Funding a Startup
This term refers to the initial funding provided by founders, friends and family to kickstart a startup.
What is seed funding
The term for a short, persuasive speech used to attract investors.
Elevator Pitch
This company was founded by Mark Zuckerberg in his Harvard Dorm room.
A term that describes a founder using their personal savings to fund a business.
Bootstrapping
This term refers to a company’s early stage of development, often before it becomes profitable.
What is a startup
This type of investor provides capital in exchange for equity and is often involved in early-stage startups.
Who is an angel investor
The part of a pitch that should clearly define the problem a startup is solving and why it is significant to the target market.
Problem statement
This company, launched in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page, is now the world’s leading search engine and part of Alphabet Inc.
A term known as the MVP Method
Minimum Viable Product
A brief and compelling pitch intended to quickly explain the value proposition of a startup.
What is an elevator pitch
This round of financing usually occurs after a startup has shown some success and is seeking to expand rapidly.
What is Series A funding
In a pitch, this is the term for the section where the startup outlines the specific amount of funding needed and how it will be used to drive the business forward.
Funding request
This company started as a platform for providing on demand rides and has since expanded into food delivery, freight, and more.
Uber
This is a very big personal risk that founders are taking with bootstrapping.
Personal Debt
This term describes the practice of seeking feedback from potential users before the product is fully developed.
What is user testing
These types of investment funds specialize in providing high-risk capital to startups with strong growth potential.
What are venture capital (VC) firms
This tool or method is often used to support a pitch by providing visual aids such as graphs, charts, and images to help illustrate key points.
Pitch deck
This startup, founded by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger in 2010, became popular for its photo sharing app and was acquired by facebook in 2012.
This is type of business do bootstrapping startups rely on.
Cash Flow Positive Businesses
This term refers to the process of a startup pivoting its strategy or product offering in response to market feedback.
What is a pivot
This type of loan requires no collateral and is commonly used by early-stage startups, often with higher interest rates.
What is an unsecured loan
This key slide in a pitch deck typically highlights the team's expertise, experience, and roles within the startup.
Team slide
This startup, originally launched in Sweden in 2006, revolutionized music streaming and became a major player in the global music industry.
Spotify
This companies that do bootstrapping focus on this to make sure they don't run out of money.
Lean Operations
This term describes a startup that has reached a valuation of $1 billion or more.
What is a unicorn