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The difficulty of finding funds to be financed, American Chapter

I had recent news of the part of Ari Krupnik , a brilliant software engineer I met a year ago at a meetup at Hacker Dojo , an open space guaranteed 100% Geek in Mountain View (the kingdom Google). He is working on a project similar to mad industrial adventure of Henri Seydoux and Parrot and their famous AR.Drone ... and clearly not the same means!

Iphly is a project that was successful in its prototype phase, but had the greatest difficulty was to be financed. This is an application that turns your iPhone into a real transmitter that can fly all kinds of aircraft models or miniature helicopter, all for under $ 12!

Often described Silicon Valley as a paradise for funds, what is true, but obviously not for everyone! This is the case with regard to the recent fund raising of $ 41 Mios of Color with Bill Nguyen, who is the man who sold Lala has Apple , and not only. Everyone does not have the perfect background to be successful here, and plans are so many ... to turn the heads of all business angels and VCs combined!

Ari has found kickstarter (on Twitter ) the means of raising funds. Kickstarter is a platform crowdfounding in clear platform of micro-financing which collects donations from users for the benefit of art projects, technology, music, restoring ...

Ari needs $ 5,900 before April 23, there is a 39% and more than 29 days. I did my duty. It tells you to participate?!

There are different criteria to ensure success in its initiative to raise money if you are French, based in France, if you hope to locate funding in Silicon Valley in particular, and that's how I would summarize:

local legitimacy : Stanfordien original or not, must be identified as a person settled in the area or you want to find your investors.
have a story to tell : nobody is waiting for you here, no lack of projects, we will have to boost demand a minimum! This entails building the roadmap of the product, the company and of the founder. Full details of treatment has, in every corner, and he'll have to be flexible.
identify your target : It is essential to target those that interest you. For this course, you need to know how much you want, what you want to do, and find out who will be able to recommend you to facilitate your task. Clearly not an operation such haphazard chance. This takes time and motivation concrete.
acrobat : namely to find the balance between having an unshakable faith in you, towards the product, and at the same time be ready to take slaps in stride, be ready to change tack without the weathervane. Adapt in the clear.
Miscellaneous category (the "miscellaneous", a line never to be overlooked in a P & L, former CFO of faith): Be smart, be lucky, be persistent. And so on.
Let's be clear, I know who did (the French and others), so it's possible. But please, when you come in Silicon Valley to raise funds, be prepared for the fact that this is not done in one trip. Or is that you already have an appointment with Reid Hoffman, Ron Conway, Sequoia and Khosla, or else you believe Jeff Clavier invest in a project of French origin.

The opportunity to talk about Entrepreneur Commons , an initiative of Marc Dangeard, who recently officially launched a campaign on Indiegogo to collect money for a mutual guarantee fund for the benefit of entrepreneurs who are members of this network. Some are already helping each other through regular meetings of support. They will choose among themselves who should get loans and will provide ongoing support for projects to be selected. When money is repaid, the guarantee becomes available for the next loan, and the next, etc. ... $ 7.500 have already been removed! You can help!
A French who moves the coconut financing startups entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley ... you see that everything is possible here! This is another example that there are difficulties and find solutions to the field.