July 12, 2010 at 12:56How to make the project the investor needs?
Everyone knows: a project focused on the needs of a particular customer, at times increases their chances of being bought or receive investments.
Recently, large Internet companies are increasingly showing interest in startups.
And although the monsters of the IT market can afford to buy another large company along with all its traffic or a working Internet business, they still give preference to new projects.
Large Internet companies are always strategic investors. When buying other projects, they primarily solve the problems of their business, whether it be the audience, traffic or product properties of the project.
Why?
A strategic investor is more willing to invest in projects at the prototype stage, because:
- the prototype will be cheaper than a finished project that has long been on the market.
- the prototype is easier to adapt to the needs of the investor
- a project that is just starting to enter the market is easier to integrate into the overall business process.
Startup Weekend is a place where everyone can make a prototype of a project from an idea and surround it with a development team.
The first to be interested in prototypes (and teams ready to develop them) was designated by Yandex.
Yandex is interested in the following areas:
- analysis, structuring of personal (mail, subscriptions, etc.) and general information flow (news, blogs, etc.), for example, using data extraction technology;
- New interface solutions for web services and applications;
- processing and presentation of personal data in various fields (finance, medicine, documents, etc.);
- Methods of studying user behavior on the Internet, advertising technology.
Do you have a project that fits this description, but didn’t you think of offering it to Yandex? Think: maybe it’s worth it to “finish” and offer it to a specific investor!
You do not have a project suitable for Yandex, but do you have an idea? If you like to solve difficult problems, come to Startup Weekend, bring an idea, assemble a team, develop a prototype and - go ahead, towards a bright future (and Yandex).
Make a project that the investor really needs. Register for Startup Weekend !
Recently, large Internet companies are increasingly showing interest in startups.
And although the monsters of the IT market can afford to buy another large company along with all its traffic or a working Internet business, they still give preference to new projects.
Large Internet companies are always strategic investors. When buying other projects, they primarily solve the problems of their business, whether it be the audience, traffic or product properties of the project.
Why?
A strategic investor is more willing to invest in projects at the prototype stage, because:
- the prototype will be cheaper than a finished project that has long been on the market.
- the prototype is easier to adapt to the needs of the investor
- a project that is just starting to enter the market is easier to integrate into the overall business process.
Startup Weekend is a place where everyone can make a prototype of a project from an idea and surround it with a development team.
The first to be interested in prototypes (and teams ready to develop them) was designated by Yandex.
Yandex is interested in the following areas:
- analysis, structuring of personal (mail, subscriptions, etc.) and general information flow (news, blogs, etc.), for example, using data extraction technology;
- New interface solutions for web services and applications;
- processing and presentation of personal data in various fields (finance, medicine, documents, etc.);
- Methods of studying user behavior on the Internet, advertising technology.
Do you have a project that fits this description, but didn’t you think of offering it to Yandex? Think: maybe it’s worth it to “finish” and offer it to a specific investor!
You do not have a project suitable for Yandex, but do you have an idea? If you like to solve difficult problems, come to Startup Weekend, bring an idea, assemble a team, develop a prototype and - go ahead, towards a bright future (and Yandex).
Make a project that the investor really needs. Register for Startup Weekend !