfing (host a meal and get paid)
Vayable (become a tour guide)
Uber or Lyft or Sidecar (give rides in your car)
BorrowedBling or Girl Meets Dress or Rent the Runway (lend your jewelry and haute
couture for a fee)
Yerdle or Snap Goods (Simplist) or Open Shed (swap, rent, or borrow things)
Relay Rides or Getaround (rent out your car)
Favor Delivery (get deliveries or deliver)
Task Rabbit (handyman services)
Waze (community rides)

The Investment Cycle

Register firm in target market

Doing Business
Equity structure
Common stock

Stock options
Convertible debt
Series A Preferred Stock (convertible to common stock on IPO/sale)

Investment Cycle - Overview

Seed Funding
Angel Investors
Venture Capital (VC, Ramp Up)
Exit (via IPO/sale/M&A, Management B/O, ESOB - Employee B/O)

Investment Cycle - Details

Seed Funding
FFF (Friends, Family, Fools)

Angel Investment/PPO
Gust
AngelList (syndicates)
Angels Den (screening/due diligence for syndicates)

Super Angels

Private Equity/VC
Spray and Pray, VC: Exit at 000s multiple (size)
Draper Fisher Juverston

Accelerators--->pitch/demo
1M/1M (virtual global accelerator)
Y Combinator (requires relocation to Bay Area, USA)
500.co (global)
TechStars (watch video)
Seedcamp
Startupbootcamp (mentoring)
SOSV
4YFN fair
Entrepreneur First (Europe. Click on Find More and watch the video)

Corporate Accelerators/Intrapreneurship (Internal Startup)/Corporate VC

Warya

Incubators and Inculators

TecHub
AngelPad
Nine Plus

Sector-specific
Energy Saving Trust

Listing (IPO)
Microcap and Noancap in OTC (unlisted public companies in ASSOB Australia, OTCBB,
OTC Link, Pink Sheets in USA)

EU SME and Startup Funds

Horizon 2020 for ICT
FIWARE Accelerator Program (watch video)
COSME (via banks, provides access to finance)
Eureka
Eureka's Eurostars
EIF WB EDIF
CIP guarantees
FP7 7th Framework Program (current program: HORIZON)
COST
SME Instrument

Links to EU programs
EU Funding
EU Startup Services
EU-backed Small Business Loans
European Small Business Portal
Startup Europe
Digital Single Market - Capital
Your Europe Access to Finance
Welcome Europe Grants
EU Startups

Other countries and Multilateral International Financial Institutions

Russia's International Assembly of Business Angels (Eastern Europe)

EIB (via banks, finances midcaps directly)
IFC
EBRD (click on Learn More)

Microlending/Microfinancing/Microcredit
Mozhnosti
MYC4 (Africa mostly)
Kiva (watch video How It Works)
MyELEN
Opportunity International
Microloan Foundation (Africa mostly)
United Prosperity
Vittana
Grameen Bank

Crowdfunding/P2P Financing
NESTA on crowdfunding: default rates lower than in commercial banks and 83% of
crowdfunded firms remain in business after 7 years!
Kickstarter
Indiegogo
GoFundMe
RocketHub

Peerbackers

Tilt
Investedin (crowdfunding tools)
Success Stories: Macedonia Macedonians
LetsFundIt (Macedonia)

Equity Crowdfunding (JOBS Act)

Crowdfunder
GrowVC
EquityNet
Circle Up (branding)
Microventures (investors)
OfferBoard (series B and later)
OurCrowd (watch video)
Crowdentials
OneVest (Apply to Raise)
SeedInvest
CrowdCube (bonds and funding)
Seedrs
BankToTheFuture
SyndicateRoom
Investiere
Companisto
FundedByMe
Crowdfunding Portal (German)

iCrowdFund
Fonlabeni

Fundrise (real estate)

Wefunder

Crowdfunding Apps
Kickstarter Android iOS
Indiegogo Android iOS
OFF3R (crowdfunding aggregator)
IdeaStarter
What happens if you raise TOO MUCH money???

Crowdfunding Process: C2D2

C

ommunity

iscoverability

ollection

istribution (perks)

Project Writeup
Project Video
Landing Page (description, video, conversion)
Chain Letter with call for action
Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Snapchat, Instagram, Pinterest)
Events and Media
Updates and Perks

5 Steps to Successful Campaigns

Success Stories: Kickstarter (on Entrepreneur.com)
Success Stories: Indiegogo
Most successful crowdfunding projects ever CrowdfundingBlog

Forbes

Success Stories: Equity Crowdfunding

5 Steps to successful equity crowdfunding campaigns: CrowdFundInsider
Entrepreneur.com ConversionXL

P2PLending and P2PInvesting ---> securitization

Zidisha
Zopa
Funding Circle
RateSetter
Bondora
Omaraha
Lendify
ToBorrow
GiveTake
Lending Club
Lendico

Resource
http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/6106-equity-crowdfunding-tips.html

Alternative Lending

On Deck (see if you qualify)

Kabbage (watch video)
Prosper.com
Lendit Conference

Vendor/PO Financing and Online Factoring

Fundbox
Taulia (watch video)
Tungsten Finance (clearing and escrow accounts)
PrimeRevenue
Orbian
Demica
ASYX

Other Financing Sources

Product Presales Resource
Donate/Pay As You Will - Examples
Intellectual Property
Business Plan Competition Find one!

SBA/SBIR/STTR Grants

Resources
http://www.forbes.com/sites/martinzwilling/2013/03/06/10-more-creative-ways-to-financeyour-startup/
http://www.cnbc.com/2012/05/25/11-Ways-to-Finance-a-Start-Up.html

http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/1733-small-business-financing-options-.html

Wikipedia Pages
Microwork
Sharing Economy (Shareconomy)
Seed Money
Angel Investor
Super Angel
Crowdfunding
Comparison of Crowdfunding Services
Equity Crowdfunding
Seed Accelerator
Business Incubator
Peer-to-peer Lending
Microcredit