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Question
How do I raise venture capital for my startup.?
I am developing a way to develop software 1000x faster
and investors are skeptical. So now I'm competing with eBay
to self fund myself. What are my chances of defeating eBay?
What does eBay do poorly?
The software development problem will take years.
I'm starting the web site to compete with ebay
because I hear nothing but bad things about ebay. I have recruited MBAs and the business plan is nearly done. I'm coding the site in php and mysql right now.
The point is to succeed in competing with eBay so that I can then put money into the software project that is unrelated that will simplify and speed up programming.
Best Answer
This is a complex question and you don't provide much background info. Getting Venture Capital (VC) funding is very competitive. They see hundreds of deals a year and typically only invest in a handful. Assuming your idea is good (can't say as its not my field), much depends on your education and business experience. They may like your idea but are not convinced that you are capable of making it successful. It is often not about the idea as much as you might think. It is often more about the team and your ability to build a business around either a new technology, product(s) or a powerful business model.
Its important to understand that VCs primarily invest in great management teams and/or exceptional technologists. They are more interested in great people than they are just a technology or business idea from someone that doesn't have the backgound and experience to see it through to success. So, if you don't have the background, I strongly recommend you get it before pitching your idea. You sound like a technical person so I suspect you may be weak on the business side. You really need to have either successful start-up experience, several years of senior corporate experience in the field of your products/business model or have partners that provide the business side. If you don't want to wait until you acquire the knowledge yourself, you need to recruit it into your team.
I can't speak to the difficulties of competing with EBay as its not my field. But, it sounds very difficult even if you had good funding. If you are trying to compete with EBay, you should know what they do poorly. Knowledge about your competition and their weaknesses is something that VCs expect entrepeneurs to have.
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if only these business knowledge were available free and easy on the internet we would all be great business men/women.
by Sui - 3 years agowell thats what you have to find out
well like make sure you do your homework/research to tackle the people with the cash. Like in my opinion the flaw with ebay is the payment system, like people can bid but they can still be scammed of the product, find a way to prevent scammers from sites like that
you would to create a business plan and working model of your process. You would have to be able to justify your outrageous claims.
What does eBay have to do with your process? They are an auction website. they are not in the business of developing software.
