Venture Capital
June 11, 2009 by carbonday
Filed under Green Idea Funding
Venture Capital For Socially
Responsible Eco-Businesses
We’re looking to invest in extraordinary entrepreneurs who have the ability to build great teams and great companies.
SHARE YOUR BUSINESS IDEA
Carbon Day Capital LLC would enjoy learning about your business and considering it for Venture Capital Funding It’s easy to reach us. Email or call. Have a mutual acquaintance connect us. Before you send your business plan ideas please read our very important Details of Sustainable Companies and Writing a Business Plan.
Details of Sustainable Companies
Green start-ups with these traits often will tell us the success of a business and the likelihood of it becoming a lasting company with a sustainable business plan. We like to partner with companies that have:
Clarity of Purpose
Summarize the company’s business on the back of a business card.
Large Markets
Locate and define existing markets poised for rapid growth or change.
Upscale Customers
Target customers who are most likely to pay a premium for a unique offering.
Simple Focus
Customers will only buy a simple product with a singular value proposition.
Solve the Problem
Pick the one thing that is of burning importance to the customer then delight them with a compelling solution.
Think Outside the Box
Take the contrarian route. Create novel solutions. Go into Survivor mode Outwit, Outlast and Outplay the competition.
The Team Members
A company’s team is set in the first 90 days. All team members are the smartest or in their domain. “A” level entrepreneurs should attract an “A” level team.
Agility
Stealth and speed will usually help beat-out large companies.
Frugality
Focus spending on what’s critical. Spend only on the priorities and maximize profitability. Do not spend on premium items unless the payback will be there. EX. We had a company who was running out of cash that went to a press event and made up 250 usb drives that were custom imprinted with their logos that had way too much storage on them for the press kit they created. It cost them $10 each. They could have gone to office max to spend $1 ea for usb’s and printed out beautiful color labels on their printer and save $2250 dollars to spend on payroll or rent.
Start up money
Start with only a little money. It forces discipline and focus. A huge market with customers yearning for a product developed by great engineers requires very little firepower.