tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4171470189711707402024-02-17T00:51:24.277-08:00NIN Ventures BlogNIN Ventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10842267136893121301noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417147018971170740.post-47500885823203417912023-06-22T00:07:00.003-07:002023-06-22T02:09:26.615-07:00The Perfect Relationship Between a VC and an Entrepreneur<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi02ro0_mZZ9fDuhecIsfhtvoSNd3f9SU4e96o5ylaq09QqazTaLYOq_Jo1tjEov2soHMds1CpIuUxL5FZHV4e6mdGhK87_Oatq-8yhSDelOk1zFPHKAUkgZlvB2TkRHQ3WATRDkO65YAkLV9KQCwXvyeOw49ZMOr2sCRBkLrVYlJLVihli6fnecGNAjFe4/s1334/IMG_1134.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1334" height="180" 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</i></span><i>the</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>ability</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>to</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>make</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>good</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>investment,</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>which</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>comes</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>from</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>good</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>judgment.</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>Good</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>judgment</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>comes</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>from</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>experience</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>and</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>this</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>comes</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>after</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>making</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>bad</i><span style="white-space: normal;"><i> </i></span><i>investments.”</i></span></span></p><p class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 _40ACk Ecq9kg bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-6ci12" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>VCs<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>come<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>from<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>different<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>backgrounds,<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>some<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>have<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>operating<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>experience,<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>while<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>others<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>have<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>investment<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>banking<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>and<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>/<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>or<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>MBA.<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>Just<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>like<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>there<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>is<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>no<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>secret<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>recipe<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>for<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>success,<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>there<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>is<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>no<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>set<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>template<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>on<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>what<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>makes<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>good<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>VC.<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>However,<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>here<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>are<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>few<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>things<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>look<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>for…</span></span></p><p class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 _40ACk Ecq9kg bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-crooh" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>1.<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>Vision</span></span></p><p class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 _40ACk Ecq9kg bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-1hhms" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>VCs<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>like<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>invest<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>in<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>businesses<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>that<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>are<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>globally<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>scalable.<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>An<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>Entrepreneur<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>might<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>have<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>great<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>idea<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>but<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>VC<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>will<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>give<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>him/er<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>the<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>vision<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>take<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>the<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>product<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>market,<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>which<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>requires<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>VC<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>be<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>dynamic<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>thinker<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>with<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>business<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>acumen<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>and<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>great<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>conviction.</span></span></p><p class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 _40ACk Ecq9kg bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-c2l7u" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>2.<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>Mutual<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>Trust<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>and<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>Respect</span></span></p><p class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 _40ACk Ecq9kg bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-cgddp" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>Venture<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>Capital<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>is<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>long<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>term<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>game<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>and<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>in<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>order<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>for<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>you<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>survive<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>the<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>challenges<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>that<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>come<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>along<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>the<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>way,<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>there<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>needs<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>be<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>mutual<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>trust<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>and<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>respect<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>between<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>VC<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>and<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>the<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>Entrepreneur.<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>It<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>is<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>said<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>that<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>opposites<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>attract,<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>find<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>VC<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>that<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>balances<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>the<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>scale<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>when<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>it<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>comes<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>achieving<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>common<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>goals<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>of<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>progress<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>for<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>all<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>parties<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>involved.</span></span></p><p class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 _40ACk Ecq9kg bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-90b8m" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>3.<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>Personality<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>Traits</span></span></p><p class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 _40ACk Ecq9kg bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-13vnu" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>A<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>relationship<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>between<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>VC<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>and<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>Company<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>is<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>parental,<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>so<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>make<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>sure<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>that<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>the<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>VC<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>you<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>pick<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>is<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>patient<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>yet<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>persistent.<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>S/he<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>is<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>creative<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>and<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>problem<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>solver<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>and<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>also<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>inspiring<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>/<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>motivating<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>at<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>the<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>same<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>time.</span></span></p><p class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 _40ACk Ecq9kg bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-2aun0" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>4.<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>Resourceful</span></span></p><p class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 _40ACk Ecq9kg bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-ijo9" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>It<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>is<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>important<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>that<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>your<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>VC<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>has<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>network<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>you<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>can<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>leverage<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>while<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>you<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>embark<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>on<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>your<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>journey<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>towards<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>growth,<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>but<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>more<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>important<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>check<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>if<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>the<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>VC<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>is<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>willing<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>invest<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>the<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>time<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>and<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>attention<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>needed<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>for<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>your<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>startup<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>succeed.<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>One<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>way<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>measure<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>this<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>is<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>how<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>many<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>board<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>seats<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>does<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>the<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>VC<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>hold,<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>will<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>they<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>have<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>enough<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>time<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>on<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>their<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>agenda<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>provide<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>you<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>the<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>guidance<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>needed<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>for<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>your<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>startup. </span></span></p><p class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 _40ACk Ecq9kg bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-rr2e" style="line-height: 1.38; text-align: justify;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>5.<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>Emotional<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>Regulation </span></span></p><p class="xVISr Y9Dpf bCMSCT OZy-3 _40ACk Ecq9kg bCMSCT public-DraftStyleDefault-block-depth0 fixed-tab-size public-DraftStyleDefault-text-ltr" id="viewer-6gvg5" style="text-align: justify;"><span class="B2EFF public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr"><span>Being<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>VC<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>is<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>tough<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>job,<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>which<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>often<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>makes<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>VC<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>come<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>across<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>as<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>cold<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>hearted.<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>However,<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>the<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>best<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>VCs<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>have<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>emotional<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>connections<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>as<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>well<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>as<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>positive<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>relationships<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>with<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>their<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>portfolio<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>companies.<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>They<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>don’t<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>let<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>this<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>affect<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>their<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>decision<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>making<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>when<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>it<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>comes<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>crunch<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>time.<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>The<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>hardest<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>part<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>of<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>being<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>VC<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>is<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>deciding<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>whether<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>let<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>your<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>underperforming<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>companies<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>die<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>gracefully,<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>die-hard,<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>or<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>put<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>in<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>the<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>effort<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>help<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>find<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>safe<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>home<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>for<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>the<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>company.<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>Being<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>too<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>quick<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>let<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>companies<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>die<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>leads<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>underperformance<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>as<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>VC,<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>but<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>investing<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>good<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>money<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>after<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>bad<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>can<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>also<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>quickly<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>lead<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>to<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>little<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>or<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>no<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>return.<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>How<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>you<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>manage<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>your<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>follow-on<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>investments,<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>and<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>how<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>you<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>help<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>your<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>worst<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>companies<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>without<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>investing<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>more<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>capital,<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>is<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>huge<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>part<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>of<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>being<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>a<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>great<span style="white-space: normal;"> </span>VC.</span></span></p>NIN Ventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875474517158526522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417147018971170740.post-67354062058146052892023-05-07T23:32:00.011-07:002023-05-19T22:08:02.511-07:00Lessons Learned Along the Way...<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6s8ClWgDIs2SIJxGMnoVAKJkVd-TCL6_xP7qZkrTyTx1FHUpGDJHOPE-VGm-nCeBrMwsMjzQEM_51KJfXtG4f52A-NIOBM2sRTDbWIoNh7Fo1BhckNuvkZXergIh8B3LIEyjx_c7U44VRGI1s60NTitsUwbF5e4WHaKsxQI_TzNIO043fkq5UI2T4FA/s719/Slide3-2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="719" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6s8ClWgDIs2SIJxGMnoVAKJkVd-TCL6_xP7qZkrTyTx1FHUpGDJHOPE-VGm-nCeBrMwsMjzQEM_51KJfXtG4f52A-NIOBM2sRTDbWIoNh7Fo1BhckNuvkZXergIh8B3LIEyjx_c7U44VRGI1s60NTitsUwbF5e4WHaKsxQI_TzNIO043fkq5UI2T4FA/s320/Slide3-2.jpg" width="320" 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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">As rightly said, launching a venture is about having a vision,
turning that idea into reality, and then pursuing that dream. While the concept
is simple and can be condensed in a line, the startup journey is long and there
are many lessons to be learned along the way. Here are a few I encountered at
NIN Ventures (or NIN.VC):</span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">01. Remove your emotions</span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">While it is hard to pursue a dream when you don’t have emotions
attached to it. Stop thinking about your start up emotionally. Why? The startup
world moves fast and requires you to fail faster and pivot into a better
direction. Your emotions crowd your judgment when you get too attached to your
dreams. Let loose and let the market guide you towards success. </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">02. Sign better contracts</span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">We have all heard of spit handshakes or stories of how a business
plan was drafted on a paper napkin during a coffee conversation. While it might
have worked in the past, beware and draft a legal agreement for all your
partnerships. </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">03. Premature scaling<br /></span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Every startup dreams of becoming a Unicorn but, I have
experienced, achieving too much success in the beginning may become a hindrance
for future growth. </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">04. Design a culture of winning</span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">It is important to win in life, but build a culture of winning
where you appreciate a team winning over individual wins. Make it your mantra
to “always give advice in the best interest of the team over yourself”.</span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">05. Consider how much you will need to educate the target market
about your product before starting your business</span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">It is not easy to take your idea to market even when there is a
need for disruption in the industry. Make sure you are educating people about
the problem you are solving and the time you will need before you take your
product to market.</span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">06. Don’t underestimate the power of marketing</span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Just don’t. </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">07. Build you technology in-house</span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Outsourcing is an attractive cost saving option when you are
building the framework for your technology, but it will cost you more time and
money in the long run. Instead opt for a partner or hire someone full time that
can better understand or has expertise in the area. </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">08. Running out of money is game over</span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Don’t die. </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">09. The blame game</span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Some businesses fail because they could not find a product market
fit, while others made poor strategic decisions that ultimately led to their
demise. Regardless, confront brutal facts and don’t burn bridges with your
partners, customers, or anyone you might have encountered during your journey.
If they were not the answer, they were a lesson or part of the lesson. </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">10. Pick your mentors wisely</span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Who you look up to in life determines where you end up. Find
people that genuinely want you to succeed in life and care for your
venture. </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;">
</span></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Having said all of this - “Will I spend my last dollar and all my
hours to have this opportunity again?”. Yes - IT'S WORTH IT! Why? Life is not
about what you want - it's about what you deserve. And if you don’t like what
you deserve, keep your head down and work harder!!!</span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">PS: This blog is still Work In Progress. I will update it as and when I have more to say. Thank you for reading!</span></span></span></span></b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><i><b><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span></span></span></b></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;"><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><span><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><i><b>For latest and greatest about me, visit <a href="http://www.nindesai.com">www.nindesai.com</a> </b></i><br /></span></span></span></span></p>
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{page:WordSection1;}</style></p>NIN Ventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875474517158526522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417147018971170740.post-77642679452833977022023-04-28T23:28:00.008-07:002023-04-29T17:08:25.606-07:00Rise and Fall of an Industry - How good ideas fail?<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4Yaue_gCX-2TI40lpOP-aXwma7Tw64Y9S7YYD-wnHU-olV3RiHFmxjxBzFbAM2NNZ_wxd7WedLBwRFDY3EdLPYaOpfZpNC18V9d1p9WBKfx0jZD9Mh4rut-n9oaeisnAgUiZ8OaZThH-6G_T1iiH0xjKfCTd3vYS5J0Qe-Dwt8uKh8uBsoqSBNdklw/s1334/IMG_4082.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy4Yaue_gCX-2TI40lpOP-aXwma7Tw64Y9S7YYD-wnHU-olV3RiHFmxjxBzFbAM2NNZ_wxd7WedLBwRFDY3EdLPYaOpfZpNC18V9d1p9WBKfx0jZD9Mh4rut-n9oaeisnAgUiZ8OaZThH-6G_T1iiH0xjKfCTd3vYS5J0Qe-Dwt8uKh8uBsoqSBNdklw/s320/IMG_4082.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">
We have all heard of the magic mantra, <i><b>“Failure is the stepping stone to success”</b></i>. Such is the story of the Crowdfunding industry and NIN Ventures (or NIN.VC). </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Crowdfunding is a practice of funding a project or venture by raising contributions from a large number of people, typically via the Internet. The 2008 Financial meltdown led to a liquidity crises for entrepreneurs, companies, LPs and VCs. Fewer IPOs in the market means no exit for VCs, no returns for LPs, and as a result venture funds were on a decline. No new funds means less startup funding, higher unemployment, and slower economic growth. Thus, on April 5, 2012, the Jumpstart Our Business Startup Act (the JOBS Act) was introduced, enabling crowdfunding for “accredited” Americans. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">There are various types of Crowdfunding options; like donation, reward, lending, equity, royalty, and even hybrid versions. However, the two most popular types of Crowdfunding methods are Reward and Equity. For Reward based Crowdfunding, entrepreneurs pre-sell a product or service to launch a business, and some times even in return for gifts or thank you notes. For Equity Crowdfunding, the backer receives share of a company, usually in exchange of the money pledged. For NIN Ventures, it would be a limited partner interest in the NIN Ventures Technology (QP) Fund. This offering was made available online (www.nin.vc) via general solicitation and general advertising, which is permitted by Rule 506(c) as contemplated by Title II of the JOBS Act. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Since its beginning, Venture Capital has been the domain of wealthy individuals and families. A typical LP base in a venture fund would be institutions, pension funds, endowments, family offices, etc. We are all indirectly invested in Venture Funds, but Crowdfunding is an attempt to bring Venture Capital directly to the retail investor by eliminating the middleman. If all other businesses that follow this route have succeeded, why and where did Crowdfunding fail? </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Since 2014, the Crowdfunding industry had grown from $16 billion to $34 billion (with roughly $8 billion in Reward and Equity) in 2015; and was doubling or more every year, and according to the World Bank estimates, Crowdfunding was predicted to have a global market of $96 billion by 2025 – 1.8 times the global Venture Capital industry. However, recent studies showed that while the Crowdfunding industry has managed to grow, the Venture industry has outgrown the Crowdfunding industry. As of 2022, the Crowdfunding industry was estimated to be $125 billion (with $19.79 billion in Reward and Equity) vs. $234 billion for the Venture industry. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Here are a few reasons why I think Crowdfunding and / or NIN Ventures failed: </p><div style="text-align: justify;">01. Awareness </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Any new industry needs to be promoted and positive marketing generally adds fuel to that fire in order to gather public interest. The Government was quick to make changes in order to save the Economy but did not follow through when it came to properly marketing the concept. The Crowdfunding Companies fell short when they tried self-promotion. We are all aware of Environment or Unemployment issues but how many people have actually heard about the JOBS Act? </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">02. Education </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Venture Capital provides financing to early stage emerging companies with high growth potential in exchange for equity / an ownership stake. The risks VCs take investing in disruptive technologies or business models yield higher returns to their limited partners (or investors). Since the beginning of the 20th century, venture capital has been the domain of wealthy individuals, families, and institutional investors. While many of us are indirectly invested in venture funds via our pension funds, etc., most people have knowledge or a portfolio that is limited to stocks, bonds, mutual funds, money market instruments among others. While there are multiple resources available on how to make a good judgment when making a venture capital investment, it is likely that 99% of the times the individual might be proven wrong. Blind pools of money or venture funds are not encouraged by the SEC as they are prone to fraud, when it comes to Crowdfunding. Many are also not aware of redemption and other liquidity issues including lack of interest in the secondary market. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">03. Media Interest </div><div style="text-align: justify;">This lack of knowledge is further fueled by limited interest in the Media for Crowdfunding portals and companies. Speaking from personal experience, general solicitation and general marketing for Venture Funds had never been attempted before NIN.VC, so the questions and awareness that a journalist had were limited to his / her past experience rather than focusing on Crowdfunding as a business or industry. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">04. Governance </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Entrepreneurs are brave and courageous bunch that are determined to change the way an existing industry functions. On that journey, they need a lot more than just financing. They need guidance or domain expertise, help with PR/marketing, recruiting, viable exit strategy, more often follow up financing, etc., which Crowdfunding portals are not able to support given they don’t get a say or board seat for their investments. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;">05. Trust </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Given the majority of Crowdfunding companies or start ups don’t make it, most people are now focused on failures and a few highlighted fraud cases glorified by the media, which raises trust issues in an already heighted risky environment. </div><p style="text-align: justify;">The SEC has now approved Title III JOBS Act, Equity Crowdfunding for non-accredited investors, which allows any U.S. citizen, regardless of income, to make direct investments via a Crowdfunding portal. However, investment in venture funds is still limited to accredited investors. Given funds are a less riskier asset class compared to Crowdfunding in companies, perhaps it’s time to revisit their investor eligibility, alter the definition of an accredited investor, and make Crowdfunding available for everyone. Until then, are American people given the wrong kind of freedom when it comes to their investment decisions? What is your freedom of choice worth here?
<i> </i></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><b><i>PS: Given the current circumstances, we would like to inform everyone that we have closed doors on our beloved NIN Ventures (or NIN.VC). However, we will be sure to follow up this article with the lessons learned during our journey and what is next in store for us? Thank you for your time and continued interest!</i> </b></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Source: </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Masssolution 2015CF </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Vantage Market Research and Precedence Research </i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Crunchbase
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Venture Capital until now was the domain of the super wealthy and institutions, but NIN Ventures (or NIN.VC) is a unique and first of its kind crowdfunded technology venture capital fund for accredited investors who can invest in the NIN Ventures Technology (QP) Fund with a minimum amount of $100,000 using multiple investment options like self-directed IRAs, Defined benefit plan, or a regular checking / savings account. NIN.VC </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;">invests in Series & B rounds of disruptive technology companies.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>1. What are the few main criteria to consider when investing in a venture capital fund?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The top three criteria any investor should look for in a venture fund is team, experience, and honesty / transparency. As far as returns are concerned, Technology focused funds generally tend to outperform USVC (United States Venture Capital) Index. Historically, USVC Index tends to outperform both USPE (United States Private Equity) Index and S&P 500. Also, unlike popular belief generally First time funds tend to outperform Non-First-Time funds and All Venture Capital funds.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>2. Can you explain in detail how does venture capital returns compare to other asset classes?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Most people are familiar and have a three dimensional portfolio (i.e. stocks, bonds, and mutual funds), but if you look at Harvard and Yale’s portfolio, they a take a long-term approach and invest in alternatives like venture capital. E.g. Yale is currently the best performing endowment fund in the United States and its venture investments returns exceeds all other asset classes. Since 2008 to 2018, Yale has increased its asset allocation in Private Equity / Venture Capital from 20.2% to 33.1%, out of which 19% is venture capital, compared to 13.7% in 2014 and just 10% in 2013. Yale’s target venture capital allocation for 2018 was 18.0%, which exceeded the 5.5% actual allocation of the average educational institution. Yale’s venture capital portfolio is expected to generate real returns of 16.0% with risk of 37.8%. Over the past twenty years, its venture capital program has earned an outstanding 165.9% per annum. </span></div>
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<tr height="15" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="15" style="border: none; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Absolute Return</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">26.10%</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">4.80%</span></td></tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="15" style="border: none; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Domestic Equity</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">3.50%</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">6.00%</span></td></tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="15" style="border: none; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Fixed Income</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">4.20%</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">0.50%</span></td></tr>
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<tr height="15" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="15" style="border: none; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"> Emerging Equities</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">8.50%</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">7.50%</span></td></tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="15" style="border: none; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"> Developed Equities</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">7.00%</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">6.00%</span></td></tr>
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<tr height="15" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="15" style="border: none; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Natural Resources</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">7.00%</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">6.40%</span></td></tr>
<tr height="15" style="height: 15pt;"><td height="15" style="border: none; height: 15pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Real Estate</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">10.30%</span></td><td align="right" class="xl64" style="border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">5.50%</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">NIN.VC invests in Series A & B rounds of disruptive technology companies. A disruptive technology is an innovation that changes an existing industry and also helps create a new market and value network, displacing an earlier technology or a way of doing business. Some of the sectors we are currently focused on are 3D printing, the 4th industrial revolution, cloud computing, virtual reality, financial services, education software to name a few. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>4. When should one start investing in a venture capital fund? When should one expect returns?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "century gothic";">A typical investor base in a venture fund would be institutions, pension funds, endowments, etc. NIN.VC is a unique and first of its kind crowdfunded technology venture capital fund for accredited investors. </span><span style="font-family: "century gothic";">While there are restrictions on who can invest in NIN Ventures Technology (QP) Fund, it is never too late to start investing in venture capital. One must be an accredited investor and verify themselves as an accredited investor to invest in the NIN Ventures Technology (QP) Fund. However, note that Venture capital is a long term investment and the life of the fund ranges from ten to sometimes twelve years with returns coming in as and when exits occurs in the form of an IPO or M&A, which could be five or seven years into the life of the fund.<span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: inherit;">*An accredited investor is an individual with an income of more than $200,000 per year, or a joint income of $300,000 in each of the last two years OR has a net worth exceeding $1m either individually or jointly with his or her spouse, excluding the primary residence. For an Entity, any trust, with total assets in excess of $5 million qualifies.<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>5. How can one invest in NIN.VC?</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: "century gothic";">NIN.VC is a unique and first of its kind venture capital fund that is offered online. One can visit <a href="http://www.nin.vc/">www.nin.vc</a> and SIGN UP. Sign up is simple, first name, last name, email, password, and acknowledge you are on accredited investor. Once you sign up, you get access to our marketing materials (i.e. PPM, Investor Presentation, and Other suggested readings). You get invited to attend our events and calls. You can also schedule a one on one meeting with us at our office or online via skype. Once you decide to make an investment accept the risk and disclosure statement that will explain what venture capital investment is. The next step is to verify accreditation. Once that is in order, it’s only a matter of filling out subscription document and a W9 Form on </span><a href="http://www.nin.vc/" style="color: purple;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: "century gothic";">www.nin.vc</span></a><span style="font-family: "century gothic";">. The last step is payment and it’s as simple as selecting the payment method, and the amount you wish to invest.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The United States Financial market is the largest and represents 7.3% (or $1.4 trillion) of U.S. gross domestic product. In 2015, the United States exported $119.6 billion in financial services and insurance and had a $46.7 billion surplus in financial services and insurance trade (excluding re-insurance, the financial services and insurance sectors had a surplus of $88.4 billion). The financial services and insurance sectors employed 6.2 million people in 2016. The securities subsector of the industry shows great potential for employment growth, with a 12% increase expected by 2018. At the end of 2016, 933,700 people were employed in the securities and investment sector.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Investment in the U.S. financial services industry offers significant advantage for financial firms. In 2015, at least 130 of Fortune's Global 500 companies have chosen to locate their headquarters in the United States to take advantage of its creative, competitive, and comprehensive financial services sector. The industry offers the greatest array of financial instruments and products to allow consumer to manage risk, create wealth, and meet financial needs. The five major subsectors in this industry are: banking, asset management, insurance, venture capital, and private equity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Banking:</b> As of the end of 2016, the U.S. banking system had $16.8 trillion in assets. It supports the world’s largest economy with the greatest diversity in banking institutions and concentration of private credit. In 2016, its net income was up 5.0% to $169.3 billion. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Asset Management: </b>The U.S. asset management subsector is unrivaled in its depth and diversity. U.S. asset managers are currently meeting the pension management needs of over 60% of the global retirement market. Total U.S. retirement assets were approximately $26 trillion at the end of 2016. Moreover, if insurance assets and mutual funds are included, U.S. asset managers held nearly $51 trillion of long-term conventional assets under management in 2016, or over 47% of the global total for these funds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Insurance:</b> In 2015, the insurance industry’s net premiums totaled approximately $1.2 trillion. According to NAIC data, premiums recorded by life and health insurers accounted for 45%, and premiums by property and casualty insurers accounted for 55%. Additionally, about one-third of all reinsurance sold worldwide is bought by U.S. firms. International insurance companies are actively seeking business partnerships and collaborations with U.S. insurance companies. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Venture Capital:</b> The venture capital industry was created in the United States and our venture capital ecosystem continues to support many of our most innovative companies. In 2016, 253 venture capital funds raised $41.6 billion, a ten-year high, to deploy into promising startups. Venture Capital backed companies employ 38% of the U.S. workforce within public U.S. companies and account for 82% of private sector research and development since 1979. Annually, VC backed companies have historically generated revenue equal to 21% of U.S. GDP. (Source: Stanford University and NVCA)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Private Equity:</b> U.S. private equity firms invested more than $644 billion in U.S.-based companies in 2016. The private equity industry in the United States comprises nearly 4,500 investment firms, operating U.S. based businesses in all 50 states. Companies backed by U.S. private equity firms employ 11.3 million people in the United States and 19.6 million people worldwide. In 2016, business services and consumer-related businesses attracted the majority of U.S. private equity investment. <i>Source: The International Trade Administration (ITA), U.S. Department of Commerce</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Over the years technology has changed the Financial Services industry and now FinTech has transformed into digital banks and banking software, payments and remittances, robo advisors and personal finance, block chain and digital currencies, and personal finance both business and consumer. While the total size of the US Fintech market is difficult to reconcile, it is likely between 0.5% and 1.5% of total financial services revenue as reported by the US Census. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The 2008 Financial Meltdown led to a liquidity crises for entrepreneurs, companies, LPs, & VCs. Fewer IPOs in the market means no exits for VCs, no returns for LPs, and as a result venture funds were on a decline. No new funds means less startup funding, low employment, and slow economic growth. Thus on April 5, 2012, The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act) was introduced, which enables crowdfunding for all Americans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Crowdfunding is a practice of funding a project or venture by raising contributions from a large number of people, typically via the Internet. The market is flooded with various types of crowdfunding options like donation, reward, lending, equity, royalty, and even hybrid versions. Since 2014 the crowdfunding industry has grown from $16 billion to an estimated $34 billion in 2015 and is doubling or more every year, and according to the World Bank estimates, crowdfunding will have a global market of $96 billion by 2025 - 1.8 times today’s global Venture Capital industry. The two most popular types of Crowdfunding methods are Reward and Equity. For rewards based Crowdfunding, entrepreneurs pre-sell a product or service to launch a business, and some times even in return for gifts or thank you notes. For equity Crowdfunding, the backer receives share of a company, usually in exchange of the money pledged. For NIN Ventures (or NIN.VC), it would be limited partner interest in the NIN Ventures Technology (QP) Fund. However, there is a major flaw with Crowdfunding in general; and that is what NIN.VC is solving. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"I come from an Entrepreneurial family so I can speak on their behalf. Entrepreneurs are brave and courageous bunch that are determined to change the way an existing industry functions. On that journey they need lot more than just financing. They need guidance or domain expertise, help with PR/marketing, recruiting, viable exit strategy, more often follow up financing, etc., which Crowdfunding portals are not able to support.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>On the other hand Crowdfunding exposed investors to a whole new asset class, which the normal population never had the knowledge or expertise to invest in. About 99% of startups fail, on top of that low minimum investments like $1,000 does not give them a say or a board seat, putting investors at high degree of risk.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>At NIN.VC we solved all of those issues. NIN.VC provides diversification, we take board seat on all our investments and lend the necessary support that an Entrepreneur needs to build a business, like they would get at a traditional Venture Capital fund. And are also in a position to gauge and be a part of the valuation process when it comes to addressing dilution and follow up financing rounds. However, the most IMPORTANT part that investors cares about is the ability to direct invest and enjoy direct returns, which is not the case with a traditional venture capital fund."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">NIN.VC is a Crowdfunded Technology Venture Capital firm offering membership interests under the JOBS Act & Regulation D of the US Securities Act of 1933. NIN.VC is a unique and first of its kind attempt to bring Venture Capital retail and give people the freedom to directly invest in a fund with an amount of their choice, which also leads to a better financial reward system. This offering is being made via general solicitation and general advertising, which is permitted by Rule 506(c) as contemplated by Title II of the JOBS Act. This rule came into effect Sep 23, 2013 and we were the first ones to go live with a website and videos about our fund. NIN Ventures also became the first venture fund to be seen on a billboard, which was followed by in taxi ads and other social media facilitated marketing. Learn more about us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NINVentures/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/NINVentures" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/nin-ventures-llc/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="http://www.nin.vc/" target="_blank">NIN Ventures TV</a>, etc. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">NIN.VC invests in series A & B rounds of 3D printing, the 4th industrial revolution, ad tech, financial services, education software, and other disruptive technology companies. During the postwar period, recessions and recoveries, were mostly matters of business cycles. When demand recovered, GDP growth resumed, and employers hired again. But for the past two decades, this pattern has been broken. Innovation and investing in new technologies and startups is the solution to job creation – but are we creating jobs at the cost of the consumer and in return damaging our economy?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Currently, the US Asset Management market is $51 trillion, and the global alternative asset market is approximately $8 trillion and expected to be $14 trillion by 2020, according to PwC. Crowdfunding is estimated to have a global market of $96 billion by 2025. While there a huge potential for growth in this space, currently majority of crowdfunding investors are pouring their money investing in companies exposing themselves and the American Economy to a high degree of risk, with a 90% start up failure rate. Recently, the SEC approved Title III JOBS Act, Equity Crowdfunding for non-accredited investors, which allows any U.S. citizen, regardless of income, to make direct investments via a Crowdfunding portal. However, investment in a fund like ours is still limited to accredited investors. Given funds are a less riskier asset class compared to Crowdfunding in companies, perhaps it’s time to revisit their investor eligibility, alter the definition of an accredited investor, and make Crowdfunding available for everyone.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">NIN Ventures Technology (QP) Fund is an opportunity for "accredited" individuals / firms to invest in venture capital for a minimum amount of $100,000 using multiple investment options like self-directed IRAs, defined benefit plan, digital currencies (E.g. Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin), or a regular checking / savings account. An accredited investor is an individual with an income of more than $200,000 per year, or a joint income of $300,000, in each of the last two years and expect to reasonably maintain the same level of income OR have a net worth exceeding $1 million, either individually or jointly with his or her spouse, excluding the primary residence, qualifies as an accredited investor. For an Entity, any trust, with total assets in excess of $5 million qualifies.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">However, the 2008 Financial Meltdown led to a liquidity
crises for entrepreneurs, companies, LPs, & VCs. Fewer IPOs in the market
means no exits for VCs, no returns for LPs, and as a result venture funds were
on a decline. No new funds means less startup funding, low employment, and slow
economic growth. Thus on April 5, 2012, President Obama signed, The Jumpstart
Our Business Startups Act (the JOBS Act), which enables
crowdfunding for “accredited” Americans. An accredited investor is an
individual with an income of more than $200,000 per year, or a joint income of
$300,000, in each of the last two years and expect to reasonably maintain the
same level of income OR have a net worth exceeding $1 million, either
individually or jointly with his or her spouse, excluding the primary
residence, qualifies as an accredited investor. For an Entity, any trust,
with total assets in excess of $5 million qualifies. </span><br />
<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span></span></span>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qwDYSMdYCWk/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qwDYSMdYCWk?feature=player_embedded" style="clear: left; float: left;" width="320"></iframe><span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;"><o:p></o:p></span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999;">Crowdfunding is a practice of funding a project or venture by raising contributions from a large number of people, typically via the Internet. The market is flooded with various types of crowdfunding options like donation, reward, lending, equity, royalty, and even hybrid versions. The two most popular types of crowdfunding methods are reward and equity. </span></span></span><span style="color: #999999;">For rewards based crowdfunding, entrepreneurs pre-sell a product or service to launch a business, and some times even in return for gifts or thank you notes. </span><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #999999;">For equity crowdfunding, the backer receives share of a company, usually in exchange of the money pledged.</span> </span></span><span style="text-align: left;"><i style="color: #999999; text-align: justify;">In case of NIN.VC, it would be limited partner interest in the NIN Ventures Technology (QP) Fund</i></span><i style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">.</i><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">While the Obama Administration achieved success with the
JOBS Act by creating jobs for the Economy, it also did a disservice to the people
of United States by encouraging crowdfunding in companies directly, which exposed them to a high degree of risk with such an asset class.<b style="font-style: italic;"> </b></span><span style="color: #999999;">With the traditional venture capital investment process, we were all indirectly invested in a venture capital fund via a pension fund or institution. Those pension funds and institutions had a diversified portfolio, on top of that they were investing in the venture funds and not companies. So what is the difference between crowdfunding in a company directly and fund or NIN.VC? </span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>01. Diversification</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">A fund <i>or NIN
Ventures Technology (QP) Fund</i> makes multiple investments in companies in
different sectors (i.e. 3D Printing, Cloud Computing, Education Software, etc.)
during Series A and / or B financing, this strategy helps diversify the fund’s
portfolio, which is not the case when one invests in a company directly. Think
of it as investing in a Mutual Fund vs. Stock.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #999999;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #999999;">02. High Risk</span></b></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Given it’s
diverse portfolio the fund reduces it’s risk, where as direct investing in a
company exposes that investment to higher degree of risk, an appropriate
analogy would be to put all your eggs in one basket. </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">A logical follow up argument would be, what if one makes multiple direct
investments in companies of their choice using a Crowdfunding portal over
investing in a fund? Given 90% of the startups fail, even if one
invests in several companies via a Crowdfunding portal, it becomes solely a
numbers game i.e. Quantity over Quality. On the other hand the fund management
invests in an Entrepreneur because Entrepreneurs build companies and not the
other way round. We (</span><a href="http://nin.vc/" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #999999; mso-themecolor: text1;">NIN.VC</span></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"> or any venture fund) not only
provide adequate financing (including follow up financing rounds and access to
our syndicate partners), but also lend our domain expertise and network of
partners to help companies with recruitment, PR and marketing, and a viable exit
strategy. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;"><br /><b>03. Professional Management</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">Direct
investing in a company requires time, expertise, due diligence, constant follow
up and / or monitoring. On the other hand NIN.VC acts like a financial advisor
and works for the investor and in the fund’s best interest. The fund also
provides quarterly audited financial statements to the investor on the progress
at the fund.</span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span><b>04. Board Representation</b></span><br />
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">A $1,000
direct investment in a company using a Crowdfunding portal does not give an
individual enough rights, while a venture fund or NIN.VC takes board seat on all their
investments. Thus we are in the loop with the company management when it comes to
keeping tabs on the progress at the company and is in a position to help / make
suggestions on several occasions, gauge and be a
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Currently
majority of crowdfunding investors are pouring their money investing in companies
exposing themselves and the American Economy to a high degree of risk, with a
90% start up failure rate. And since 2014 the crowdfunding industry has grown
from $16 billion to an estimated $34 billion in 2015 and is doubling or more
every year, and according to the World Bank estimates, crowdfunding will have a
global market of $96 billion by 2025 - 1.8 times today’s global venture capital
industry. </span></span><b style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><i>Does replacing smart money with crowdfunding justify its short-term
effect or the JOBS created? Did Americans bail out the U.S Economy or are we
waiting for another bubble? </i></b><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i style="font-family: inherit;">Watch Ms. Desai's video to learn more about NIN.VC, how we are solving a major flaw with Crowdfunding, what are the </i></span></span><i style="color: #999999;">benefits of Crowdfunding from both an Investors and Entrepreneurs </i><i style="color: #999999;">perspective, investment strategies, importance<span style="font-family: inherit;"> of diversification, etc.</span></i><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Given the
long-term (5-10 years) venture capital investment cycle, we will probably not
see the negative effects of crowdfunding for few more years. However to make matters worse, r</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">ecently, the SEC approved Title III JOBS Act,
Equity Crowdfunding for "non-accredited" investors, which allows any U.S.
citizen, regardless of income, to make direct investments via a crowdfunding
portal. But, investment in a fund, like ours, is still limited to accredited
investors. <i><b>Are American people given the wrong kind of freedom when it comes to
their investment decisions?</b></i><b> </b></span></span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">Given funds are a less riskier asset class compared to crowdfunding in
companies, perhaps it’s time to revisit their investor eligibility, alter the
definition of an accredited investor, truly democratize venture capital and make
crowdfunding available for everyone...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999;"><b>While there is a major flaw with crowdfunding in general, it does allow investors to direct invest and enjoy direct returns in an investment of their choice, which is not the case with a traditional venture capital investment process.</b> Ignorance is bliss and partial knowledge can be dangerous, thus besides proper investor education, emphasis also needs to be given to FAKE NEWS or media outlets that might be influencing American people. When investing in public company stocks, investors have stock estimates and research reports from various different analysts, which is not the case with private company investing. More startup / technology coverage by media outlets will create investor awareness on this topic. However, journalists must act responsible and should be required to attain a license or certification to cover such stories.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">NIN Ventures is a unique and first of its kind crowdfunded technology venture capital fund that invests in series A & B rounds of 3D printing, the 4th industrial revolution, cloud computing, financial services, education software, and other disruptive technology companies. NIN Ventures Technology (QP) Fund is available to "accredited" individuals / firms for a minimum amount of $100,000 using multiple investment options like self-directed IRAs, defined benefit plan, digital currencies (E.g. Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin), or a regular checking / savings account.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999;">NIN.VC is offering membership interests under the JOBS Act & Regulation D of the US Securities Act of 1933. This offering is being made via general solicitation and general advertising, which is permitted by Rule 506(c) as contemplated by Title II of the JOBS Act. This rule came into effect Sep 23, 2013 and we were the first ones to go live with a website and videos about our fund. NIN Ventures also became the first venture fund to be seen on a billboard, which was followed by in taxi ads and other social media facilitated marketing. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Learn more about us on </span><span style="color: #8a8a8a; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NINVentures/" style="color: #e1704b; outline: none; transition: all 0.17s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Facebook</a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, </span><span style="color: #8a8a8a; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://twitter.com/NINVentures?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" style="color: #e1704b; outline: none; transition: all 0.17s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">Twitter</a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, </span><span style="color: #8a8a8a; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/3315411/" style="color: #e1704b; outline: none; transition: all 0.17s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, </span><span style="color: #8a8a8a; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.nin.vc/" style="color: #e1704b; outline: none; transition: all 0.17s ease-in-out;" target="_blank">NIN Ventures TV</a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-family: "century gothic" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">, etc. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">NIN.VC has been the recipient of several awards including Wealth and Finance International Magazine's "Best Technology Venture Capital Fund - Illinois" for the Alternative Investment Awards, the "Best Crowdfunded Technology Venture Capital Fund - US" for the Fund Awards, and “Leaders in Private Equity – Illinois” by Corporate Vision magazine to name a few. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">NIN.VC has been featured in </span><a href="https://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/nin-ventures-publicly-raising-vc-fund-from-the-accredited-investor-masses/" style="font-family: inherit; outline: none; transition: all 0.17s ease-in-out;"><span style="background-color: white;">VentureBeat</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/chi-nin-ventures-desai-bsi-story.html" style="font-family: inherit; outline: none; transition: all 0.17s ease-in-out;"><span style="background-color: white;">Chicago Tribune</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/nin-desai-venture-capital-firm/" style="font-family: inherit; outline: none; transition: all 0.17s ease-in-out;"><span style="background-color: white;">Chicago Sun Times</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryjuetten/2016/10/17/venture-crowdfunding-revisited/#9e4d5355572c" style="font-family: inherit; outline: none; transition: all 0.17s ease-in-out;"><span style="background-color: white;">Forbes</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="https://www.inc.com/bill-carmody/5-qualities-vcs-look-for-in-an-entrepreneur.html" style="font-family: inherit; outline: none; transition: all 0.17s ease-in-out;"><span style="background-color: white;">Inc</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="http://wgnradio.com/2015/07/06/nin-ventures-llcs-nin-desai-explains-venture-capitalism-and-unlocking-the-potential-in-disruptive-tech/" style="font-family: inherit; outline: none; transition: all 0.17s ease-in-out;"><span style="background-color: white;">WGN's After Hours with Rick Kogan</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="http://www.nbcchicago.com/on-air/as-seen-on/WEB-5AM-WEEKEND-WEB_Chicago-318561281.html" style="font-family: inherit; outline: none; transition: all 0.17s ease-in-out;"><span style="background-color: white;">NBC Weekend Web with Charlie Wojciechowski</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRwNugxjwEI" style="font-family: inherit; outline: none; transition: all 0.17s ease-in-out;"><span style="background-color: white;">Bloomberg's Taking Stock</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2016/09/90301-crowdfunding-vc-nin-desai-focuses-investing-tech/" style="font-family: inherit; outline: none; transition: all 0.17s ease-in-out;"><span style="background-color: white;">Crowdfund Insider</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">, and </span><a href="http://avaya.cioreview.com/cxoinsight/new-age-funding-mystery-solved--nid-23326-cid-90.html" style="font-family: inherit; outline: none; transition: all 0.17s ease-in-out;"><span style="background-color: white;">CIO Review</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;"> to name a few. </span></div>
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NIN Ventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875474517158526522noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417147018971170740.post-71519643973274796082017-06-23T09:14:00.001-07:002018-06-23T09:06:04.768-07:00Democratize Venture Capital with NIN.VC<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The concept of Entrepreneurship dates back to the 1700s, and
has evolved ever since. Most people simply equate it with starting one’s own business.
For some, it refers to Venture Capital backed startups and their kin, but
economists believe it is much more than that. An Entrepreneur is the one who is
willing to bear the risk of a new venture, if there is a significant chance for
profit. Entrepreneurship is also a necessary ingredient for stimulating
economic growth and employment opportunities in all societies.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;">Disruptive technology is the first step towards
Entrepreneurship. A disruptive technology is an innovation that changes an
existing industry and also helps create a new market and value network,
displacing an earlier technology or a way of doing business. E.g. NIN.VC,
Venture Capital provides financing to early stage emerging companies with high
growth potential in exchange for equity / an ownership stake. The risks VCs
take investing in disruptive technologies or business models yield higher
returns their limited partners (or investors) require. As these companies grow,
they create employment and jobs for an Economy in return. The total GDP of United States in 2016 was approximately $18 trillion, out of which 7.5% was technology, which accounted for 6.9 million jobs. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Since the beginning of the 20th century, Venture Capital has
been the domain of wealthy individuals and families. A typical LP base in a
venture fund would be institutions, pension funds, endowments, family offices,
etc. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;">However, the 2008 Financial Meltdown led to a liquidity crises for Entrepreneurs,
Companies, LPs, VCs, and everyone. Fewer IPOs in the market means no exits for
VCs, no returns for LPs, and as a result venture funds were on a decline. No
new funds means less startup funding, low employment, and slow economic growth.
Thus on April 5, 2012, President Obama signed, The Jumpstart Our Business
Startups Act (the JOBS Act), which enables Crowdfunding for all Americans; and
that's how NIN Ventures (or NIN.VC) came into existence. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;">Crowdfunding is a practice of funding a project or venture by
raising contributions from a large number of people, typically via the
Internet. Since 2014 the crowdfunding industry has grown from $16 billion to an
estimated $34 billion in 2015 and is doubling or more every year, and according
to the World Bank estimates, crowdfunding will have a global market of $96
billion by 2025 - 1.8 times today’s global Venture Capital industry. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;">Crowdfunding is spread across several types of funding models
including rewards, donation, equity, and debt / lending. The two most popular
types of Crowdfunding methods are Reward and Equity. For rewards based Crowdfunding,
entrepreneurs pre-sell a product or service to launch a business, and some
times even in return for gifts or thank you notes. For equity Crowdfunding, the
backer receives share of a company, usually in exchange of the money pledged.
For NIN Ventures (or NIN.VC), it would be limited partner interest in the NIN
Ventures Technology (QP) Fund. </span></div>
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that is what NIN.VC is solving.</b> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>"I come from an Entrepreneurial family so I can
speak on their behalf. Entrepreneurs are brave and courageous bunch that are
determined to change the way an existing industry functions. On that journey
they need lot more than just financing. They need guidance or domain expertise,
help with PR/marketing, recruiting, viable exit strategy, more often follow up
financing, etc., which Crowdfunding portals are not able to support.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>On the other hand Crowdfunding exposed investors to a whole
new asset class, which the normal population never had the knowledge or
expertise to invest in. About 99% of startups fail, on top of that low minimum
investments like $1,000 does not give them a say or a board seat, putting
investors at high degree of risk.<o:p></o:p></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>At NIN.VC we solved all of those issues. NIN.VC provides
diversification, we take board seat on all our investments and lend the
necessary support that an Entrepreneur needs to build a business, like they
would get at a traditional Venture Capital fund. And are also in a position to
gauge and be a part of the valuation process when it comes to addressing
dilution and follow up financing rounds. However, the most IMPORTANT part
that investors cares about is the ability to direct invest and enjoy direct
returns, which is not the case with a traditional venture capital fund."</i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">NIN.VC is a Crowdfunded Technology Venture Capital firm that
is offering membership interests under the JOBS Act & Regulation D of the
US Securities Act of 1933. NIN.VC is a unique and first of its kind attempt to
bring Venture Capital retail and give people the freedom to directly invest in
a fund with an amount of their choice, which also leads to a better financial
reward system. This offering is being made via general solicitation and
general advertising, which is permitted by Rule 506(c) as contemplated by Title
II of the JOBS Act. This rule came into effect Sep 23, 2013 and we were the
first ones to go live with a website and videos about our fund. NIN Ventures
also became the first venture fund to be seen on a billboard, which was
followed by in taxi ads and other social media facilitated marketing. Learn
more about us on <span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022https\:\/\/www\.facebook\.com\/NINVentures\/\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NINVentures/" target="_blank">Facebook</a></span></span>, <span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022https\:\/\/twitter\.com\/NINVentures?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://twitter.com/NINVentures?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank">Twitter</a></span></span>, <span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022https\:\/\/www\.linkedin\.com\/company\/nin-ventures-llc\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/3315411/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></span></span>, <span style="mso-field-code: " HYPERLINK \0022http\:\/\/www\.ninventures\.tv\/\0022 \\t \0022_blank\0022 ";"><span class="MsoHyperlink"><a href="http://www.nin.vc/" target="_blank">NIN Ventures TV</a></span></span>, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">NIN.VC invests in series A & B rounds of 3D printing, the
4th industrial revolution, cloud computing, financial services, education
software, and other disruptive technology companies. During the postwar
period, recessions and recoveries, were mostly matters of business cycles. When
demand recovered, GDP growth resumed, and employers hired again. But for the
past two decades, this pattern has been broken. Innovation and investing in new
technologies and startups is the solution to job creation. Here are the top few
technology companies and their employment data to gage their impact on the
Economy:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;">With NIN.VC, we would like to truly democratize venture
capital. Most people have a traditional portfolio (i.e. stocks, bonds, and
money market), but NIN Ventures Technology (QP) Fund is an opportunity for
"accredited" individuals / firms to invest in venture capital for a
minimum amount of $100,000 using multiple investment options like self-directed
IRAs, defined benefit plan, digital currencies (E.g. Bitcoin, Litecoin,
Dogecoin), or a regular checking / savings account. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;">An accredited investor is an individual with an income of more than $200,000 per year, or a joint income of $300,000, in each of the last two years and expect to reasonably maintain the same level of income OR have a net worth exceeding $1 million, either individually or jointly with his or her spouse, excluding the primary residence, qualifies as an accredited investor. For an Entity, any trust, with total assets in excess of $5 million qualifies.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b>Recently, the SEC approved Title III JOBS Act, Equity Crowdfunding
for non-accredited investors, which allows any U.S. citizen, regardless of
income, to make direct investments via a Crowdfunding portal. However,
investment in a fund like ours is still limited to accredited investors. Given
funds are a less riskier asset class compared to Crowdfunding in companies,
perhaps it’s time to revisit their investor eligibility, alter the definition
of an accredited investor, and make Crowdfunding available for everyone.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;">About Ms. Nin Desai:</span></b><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ms. Desai heads NIN.VC, a Crowdfunded Technology Venture Capital
firm. Her experience spans all facets of mergers and acquisitions, and
corporate finance including public offerings and private placements from
private equity to investment banking and investment management. Her corporate
finance transactions include RACK, LOOP, LQDT, DBTK, AMIS, SLRY, VOCS, OWW and
others. Her M&A deal sheet includes the sale of Financial Profiles to EISI,
Buyseasons to Liberty Media, sale of Sircon to Vertafore, and others. She is a
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and has a technical diploma in
E-commerce by IBM, holds Series 7 and 63 licenses from NASD. She holds an B.B.A
and M.B.A in Finance / International Business from Loyola University of
Chicago, and most recently attended leadership program in Private Equity and
Venture Capital at Harvard Business School. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10.5pt;">Ms. Desai has been awarded 2015 CEO Of The Year – Illinois,
for innovation and contribution to the Venture Capital & Private Equity
industry by Acquisition International magazine and Private Equity Fund Manager
to Watch for 2017 by Corporate America. NIN.VC has been the recipient of
several awards including Wealth and Finance International Magazine's "Best
Technology Venture Capital Fund - Illinois" for the Alternative Investment
Awards, the "Best Crowdfunded Technology Venture Capital Fund - US"
for the Fund Awards, and “Leaders in Private Equity – Illinois” by Corporate
Vision magazine to name a few. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Ms. Desai also chairs the Harvard Business School Private Equity
and Venture Capital Group of Chicago and is a member of Women's Association of
Venture and Equity (WAVE). She also sits on the Illinois Venture Capital
Association (IVCA) Legislative/IVCA PAC Board and Events Committee. She enjoys
golf and piloting light aircraft in her spare time. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;">NIN.VC has been featured in </span><a href="https://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/nin-ventures-publicly-raising-vc-fund-from-the-accredited-investor-masses/"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt;">VentureBeat</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;">, </span><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/chi-nin-ventures-desai-bsi-story.html"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Chicago
Tribune</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;">, </span><a href="http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/nin-desai-venture-capital-firm/"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Chicago
Sun Times</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;">, </span><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryjuetten/2016/10/17/venture-crowdfunding-revisited/#9e4d5355572c"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Forbes</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;">, </span><a href="https://www.inc.com/bill-carmody/5-qualities-vcs-look-for-in-an-entrepreneur.html"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Inc</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;">, </span><a href="http://wgnradio.com/2015/07/06/nin-ventures-llcs-nin-desai-explains-venture-capitalism-and-unlocking-the-potential-in-disruptive-tech/"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt;">WGN's
After Hours with Rick Kogan</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;">, </span><a href="http://www.nbcchicago.com/on-air/as-seen-on/WEB-5AM-WEEKEND-WEB_Chicago-318561281.html"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt;">NBC
Weekend Web with Charlie Wojciechowski</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;">, </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRwNugxjwEI"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Bloomberg's Taking
Stock</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;">, </span><a href="https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2016/09/90301-crowdfunding-vc-nin-desai-focuses-investing-tech/"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt;">Crowdfund
Insider</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;">, and </span><a href="http://avaya.cioreview.com/cxoinsight/new-age-funding-mystery-solved--nid-23326-cid-90.html"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 10.5pt;">CIO
Review</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #8a8a8a; font-size: 10.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> to name a few. </span><span style="font-family: "century gothic";"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Venture Capital provides financing to early
stage emerging companies with high growth potential in exchange for equity / an
ownership stake. The market is flooded with various funding options, so how
should an Entrepreneurs approach fund raising? Because Angels and VCs have been
around for a while, they naturally have been favored, but since 2014 the
Crowdfunding industry has grown from $16 billion to an estimated $34 billion in
2015 and is doubling or more every year, and according to the World Bank
estimates, Crowdfunding will have a global market of $96 billion by 2025 - 1.8
times today’s global Venture Capital industry.</span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Crowdfunding is a practice of funding a project
or venture by raising contributions from a large number of people, typically
via the Internet. If you are an Entrepreneur looking for funding (seed / angle)
to take your idea / product to market, Crowdfunding is a great option – reward
or equity. It acts as a proof of concept for an Entrepreneur before they spend
their valuable time or approach a VC. On the other extreme, if you are an
experienced or serial Entrepreneur looking for capital, Crowdfunding again is a
good alternative as long as they can avoid a messy capital table. However,
taking a disruptive technology to market is not easy, on that journey
Entrepreneurs need more then just financing, which NIN.VC or VCs in general are
able to provide:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Financing</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Money is green
everywhere; Crowfunding, NIN.VC, or Venture Capital are all great source of
funding, except NIN.VC or Venture Capitalists have skin in the game via their
funds, which means they themselves are invested in the fund and indirectly in
their investments, so they tend to take more interest in working along side the
Entrepreneur. Unlike Crowdfunding portals who charge a minimal fee to
Entrepreneurs to upload their business plans on their portals, and leave the due
diligence / rest to Investors and Entrepreneurs discretion. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A good Company and
Entrepreneur almost always get funded and receive follow up financing from
their prior investors. VCs typically tend to do deals in syndicate, which could
include various combinations of other VCs or Crowdfunding Portals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, a lot of that depends on the Company
ownership, deal structure, the situation, and Entrepreneur’s preference.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: grey;">2. </span></b><b style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="color: grey;">Skin in the game support</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">If you take the top few </span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span class="MsoHyperlink">billion dollar startups</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;"> and
average the age of those Entrepreneurs at the founding, its less than 30 years
when they embarked on the journey of changing their industries. At that stage,
an Entrepreneur needs lot more than just financing, for example, domain
expertise, PR & marketing, recruiting, an exit strategy, and NIN.VC or VC’s
in general are able to provide them all that with the help of our network of
partners; which may not be the case with Crowdfunding platforms.</span></div>
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is made, the Investor starts thinking about an exit. How and when will they see
a return on their investment? Private companies generally attain an exit via an
IPO or M&A transaction. NIN.VC or VCs in general have the knowledge and
expertise to guide the Entrepreneur through that process, which is the kind of
support Crowdfunding portals again might not be provide.</span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">We are now living in exiting times and on the
verge of a financial revolution, where not only the funding sources are changing,
Entrepreneurs now have options with exits as well. With Loyal3, Click IPO,
etc., Entrepreneurs can opt to go retail vs. solely relying on traditional
Investment Banks or Institutions when it comes to an IPO. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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NIN.VC is also a unique and first of its kind attempt to bring Venture Capital retail, it allows people the freedom to directly invest in a fund with an amount of their choice, which leads to a better financial reward system. NIN.VC provides diversification; we take board seat on all our investments and lend the necessary support that an Entrepreneur needs to build a business, like they would get at a traditional Venture Capital fund. And are also in a position to gauge and be a part of the valuation process when it comes to addressing dilution and follow up financing rounds. However, the most IMPORTANT part that investors cares about is the ability to direct invest and enjoy direct returns, which is not the case with a traditional Venture Capital fund.</div>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: inherit;">NIN.VC has the best of both worlds. We’re a
hybrid between a traditional Venture Capital fund and a Crowdfunding portal.
Another feature that is unique to NIN.VC is transparency. Investors can attend
our monthly calls, check our <a href="https://www.facebook.com/NINVentures/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Facebook</span></a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ninventures?lang=en" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Twitter</span></a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company-beta/3315411/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">LinkedIn</span></a>, <a href="http://www.nin.vc/" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">NIN Ventures TV</span></a>, etc.
for more recent activities at NIN.VC. Learn more about how NIN.VC is
different / better from an Investor’s perspective in </span><a href="http://ninventures.blogspot.in/2017/05/alternative-crowdfunding-with-ninvc.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;"><u>Alternative</u><span style="font-family: inherit;"> Crowdfundingwith NIN.VC</span></span></a><span style="color: grey; font-family: inherit;"> and </span><a href="http://ninventures.blogspot.in/2017/03/venture-capital-providesfinancing-to.html" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank"><span style="color: orange;">Future of Venture Capital: Crowdfunding</span></a><span style="color: grey; font-family: inherit;">.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">About
Crowdfunding and NIN.VC:<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: grey;">Crowdfunding is spread across several types of
funding models including rewards, donation, equity, and debt / lending. The two
most popular types of Crowdfunding methods are Reward and Equity. For rewards
based Crowdfunding, Entrepreneurs pre-sell a product or service to launch a
business, and some times even in return for gifts or thank you notes. For
equity Crowdfunding, the backer receives share of a company, usually in
exchange of the money pledged. For NIN Ventures (or NIN.VC), it would be
limited partner interest in the NIN Ventures Technology (QP) Fund. To learn
more about various Crowdfunding models, read </span><u><span style="color: orange;">Crowdfunding
Matrix</span></u><span style="color: grey;">. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">NIN Ventures
Technology (QP) Fund is currently available to "accredited"
individuals / firms for a minimum amount of $100,000 using multiple investment
options like self-directed IRAs, defined benefit plan, digital currencies (E.g.
Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin), or a regular checking / savings account. NIN
Ventures invests in series A & B rounds of 3D printing, the 4th industrial
revolution, cloud computing, education software, and other disruptive
technology companies.</span></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: grey;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">* An accredited investor is an individual with
an income of more than $200,000 per year, or a joint income of $300,000, in
each of the last two years and expect to reasonably maintain the same level of
income OR have a net worth exceeding $1 million, either individually or jointly
with his or her spouse, excluding the primary residence. For an Entity,
any trust, with total assets in excess of $5 million qualifies.</span></span></i></div>
NIN Ventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875474517158526522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417147018971170740.post-83036134726150450522017-06-03T12:16:00.000-07:002017-06-05T17:46:41.785-07:00Challenges Entrepreneurs Face Taking Disruptive Technologies to Maket<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">An Entrepreneur is the
one who is willing to bear the risk of a new venture, if there is a significant
chance for profit. Entrepreneur is a disruptor who markets the disruption. A disruptive
technology is an innovation that changes an existing industry and also helps
create a new market and value network, displacing an earlier technology or a
way of doing business. On that journey an Entrepreneur faces numerous
challenges:</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">1. Acceptance</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Change is the only
constant in life, yet many resist it. Every time an Entrepreneur embarks on the
journey of taking a disruptive technology to market, s/he faces skeptics and
negative energy from the industry, competition, and often times people in general.
But courage, strength, and determination that are inheritant qualities of an Entrepreneur
can help over come the adversity.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="line-height: normal;">2. </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Legal & Regulation</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Playing by the
rules and industry compliance is extremely important while running any business,
not just with the SEC in general or FDA when it comes to healthcare. However, often time regulations turn out to
be the blessing required for a disruption in an industry. E.g. JOBS Act and
Crowdfunding for the Venture Capital industry. With NIN.VC, <span style="background-color: white;">we now have the best
of both worlds. We’re a hybrid between a traditional Venture Capital fund and a
Crowdfunding portal.</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; text-indent: -0.25in;">3. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">Revenue Model</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ideas are dime a dozen,
but how do you make money off of them should be an Entrepreneur’s number one
priority, as those returns need to flow back into the business, which is what
employees and investors ultimately want. Most businesses suffer because they do
not have a strong revenue model.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">An Entrepreneur needs to
create awareness when it comes to taking their disruptive technology or product
to the masses. While word of mouth is more powerful than any medium out there,
advertising and positive press plays an important role in sales. However,
reading between the lines is the strategy everyone has adopted (or need to
adopt) in this fake news environment.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You are what you eat. Similarly,
a team is the backbone of any company. It is very important for a startup to
find the right people who understand their mission, blend in with the company
culture, and follow through on the founder’s vision. The right combination of
people / team is the key to success for any business, because ultimately people
build companies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It is important for an entrepreneur
to understand the market dynamics; the impact their product has on the industry
and among other players or companies. The more disruptive the technology, the
higher resistance an Entrepreneur will face from this group as they fight for
their survival. The key is to channel the negative energy and use it as a fuel
for motivation and indulge in a healthy competition to follow through on your
vision.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Startup valuation is more
of an art than science and often times depends on the market momentum or what someone
is willing to pay, keeping in mind the public comps and prior private company
transactions. As long as the company has certain key ingredients like an
amazing team, solid revenue model, good understanding of the competitive
landscape, and an execution strategy to take its disruptive technology to
market, it has the recipe for success.</span></div>
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<span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;">8. Funding</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The market is flooded
with various startup funding options from Angels to VCs to Crowdfunding. So
what approach should an Entrepreneur take? Because
Angels and VCs have been the around for a while, they naturally have been the
favored source when it comes to funding. However, <span style="background-color: white;">since 2014 the Crowdfunding
industry has grown from $16 billion to an estimated $34 billion in 2015 and is
doubling or more every year, and according to the World Bank estimates, Crowdfunding
will have a global market of $96 billion by 2025 - 1.8 times today’s global Venture Capital industry.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture
by raising contributions from a large number of people, typically via the
Internet. If you are an Entrepreneur looking for funding (seed / angle) to take
your idea / product to market, Crowdfunding is a great option – reward or
equity. It acts as a proof of concept for an Entrepreneur before they spend
their valuable time or approach a VC. On the other extreme, if you are an
experienced or serial Entrepreneur looking for capital, Crowdfunding again is a
good alternative as long as they can avoid a messy capital table.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">However, if you
need someone to add value to your business, NIN.VC and Venture Capital is the
way to go. If you take the top few <a href="http://graphics.wsj.com/billion-dollar-club/" target="_blank">billion dollar startups</a> and average the age of those Entrepreneurs at the founding, its less than 30 years when they embarked on the
journey of changing their industries. At that stage, an Entrepreneur needs lot
more than just financing, for example, domain expertise, PR & marketing,
recruiting, an exit strategy, and NIN.VC or VC’s in general are able to provide
them all that with the help of our network of partners; which may not be the
case with Crowdfunding platforms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Venture Capitalists and Entrepreneurs
share similar traits - both are required to take off against the wind, the end
is unknown, and potential for disaster is evident, but Entrepreneurship requires
brave and courageous bunch that are determined to change the way an existing
industry functions. <i>Are you a company or
a CEO with a disruptive service or product? Visit us at </i><a href="http://nin.vc/"><i>nin.vc</i></a></span><i><span style="font-family: inherit;"> to submit a business plan.</span></i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The concept of entrepreneurship dates back to the 1700s, and has evolved ever since. Most people simply equate it with starting one’s own business. For some, it refers to venture capital-backed startups and their kin. For some, “corporate entrepreneurship” is a rallying cry; for others, an oxymoron, but economists believe it is much more than that. An entrepreneur is the one who is willing to bear the risk of a new venture, if there is a significant chance for profit. It emphasizes the entrepreneur’s role as a disruptor who markets the disruption. Entrepreneurship is also a necessary ingredient for stimulating economic growth and employment opportunities in all societies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">A disruptive technology is an innovation that changes an existing industry and also helps create a new market and value network, displacing an earlier technology or a way of doing business. E.g. NIN.VC, venture capital provides financing to early stage emerging companies with high growth potential in exchange for equity / an ownership stake. The risks VCs take investing in disruptive technologies or business models yield higher returns their limited partners (or investors) require. Since beginning of the 20th century, venture capital has been the domain of wealthy individuals and families. A typical LP base in a venture fund would be institutions, pension funds, endowments, family offices, etc.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">However, the 2008 Financial Meltdown led to a liquidity crises for entrepreneurs, companies, LPs, & VCs. Fewer IPOs in the market means no exits for VCs, no returns for LPs, and as a result venture funds were on a decline. No new funds means less startup funding, low employment, and slow economic growth. Thus on April 5, 2012 The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the JOBS Act) was introduced which enables crowdfunding for all Americans and that's how NIN Ventures (or NIN.VC) came into existence. NIN.VC is a crowdfunded technology venture capital firm that is offering membership interests under the JOBS Act & Regulation D of the US Securities Act of 1933. NIN.VC is a unique and first of its kind attempt to bring venture capital retail and give people the freedom to directly invest in a fund with an amount of their choice, which also leads to a better financial reward system. </span><br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" class="YOUTUBE-iframe-video" data-thumbnail-src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/oFXEh7ue0mc/0.jpg" frameborder="0" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/oFXEh7ue0mc?feature=player_embedded" style="clear: right; float: right;" width="320"></iframe><span style="font-family: inherit;">This offering is being made via general solicitation and general advertising, which is permitted by Rule 506(c) as contemplated by Title II of the JOBS Act. This rule came into effect Sep 23, 2013 and we were the first ones to go live with a website and videos about our fund. NIN Ventures also became the first venture fund to be seen on a billboard, which was followed by in taxi ads and other social media facilitated marketing. Learn more about us on </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NINVentures/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Facebook</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="https://twitter.com/NINVentures?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Twitter</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/company/nin-ventures-llc" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, </span><a href="http://www.ninventures.tv/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">NIN Ventures TV</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, etc. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Just like ours, venture capital, every sector at some point is up for disruption. For 2017, NIN.VC is focusing on series A & B rounds of 3D printing, the 4th industrial revolution, cloud computing, financial services, education software, and other disruptive technology companies. So what are some of the elements of entrepreneurship NIN.VC (or VCs) look for? First, why and how do people become entrepreneurs? The purpose can be personal, cultural, but most importantly involves a disruptive technology or innovative way of making a business better. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With NIN.VC, we would like to truly democratize venture capital. Most people have a traditional portfolio (i.e. stocks, bonds, and money market), but NIN Ventures Technology (QP) Fund is an opportunity for "accredited" individuals / firms to invest in venture capital for a minimum amount of $100,000 using multiple investment options like self-directed IRAs, defined benefit plan, digital currencies (E.g. Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin), or a regular checking / savings account. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">An accredited investor is an individual with an income of more than $200,000 per year, or a joint income of $300,000, in each of the last two years and expect to reasonably maintain the same level of income OR have a net worth exceeding $1 million, either individually or jointly with his or her spouse, excluding the primary residence, qualifies as an accredited investor. For an Entity, any trust, with total assets in excess of $5 million qualifies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Recently, the SEC approved Title III JOBS Act, Equity Crowdfunding for non-accredited investors, which allows any U.S. citizen, regardless of income, to make direct investments via a crowdfunding portal. However, investment in a fund like ours is still limited to accredited investors. Given funds are a less riskier asset class compared to crowdfunding in companies, perhaps it’s time to revisit their investor eligibility, alter the definition of an accredited investor, and make crowdfunding available for everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Read more about what are some of the qualities NIN.VC (or VCs) look for in an entrepreneur <a href="https://www.inc.com/bill-carmody/5-qualities-vcs-look-for-in-an-entrepreneur.html" target="_blank">here</a> or company <a href="http://ninventures.blogspot.in/2017/02/qualities-ninvc-or-vcs-looks-for-in.html" target="_blank">here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ms. Desai hails from an entrepreneurial family and heads NIN.VC, a crowdfunded technology venture capital firm. Her experience spans all facets of mergers and acquisitions, and corporate finance including public offerings and private placements from private equity to investment banking and investment management. Her corporate finance transactions include RACK, LOOP, LQDT, DBTK, AMIS, SLRY, VOCS, OWW and others. Her M&A deal sheet includes the sale of Financial Profiles to EISI, Buyseasons to Liberty Media, sale of Sircon to Vertafore, and others. She is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and has a technical diploma in E-commerce by IBM, holds Series 7 and 63 licenses from NASD. She holds an B.B.A and M.B.A in Finance / International Business from Loyola University of Chicago, and most recently attended leadership program in Private Equity and Venture Capital at Harvard Business School. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ms. Desai has been awarded 2015 CEO Of The Year – Illinois, for innovation and contribution to the Venture Capital & Private Equity industry by Acquisition International magazine and Private Equity Fund Manager to Watch for 2017 by Corporate America. NIN.VC has been the recipient of several awards including Wealth and Finance International Magazine's "Best Technology Venture Capital Fund - Illinois" for the Alternative Investment Awards, the "Best Crowdfunded Technology Venture Capital Fund - US" for the Fund Awards, and “Leaders in Private Equity – Illinois” by Corporate Vision magazine to name a few. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Ms. Desai also chairs the Harvard Business School Private Equity and Venture Capital Group of Chicago and is a member of Women's Association of Venture and Equity (WAVE). She also sits on the Illinois Venture Capital Association (IVCA) Legislative/IVCA PAC Board and Events Committee. She enjoys golf and piloting light aircraft in her spare time. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">NIN.VC has been featured in <a href="https://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/nin-ventures-publicly-raising-vc-fund-from-the-accredited-investor-masses/" target="_blank">VentureBeat</a>, <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/chi-nin-ventures-desai-bsi-story.html" target="_blank">Chicago Tribune</a>, <a href="http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/nin-desai-venture-capital-firm/" target="_blank">Chicago Sun Times</a>, <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryjuetten/2016/10/17/venture-crowdfunding-revisited/#9e4d5355572c" target="_blank">Forbes</a>, <a href="https://www.inc.com/bill-carmody/5-qualities-vcs-look-for-in-an-entrepreneur.html" target="_blank">Inc</a>, </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://wgnradio.com/2015/07/06/nin-ventures-llcs-nin-desai-explains-venture-capitalism-and-unlocking-the-potential-in-disruptive-tech/" target="_blank">WGN's After Hours with Rick Kogan</a>, <a href="http://www.nbcchicago.com/on-air/as-seen-on/WEB-5AM-WEEKEND-WEB_Chicago-318561281.html" target="_blank">NBC Weekend Web with Charlie Wojciechowski</a>, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRwNugxjwEI" target="_blank">Bloomberg's Taking Stock</a>, <a href="https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2016/09/90301-crowdfunding-vc-nin-desai-focuses-investing-tech/" target="_blank">Crowdfund Insider</a>, and <a href="http://avaya.cioreview.com/cxoinsight/new-age-funding-mystery-solved--nid-23326-cid-90.html" target="_blank">CIO Review</a> to name a few. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #6d6d6d;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Alternative Assets are non-traditional investments that would
typically not be a part of a standard investment portfolio. Alternatives
encompasses a wide range of assets including real estate, commodities, luxury
goods such as art & wine, and also includes private equity and venture
capital funds. Due to their unconventional nature and valuation of some of
these assets, alternatives have been the domain of the wealthy individuals and
institutions. The global alternative asset market is approximately $8 trillion
and expected to be $14 trillion by 2020, according to PwC. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6d6d6d;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">However, the alternative industry is reshaping, and with this
new sources of capital are emerging. E.g. Venture capital provides financing to
early stage emerging companies with high growth potential in exchange for
equity / an ownership stake. The risks VCs take investing in disruptive
technologies or business models yield higher returns their limited partners (or
investors) require. Since beginning of the 20th century, venture capital has
been the domain of wealthy individuals and families. A typical LP base in a
venture fund would be institutions, pension funds, endowments, family offices,
etc.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6d6d6d;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">However, the 2008 Financial Meltdown led to a liquidity crises
for entrepreneurs, companies, LPs, & VCs. Fewer IPOs in the market means no
exits for VCs, no returns for LPs, and as a result venture funds were on a
decline. No new funds means less startup funding, low employment, and slow
economic growth. Thus on April 2, 2012 The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
(the JOBS Act) was introduced which enables crowdfunding for all Americans and
that's how NIN Ventures (or NIN.VC) came into existence.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6d6d6d;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">NIN.VC is a crowdfunded technology venture capital firm that invests
in series A & B rounds of 3D printing, the 4th industrial revolution, cloud
computing, financial services, education software, and other disruptive
technology companies. NIN.VC is offering membership interests under the
JOBS Act & Regulation D of the US Securities Act of 1933. NIN.VC is a
unique and first of its kind attempt to bring venture capital retail and give
people the freedom to directly invest in a fund with an amount of their choice,
which also leads to a better financial reward system. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6d6d6d;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">This offering is being made via general solicitation and general
advertising, which is permitted by Rule 506(c) as contemplated by Title II of
the JOBS Act. This rule came into effect Sep 23, 2013 and we were the
first ones to go live with a website and videos about our fund. NIN Ventures
also became the first venture fund to be seen on a billboard, which was
followed by in taxi ads and other social media facilitated marketing. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Learn more about us on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/" target="_blank">Facebook</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/NINVentures" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,
<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/organization/3315411/admin/" target="_blank">LinkedIn,</a> <a href="http://www.ninventures.tv/" target="_blank">NIN Ventures TV</a>, etc. </i><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6d6d6d;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Crowdfunding is a practice of raising contributions from a large
number of people, typically via the Internet. Since 2014 the crowdfunding
industry has grown from $16 billion to an estimated $34 billion in 2015 and is
doubling or more every year, and according to the World Bank estimates,
crowdfunding will have a global market of $96 billion by 2025 - 1.8 times
today's global venture capital industry. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6d6d6d;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Crowdfunding is spread across several types of funding models
including rewards, donation, equity, and debt / lending. The two most popular
types of crowdfunding methods are Reward and Equity. For rewards based
crowdfunding, entrepreneurs pre-sell a product or service to launch a business,
and some times even in return for gifts or thank you notes. For equity
crowdfunding, the backer receives share of a company, usually in exchange of
the money pledged. For NIN Ventures (or NIN.VC), it would be limited partner
interest in the NIN Ventures Technology (QP) Fund.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f7f7f;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Alternatives are
high-risk long-term illiquid investments, which are often hard to value, but they
tend to generate higher returns, and also have low correlation with other asset
class, which helps with portfolio diversification.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><o:p></o:p></u></b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6d6d6d;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The
market is flooded with number of investment vehicles, including stocks, bonds,
mutual funds, IRAs, real estate; and alternatives like private equity and
venture capital among others. Most people are short sighted and have a
traditional portfolio (i.e. stocks, bonds, and money market) vs. taking a
long-term approach and investing in alternatives like venture capital like
institutions or sophisticated investors do, which leads to true diversification.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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<span style="color: #6d6d6d;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Yale
is currently the best performing endowment fund in the United States. Since
2008 to 2015, Yale has increased its asset allocation in Private Equity /
Venture Capital from 20.2% to 33.0%, out of which 16.3% is venture capital
compared to 13.7% in 2014 and just 10% the previous year. Historically, if you
look at USVC Index and S&P 500, USVC Index tends to outperform S&P 500
and they also have an inverse relationship, which allows true diversification
and also helps mitigate the risk involved in having only a stock-bond
portfolio.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #6d6d6d;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There
are wide range of options when it comes to investing in alternatives. NIN Ventures
Technology (QP) Fund is currently available to "accredited"
individuals / firms for a minimum amount of $100,000 using multiple investment
options like self-directed IRAs, defined benefit plan, digital currencies (E.g.
Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin), or a regular checking / savings account.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b>Self-Directed IRA</b>: “Self-Directed” is a descriptive term that is used to
describe how some IRA providers administer the assets they hold. With a
self-directed IRA, an individual controls what their IRA invests in.
Self-directed IRAs allow investors to hold alternative assets within their
tax-deferred retirement plan, such as private placements in venture capital.
Like any IRA investment, a self-directed IRA has built-in tax-deferred growth,
and thus an individual will not pay capital gains tax on the growth of the
investment. The return will flow back to the self-directed IRA, and will not be
taxable to the account holder. A self-directed IRA allows for true
diversification that is otherwise not achievable in a standard IRA portfolio.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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A <b>Defined Benefit</b> Plan is a retirement plan that can invest in a wide range of
securities and investment products, including venture funds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Some of the advantage of investing from a
defined benefit plans are: all contributions made to the plan and subsequently
invested are a top-line tax deduction to the business, whether the business
structure is a sole-proprietorship, an LLC, an LLP, a P.C., a C-corp., or an
S-corp.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The investment growth is
tax-deferred under the umbrella of the Defined Benefit Plan. The contributions
might be significantly greater than that of a 401(k) Profit Sharing plan to
help increase the retirement savings account for the business owner.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #7f7f7f;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">c. <b>Digital Currencies</b> are emerging as a new form of
alternative payment and a global currency. We understand the significance of
this change and thus allow digitial currency owners like Bitcoin, Litecoin
& Dogecoin attain liquidity and tap into venture capital by investing in
the NIN Ventures Technology (QP) Fund. There are many vendors that accept
digital currencies and various places to spend it, but NIN.VC is an opportunity
to invest and attain liquidity for digital currency owners that are concerned
about currency instability. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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is an individual with an income of more than $200,000 per year, or a joint
income of $300,000, in each of the last two years and expect to reasonably
maintain the same level of income OR have a net worth exceeding $1 million,
either individually or jointly with his or her spouse, excluding the primary
residence. For an Entity, any trust, with total assets in excess of $5 million
qualifies.</span></i><span style="color: #6d6d6d;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Venture Capitalists are known to invest in unicorns that
prove to be home run for their LPs, but now that crowdfunding is turning
everyone into a VC, how does one identify those winners? While there is no
secret recipe for success, here are a few things NIN.VC looks for while
investing:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">1. </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Disruptive
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">A disruptive technology is an innovation that changes the
way an existing industry functions and also helps create a new market and
value network, displacing an earlier technology or a way of doing business.
E.g. 3D printing has been used for rapid prototyping and is being applied in a
number of industries today, including manufacturing, automotive, consumer,
aerospace, defense, and especially healthcare. As the accuracy and materials
market have improved, the medical space shows great potential for this
technology. There are about 123,851 people currently on the organ recipient
list in United States; that list grows on an average of 12% annually. On the
other hand, organ donor increases about 1-2%, and 21 people die every day
because they cannot find a right organ. What if 3D printing tissues can help
save some of those lives?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Every sector at some point is up for disruption. E.g. Traditional
TV has been on a decline for the past few years, because the consumer behavior
patterns are changing. People are spending more time on their personal devices
like phone, tablets, & PCs. An average American spends about 3 hours
everyday on their personal devices, and this is the first time, the time spend
on personal devices have surpassed time spent watching TV. So what does this
mean for the Ad Tech Industry? The current digital advertising market is $75
billion and traditional TV advertising is $112 billion, and as the consumer
migrates to watching more digital TV or on demand content, this $112 billion
will migrate to digital advertising, which is a huge opportunity and disruption
for the ad tech industry. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">Great ideas / technology needs to be backed
by a solid revenue model in order to attract customers as well as attain
profitability for the company to be an attractive investment opportunity for a
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<span style="color: #666666; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">3. </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Industry
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">A startup needs an ecosystem to thrive
upon, thus it is very important for a company to understand the market
dynamics, its impact on their industry, product, and also have a good
understanding of the competitive landscape in order to achieve long term
success. A disruptive technology needs to scale and a through analysis helps
gage those risk and rewards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">4. </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; text-indent: -0.25in;">Entrepreneur
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">CEO is the captain of the ship; and at
NIN.VC we start with an entrepreneur because entrepreneurs build companies and
not the other way around. Some of the qualities VCs look for in an entrepreneur
are ability to dream big with ideas that scale, certain personality traits and
work ethics like being focused, disciplined, and hard working. It’s important
to have industry expertise and knowledge or surround yourself with people that
compliment. However, flexibility and choices an entrepreneur / the team makes
determines the future of the company. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;">An amazing entrepreneur with a disruptive
technology, a solid revenue model, and good understanding of the competitive
landscape goes to vain, if the company does not communicate effectively or has
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NIN Ventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875474517158526522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417147018971170740.post-85894867828113598372017-02-05T20:38:00.001-08:002017-02-06T07:25:45.819-08:00Startup Crowdfunding Decoded<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">Startup Crowdfunding is the practice of
funding a project at the angle / seed stage by raising contributions from a large number of people,
typically via the Internet. Since 2014 the crowdfunding industry has grown from
$16 billion to an estimated $34 billion in 2015 and is doubling or more every
year, and according to the World Bank estimates, crowdfunding will have a
global market of $96 billion by 2025 - 1.8 times today’s global venture capital
industry.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Crowdfunding is spread across
several types of funding models including rewards, donation, equity, and debt /
lending. The two most popular types of crowdfunding methods are Reward and
Equity. For rewards based crowdfunding, entrepreneurs pre-sell a product or
service to launch a business, and some times even in return for gifts or thank
you notes. For equity crowdfunding, the backer receives share of a company,
usually in exchange of the money pledged.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">For NIN Ventures (or NIN.VC), it
would be limited partner interest in the NIN Ventures Technology (QP) Fund.
NIN.VC is a unique and first of its kind crowdfunded technology venture capital
fund to be raised under rule 506 (c) of the US Securities Act. NIN.VC invests
in early / growth stage (Series A & B) 3D printing, the 4th industrial revolution, cloud
computing, virtual reality, financial services, education software, and other
disruptive technology companies. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">Why should people be interested in crowdfunding venture capital?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">Yale is currently the best
performing endowment fund in the United States. Since 2008 to 2015, Yale has
increased its asset allocation in Private Equity / Venture Capital from 20.2%
to 33.0%, out of which 16.3% is venture capital compared to 13.7% in 2014. In
general, most people have a three dimensional portfolio (i.e. stocks, bonds,
and money market), but if you look at Harvard and Yale’s portfolio, they a take
a long-term approach and invest in alternatives like venture capital.
Historically, if you look at USVC Index and S&P 500, USVC Index tends to
outperform the S&P 500. And not only that, they have an inverse
relationship. This type of investment strategy allows them to achieve true
diversification and also helps mitigate the risk involved in having only a
stock-bond portfolio. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">Most people are indirectly
invested in venture funds via a pension fund or any other investment vehicle,
crowdfunding allows them to directly invest in a fund of their choice, and by
eliminating the middle man i.e. the pension fund and their management fee,
allows them to generate higher returns. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">How is NIN.VC different and / or better than crowdfunding
portals and traditional venture capital funds?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">The 2008 Financial Meltdown led
to a liquidity crises for companies, entrepreneurs, LPs, and VCs. Fewer IPOs
means no exits for VCs, no returns for LPs, and as a result venture funds were
on a decline. No new funding means less startup funding, low employment, and
slow economic growth. To avoid this, the JOBS Act was introduced in 2012, which
enables companies to crowdfund from accredited (and now even
non-accredited investors).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">However, there is a major flaw
and that is what NIN.VC is solving. I come from an entrepreneurial family so I
can speak on their behalf. Entrepreneurs are brave and courageous bunch that
are determined to change the way an existing industry functions. On that
journey they need lot more than just financing. They need guidance or domain
expertise, help with PR/marketing, recruiting, viable exit strategy, more often
follow up financing, etc., which crowdfunding portals are not able to support.<span style="mso-no-proof: yes;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">On the other hand crowdfunding
exposed investors to a whole new asset class, which the normal population never
had the knowledge or expertise to invest in. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">About 90% of startups fail; and with the </span></span><span style="color: #999999;">shrinking number of startups that receive follow on Series A funding and dwindling number that manage to achieve an exit, and a </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #999999;">low</span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;"> minimum investment like $1,000 which does not give a say or a board
seat, puts investors at high degree of risk.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">Here are some of the other differences between direct investing in a company using a Crowdfunding portal and the NIN Ventures Technology (QP) Fund.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">For detailed explanation on Company vs. Fund investing visit our earlier blog post: <a href="http://ninventures.blogspot.in/2015/10/crowdfunding-matrix.html" target="_blank">Crowdfunding Matrix</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">At NIN.VC we solved all of those issues. NIN.VC provides diversification, we take board seat on all our investments and lend the necessary support that an entrepreneur needs to build a business, like they would get at a traditional venture capital fund. And the most IMPORTANT part that investors cares about is the ability to direct invest and enjoy direct returns, which is not the case with a traditional venture capital fund.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">NIN.VC has the best of both worlds. We’re a hybrid between a traditional venture capital fund and a crowdfunding portal. </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">Who
can invest in the NIN Ventures Technology (QP) Fund?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">NIN
Ventures Technology (QP) Fund is available to accredited investors for a
minimum amount of $100,000 using multiple investment options like self-directed
IRAs, defined benefit plan, digital currencies (E.g. Bitcoin, Litecoin,
Dogecoin), or a regular checking / savings account.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">An accredited investor is an
individual with an income of more than $200,000 per year, or a joint income of
$300,000, in each of the last two years and expect to reasonably maintain the
same level of income OR have a net worth exceeding $1 million, either
individually or jointly with his or her spouse, excluding the primary
residence, qualifies as an accredited investor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">Recently, the SEC approved Title
III JOBS Act, Equity Crowdfunding for non-accredited investors, which allows
any U.S. citizen, regardless of income, to make direct investments via a
crowdfunding portal. However, investment in a fund like ours is still limited
to accredited investors. Given funds are a less riskier asset class compared to
crowdfunding in companies, perhaps it’s time to revisit their investor
eligibility and alter the definition of an accredited investor, in a way that
it also allows funds to grow bigger in size. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">What
are some of the other concerns with crowdfunding?<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">One of the major concerns with crowdfunding is
education both for investors and the press in general. When investing in public
company stocks, investors have stock estimates and research reports from
various different analysts, which is not the case with private company
investing. More startup / technology coverage by media outlets will create investor
awareness on this topic. However, journalists should be required to attain a
license or certification in order to do so.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="background-color: white; color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At NIN.VC we put a lot of emphasis on education
and another feature that is unique to NIN.VC is transparency. Investors can
attend our monthly calls, check our social media e.g. Facebook, Twitter, etc. for more
recent activities at the firm.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #878787; font-family: "century gothic"; text-align: justify;">NIN Ventures (or </span><span style="color: #420178; font-family: "century gothic"; text-align: justify;">NIN.VC</span><span style="color: #878787; font-family: "century gothic"; text-align: justify;">) is a unique and first of its kind crowdfunded technology
venture capital fund for accredited investors who can invest in the NIN
Ventures Technology (QP) Fund with a minimum amount of $100,000 using multiple
investment options like self-directed IRAs, Defined benefit plan, digital
currencies (E.g. Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin), or a regular checking / savings
account. NIN Ventures invests in early / growth stage 3D printing, the 4th industrial
revolution, cloud computing, virtual reality, financial services, education
software, and other disruptive technology companies.</span><br />
<span style="color: #878787; font-family: "century gothic"; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #878787; font-family: "century gothic"; text-align: justify;">HOW
IS NIN.VC DIFFERENT AND / OR BETTER THAN CROWDFUNDING PORTALS AND TRADITIONAL
VENTURE FUNDS?</span><br />
<span style="color: #878787; font-family: "century gothic"; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #878787; font-family: "century gothic"; text-align: justify;">The
2008 Financial Meltdown led to a liquidity crises for companies, entrepreneurs,
LPs, and VCs. Fewer IPOs means no exits for VCs, no returns for LPs, and as a
result venture funds were on a decline. No new funding means less startup
funding, low employment, and slow economic growth. To avoid this, the JOBS Act
was introduced in 2012, which enables companies to crowdfund from
accredited (and now even non-accredited investors).</span><br />
<span style="color: #878787; font-family: "century gothic"; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #878787; font-family: "century gothic"; text-align: justify;">However,
there is a major flaw and that is what NIN.VC is solving. I come from an
entrepreneurial family so I can speak on their behalf. Entrepreneurs are brave
and courageous bunch that are determined to change the way an existing industry
functions. On that journey they need lot more than just financing. They need
guidance or domain expertise, help with PR/marketing, recruiting, viable exit
strategy, more often follow up financing, etc., which crowdfunding portals are
not able to support.</span><br />
<span style="color: #878787; font-family: "century gothic"; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #878787; font-family: "century gothic"; text-align: justify;">On
the other hand crowdfunding exposed investors to a whole new asset class, which
the normal population never had the knowledge or expertise to invest in. About
99% of startups fail, on top of that low minimum investments like $1,000 does
not give them a say or a board seat, putting investors at high degree of risk.</span><br />
<span style="color: #878787; font-family: "century gothic"; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #878787; font-family: "century gothic"; text-align: justify;">At
NIN.VC we solved all of those issues. NIN.VC provides diversification, we take
board seat on all our investments and lend the necessary support that an
entrepreneur needs to build a business, like they would get at a traditional
venture capital fund. And the most IMPORTANT part that investors cares about is
the ability to direct invest and enjoy direct returns, which is not the case
with a traditional venture capital fund.</span><br />
<span style="color: #878787; font-family: "century gothic"; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
<span style="color: #878787; font-family: "century gothic"; text-align: justify;">NIN.VC
has the best of both worlds. We’re a hybrid between a traditional venture
capital fund and a crowdfunding portal. Another feature that is unique to
NIN.VC is transparency. Investors can attend our monthly calls, check our
Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, etc. for more recent activities at NIN.VC. </span><br />
<span style="color: #878787; font-family: "century gothic"; text-align: justify;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Crowdfunding industry has grown from $16 billion in 2014
to an estimated $34 billion in 2015. However, many still wonder, what is
Crowdfunding? Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project by raising
contributions from a large number of people, typically via the Internet. The
market is flooded with various types of Crowdfunding options like donation,
reward, lending, equity, royalty, and even hybrid versions.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">The two most popular types of Crowdfunding methods are
Reward and Equity. For Rewards based Crowdfunding, entrepreneurs pre-sell a
product or service to launch a business, and some times even in return for
gifts or thank you notes. E.g. Pebble Technology Corporation used Kickstarter
to raise $10.3 million in order to develop the Pebble smart watch and pre-sold
it to contributors.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">For Equity Crowdfunding, the backer receives share of a
company, usually in exchange of the money pledged. E.g. Neil Young used
Crowdfunder to raise over $6 million in order to continue development on
PonoMusic. In case of NIN.VC, it would be limited partner interest in the NIN
Ventures Technology (QP) Fund.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">So what is the difference between direct investing in a
company using a Crowdfunding portal and NIN.VC?</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%; text-align: justify;">01.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%; text-align: justify;">Diversification</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #999999;">As a fund NIN Ventures Technology (QP) Fund makes multiple investments in
companies in different sectors (i.e. 3D Printing, Cloud Computing, Education
Software, etc.) during Series A and / or B financing, this strategy helps diversify
the fund’s portfolio, which is not the case when one invests in a company
directly. Think of it as investing in a Mutual Fund vs. Stock.</span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%;">02.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%;">Low Risk</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #999999;">Given the diverse portfolio the fund reduces it’s risk, where as direct
investing in a company exposes that investment to higher degree of risk, an
appropriate analogy would be to put all your eggs in one basket.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #999999; line-height: 107%;">A logical follow up argument would be, what if one makes multiple direct
investments in companies of their choice using a Crowdfunding portal over
investing in NIN.VC? Given 90% of the startups fail, even if one invests in
several companies via a Crowdfunding portal, it becomes solely a numbers game
i.e. Quantity over Quality. On the other hand the fund management invests in an
Entrepreneur because Entrepreneurs build companies and not the other way round.
We (</span><a href="http://nin.vc/" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 107%;">NIN.VC</span></a><span style="color: #999999; line-height: 107%;"> or any venture
fund) not only provide adequate financing (including follow up financing rounds and
access to our syndicate partners), but also lend our domain expertise and
network of partners to help companies with recruitment, PR and marketing, and a
viable exit strategy. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #999999; line-height: 107%;">03.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #999999; line-height: 107%;">Professional Management</span></b></span></div>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%;">
</span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #999999;">Direct investing in a company requires time, expertise, due diligence,
constant follow up and / or monitoring. On the other hand NIN.VC acts like a
financial advisor and works for the investor and in the fund’s best interest. The
fund also provides quarterly audited financial statements to the investor on
the progress at the fund.</span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #999999; line-height: 107%;">04.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="color: #999999; line-height: 107%;">Board Representation</span></b></span></div>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%;">
</span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #999999;">A $1,000 direct investment in a company using a Crowdfunding portal does not
give an individual enough rights, while as a fund we take board seat on all our
investments. Thus we are in the loop with the company management when it comes
to keeping tabs on the progress at the company and are in a position to help /
make suggestions on several occasions. And also in a position to gauge and be a part of the valuation process when it comes to addressing dilution and follow up financing rounds. </span></span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">05.<span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-position: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit;">Liquidity
at Exit</span></b></span></div>
<span style="color: #999999; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">When one invests in the NIN Ventures
Technology (QP) Fund, they are locked in with the fund and the management for a
good 10 (+2) years. Redemptions are extremely rare and liquidity happens as and
when the fund makes an exit in a company via an IPO or M&A transaction. On
the other hand direct investment in a company can be offered in the secondary
market for a transfer of ownership, but valuation, timing, and the choice of
investment will dictate that transaction.</span><br />
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In January 2015, NIN Ventures let Bitcoin owners attain
liquidity via SnapCard in return for investment in the NIN Ventures Technology
(QP) Fund. Given the popularity of that initiative and the momentum behind other
digital currencies, we have now opened doors for Litecoin and Dogecoin owners
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Bitcoin is the first decentralized peer-to-peer payment
network that is powered by its users with no central authority or middlemen.
From a user perspective, Bitcoin is pretty much like cash for the Internet.
Bitcoin can also be seen as the most prominent triple entry bookkeeping system
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bonds. Historically, if you look at United States Venture Capital Index and
S&P 500 you will notice the USVC Index tends to outperform the S&P 500
and they also have an inverse relationship. Thus adding venture capital to ones
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Harvard & Yale are the biggest and best performing Endowment Funds. Their long-term approach and investments in alternatives (e.g. Venture Capital) allow them to achieve true diversification and help mitigate the risk involved in having only a stock-bond or digital currency portfolio. With NIN.VC digital currency owners can now invest like Harvard and Yale.<span style="font-family: Cambria, serif; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center; vertical-align: super;">8</span></div>
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Dogecoin via SnapCard, one must first sign up on http://www.nin.vc and verify
accreditation. The next step is to complete the subscription documents, then
select payment with SnapCard and the type of currency i.e. Bitcoin, Litecoin,
or Dogecoin. Given the daily fluctuations in digital currency pricing, the
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via World Wide Web. </span><a href="http://nin.vc/"><span style="background: white; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">NIN.VC</span></a><span style="background: white; color: #999999;"> will invest in early / growth
stage financial services, education software, internet and digital media,
mobile communication, cloud computing, 3D printing, and other path breaking
companies. The fund will invest $1,000,000 - $5,000,000 in early / growth stage
companies as a part of a syndicate or lead. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Presentation to help you learn more about our fund. You will also get access to
our (3) EVENTS and you would able to (4) SCHEDULE APPOINTMENTS with our
investment team for one-on-one meetings. After carefully reading the marketing
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retirement plan that can invest in a wide range of securities and investment
products including venture funds. All contributions made to this plan and
subsequently are top line tax deduction for the business whether it is a sole
proprietorship, an LLC, an LLP, a P.C., a C Corp. or an S. Corp. The investment
growth is also tax deferred under the umbrella of the Defined Benefit Plan. For
this purpose NIN Ventures is working closely with Robin S. Weingast &
Associates (or RSW). RSW would help establish this plan using a separate
account with a new plan tax id number and RSW would also prepare the legal plan
trust documents. RSW will calculate the maximum contribution that could be made
to the plan and then the client would invest directly in NIN Ventures as the
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your Defined Benefit Plan, you must first sign up to invest in NIN Ventures by
visiting www.nin.vc and verify that you are an accredited investor. Next,
establish a Defined Benefit Plan with Robin S. Weingast & Associates. Once
the plan is established and the contribution is calculated, you can complete
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is a descriptive term that is used to describe how some IRA providers
administer the assets they hold. With a self-directed IRA the client controls
what their IRA is invested in. Self-directed IRAs allow investors to hold
‘alternative’ assets within their tax deferred retirement plan; assets like
private placement in a venture capital fund. Like any IRA investment a
self-directed IRA has built in tax deferred growth and thus an individual will
not pay capital gain tax on the growth of the investment. The return will flow
back to the self-directed IRA and will not be taxable to the account holder. A
self-directed IRA allows for true diversification that is not otherwise
achievable in a standard IRA portfolio. In order to facilitate this NIN
Ventures has teamed up with The Entrust Group, which will help set up an IRA
with the Entrust Group and direct that investment into NIN Ventures Technology
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your IRA account, you must first sign up on www.nin.vc, begin your investment
process, and verify that you are an accredited investor. Then, set up a
self-directed account with The Entrust Group. After setting up and funding your
self-directed IRA Account, you will be able to direct Entrust to invest in NIN
Ventures. Once the investment is made, NIN Ventures will report quarterly
activity to The Entrust Group, and Entrust will then update the IRA and that
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is emerging as a new form of alternative payment and a global currency. NIN
Ventures understands the significance of this change and has teamed up with
SnapCard to let Bitcoin owners tap into venture capital. We allow Bitcoin
owners attain liquidity via SnapCard in return for investment in the NIN
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investor. The next step is to complete the subscription documents, then finally
select payment using SnapCard. Given the daily fluctuations in Bitcoin pricing,
the settlement price will be based on the day of the initial/final close.</span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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At the moment, NIN Ventures Technology (QP) Fund is only open to accredited US
investors and entities. Dates for both initial/final close will be notified to
investors in advance. The initial close will be when the fund reaches $$10
million and final close at $25 million.</span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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documents and payment are verified, you will gain access to our Fund
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NIN Ventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875474517158526522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417147018971170740.post-2520494053848450482014-09-29T11:14:00.001-07:002014-09-30T09:10:18.366-07:00Gateway to funding: Business Plan<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;">
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a change in the way business was done and many technology companies sprung to
life. </span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Low start up costs
of these fast-growing tech companies and the heighted media coverage has
created more entrepreneurs than ever. However, many fail to receive Series A
and B funding, which is crucial for the growth of the company. <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>Why?</span><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">The first step of starting your own company is to
formulate a business plan. Here are few tips on how entrepreneurs should
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Make sure your business plan clearly outlines what your
business will be in the most simplistic form possible. E.g. What is Google?
Google is a search engine. Whether it is a product or service, the investor
also needs to know what are you trying to achieve, E.g. Uber is a better
alternative to cabs, and why your business will succeed? The business plan also
needs to outline the technology used, the market, competition, and a bird’s eye
view from the management perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Team</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">The team is an important asset and a company must
carefully choose a team that complements its vision. With diversity in terms of
broad range of skills, the team will be ready for the plethora of challenges a
young company faces. The business plan should mention how the team will work
together when it comes to decision-making or provide support for running the
company.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Revenue Model</span></b><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Technology can solve a lot of problems but how an
entrepreneur plans on turning it into a business is very important. As a
for-profit venture, you need to do research and work on your product, marketing
strategy, and day-to-day operations to ensure maximum efficiency for revenue
generation. Determine pricing models for your business and compare them to your
competitors in the industry. In the business plan, you should be able to
demonstrate what and how to make your business profitable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">Before you start your company or look for outside
funding, your business plan will need to have a clear timetable for your cash
flow. It’s alright to lose money in the initial stages of the business, but in
order for your business to succeed, you will need to start making money at some
point. This timetable needs to be included in your business plan, not only for
your reference, but also as a way for investors to gauge your new company’s
financial status.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic', sans-serif;">A brilliant strategy can be your ticket to success, but
only with execution can you get there. Execution is the small details and
decisions that your business will make during its lifetime. After you have
determined your business’s strategy, you and your team will need to put it into
action. In your business plan, you will need to state HOW you plan on following
through on your ideas. It is what your investor wants to see; while you may
have the greatest product or idea in the world, without solid execution, your
business will not sustain.<span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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NIN Ventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875474517158526522noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417147018971170740.post-13935108630716735122014-09-03T21:32:00.002-07:002019-08-15T23:11:52.337-07:00Work Hard Play Hard<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic" , "sans-serif";">Turn
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NIN Ventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875474517158526522noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417147018971170740.post-87774014282880153762014-07-30T09:11:00.001-07:002017-03-17T10:34:00.646-07:00Giving Run to Your Money: Five Things to Look for in a VC Fund<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Horse racing could be considered the not-so-distant relative of venture capital. Though containing some differences, both enterprises share the common requisite of experience, evaluation, and prudence. Nearly 550,000 businesses are started each month in the United States[1]. Early-stage venture capitalists seek out the businesses with the most disruptive ideas and the highest growth potential, and as VCs become increasingly adept in doing so, the US Venture Capital Index has generally outperformed the S&P 500.</div>
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For much of the 20th century, however, this area of investment was offered exclusively to ultra high-net-worth individuals and their families. Fortunately, with recent policy movements in the venture capital space, such as the JOBS Act, some funds now offer this area of investment to individuals for a relatively low buy-in. With more investors and funds than ever, what should investors look for in a venture capital fund?</div>
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#1.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Diversification – Aside from high reward potential, one of the main reasons investors flock to venture capital is diversification. In the world of horseracing, this would be like hedging your bet; backing up a wager with a less risky one. This would look like picking a horse to win, but also betting that the horse will place. This strategy mimics the risk mitigation of portfolio diversification. If your horse falls short in the photo finish, you’ll still cash your “place” bet. While many individual investors will have their portfolio separated into stocks, bonds, and money markets, venture capital provides a new asset class. Venture capital investing can also be used to mitigate risk, as the US Venture Capital Index generally performs inversely to the S&P 500[2].</div>
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[2]: Source: Cambridge Associates LLC, Dow Jones Indices, Standard & Poor’s, and Thomson Reuters Datastream. The Cambridge Associates LLC U.S Venture Capital Index is an end-to- end calculation based on data compiled from 1,420 U.S. venture capital funds, including fully liquidated partnership, formed between 1981 and 2012.</div>
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[3]: Pooled gross IRR by company initial investment year. Based on data complied from 1,401 US venture capital funds, including fully liquidated partnerships, formed between 1981 and 2011. Returns are net of fees, expenses and carried interest. Vintage year funds formed since 2010 are too young to have produced meaningful returns. Analysis and comparison of partnership returns to benchmark statistics may be irrelevant. Benchmarks with NA (not applicable) have an insufficient number of funds in the vintage year sample to produce a meaningful return.</div>
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between a company and VC is a symbiotic one. A VC is like the mentor who takes a
young and developing golfer and equips him with the necessary skills to succeed.
Think of Tiger Woods and his father, or Jack Nicklaus and his mentor, the great
Jack Grout.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">Inspired by the 18
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">#1 Financing – Golf is an expensive endeavor and so is
running a business. At some point, the mentor may need to buy high quality
equipment for his pupil. Similarly, venture capital provides the financing
solutions necessary for an entrepreneur to turn their idea into an actual product
or service. This financing can be used for marketing, hiring high quality
employees, or paying for whatever needs a company has.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">#2 Domain expertise – The mentor knows how to navigate a
specific golf course. Likewise, most VCs have expertise in multiple industries.
Venture capitalists tend to invest in companies they can lend their experience
to. For example, many firms look for disruptive companies within a few specific
fields, such as financial services technology, cloud computing, education
software, etc. in case on NIN Ventures.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">#3 Network – Once an entrepreneur accepts a venture capital
investment, he can tap into the VC’s larger network. This leads to connections with
sales channels, consultants, legal professionals, accountants, and even other
companies and VCs. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">#4 Talent Recruitment – Talent tends to go where the money
is. A VC-backed company will benefit from increased access to high caliber employees.
The top golf teachers are able to use their reputation and connections to
recruit other instructors or trainers who know how to foster skills in the
golfer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">#5 Public Relations - Funding makes news in itself. In 2010, GroupMe,
a mobile group-messaging app, raised $10 million in venture capital after their
TechCrunch Disrupt presentation. In 2011, Skype acquired the startup for around
$80 million.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">#6 Marketing – The mentor who wants to show off their
prodigy’s skills knows the right tournaments to join and how to build a
following. When a company’s ideas are flowing but resources are limited,
accepting venture capital gives an entrepreneur access to the VCs portfolio,
which can help build marketing and sales channels.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">#7 Experience – An entrepreneur might have a great idea, but
VCs have experience from multiple deals that can help the company while making
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">#8 Exit Strategy – The mentor eventually wants to retire, but
in order to do so he must lead his pupil to success. Likewise, a VC is
result-oriented, and will help an entrepreneur in planning a successful exit
via sale or public offering. <s><o:p></o:p></s></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">#9 Goodwill/Credibility – Having Tiger Woods as your mentor
would establish credibility before you even play. A venture capital investment
is a sign that a company’s product is worthwhile. This adds credibility and
brand value to an entrepreneur’s idea or product. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">#10 Gaining a Friend with Mutual Interests – Both the mentor
and the golfer want to win tournaments. Both the venture capitalist and the
entrepreneur want success for the company, and this mutual interest helps the
entrepreneur earn a friend in the process.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">#11 Scalability –VCs provide capital, experience, and means,
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">#12 Motivation – Every golfer gets in a slump and every
company has its own set of challenges. The VC supports the entrepreneur in
challenging times and motivates him to continue on his journey to success.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">#13 Follow On Financing –VCs can provide follow on financing,
which is used to grow a company by hiring quality talent, marketing, or further
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">#14 Guidance – The golfer cannot see his own swing, so many
flaws can go unnoticed. VCs act as a trusted guide to an entrepreneur who can
help to spot and solve problems before the company has to learn about them the
hard way. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">#15 Long Term Strategy – It’s easy to lose sight of long-term
strategies in the day-to-day operations of a company. VCs help companies stay
on track to reach long-term success by achieving milestones and goals. This is
like Jack Grout keeping a calendar of the days leading up to the PGA Tour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">#16 Focus – With many distractions, it’s easy for an
entrepreneur to lose focus on their core business. VCs help entrepreneurs focus
on the products that will grow the company. All great golfers are reminded of maintaining
and perfecting the fundamentals: grips, aim, swing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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perfect shot is derived from the right technique, clubs, weather, and a little
bit of luck, a venture capital investment gives greater odds of success to a
company. Some venture-backed companies with successful exits include YouTube, </span><a href="http://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2014/02/19/facebooks-19-billion-whatsapp-acquisition-is-largest-ever-for-venture-backed-company/" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">Whatsapp</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; text-indent: 0.5in;">, and </span><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/13/google-just-bought-connected-device-company-nest-for-3-2b-in-cash/" style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: "Century Gothic";">Nest</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic'; text-indent: 0.5in;">, to name a few.</span></div>
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Venture capitalists and pilots possess similar traits - both are required to go against the current to achieve success. Henry Ford noted that a pilot’s best choice is to take off against the direction of the wind, because it’s easier for the aircraft to reach the necessary amount of lift. When the wind is going in the same direction as the airplane, it becomes more difficult for the wings to produce lift. Similarly, VCs like to invest in companies that have a product or service that goes against the norms and disrupts the current ecosystem to make the market / process more efficient for the customer, entrepreneur, and everyone involved.<br />
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VCs like to invest in path breaking companies that disrupt their current market. This is seen in the common progression of technological advancements; the printing press replaced the scribe, the light bulb replaced the candle, the email replaced the letter, iTunes replaced the CD, etc.<br />
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In a recent <a href="http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2014/05/marc_andreessen.html" target="_blank">Econ Talk Podcast</a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, Marc Andreessen, the co-founder of Netscape and a venture capitalist, says that there are “about 4,000 tech startups a year that want to raise venture capital. Of those maybe 400 of those will get funded by top venture capital firms. Of those [400] about 15 will be responsible for over 90% of the profits for that entire year of companies.” Realistically, most companies won’t be a massive success, so the biggest returns, as a whole, come from companies that grow at a rapid pace. Andreessen remarks that most of these successful companies go under the VC radar because they are “non-consensus,” which means that a company is apparently destined to crash and burn because its product is so radical, or its market has a high barrier of entry, or its management is questionable, or sometimes all those and more! But this is why it’s called </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">venture</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> capitalism; venture being the shortening of the word adventure.<br />
If you’re a company or a CEO with a disruptive service or product, visit us at <a href="http://nin.vc/">nin.vc</a></span><span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> to submit a business plan. Taking off against the wind is difficult, the end is unknown, and potential for disaster is evident. Regardless of the success during flight simulation and knowledge of the manuals, there’s always a risk, BUT WE CAN HELP!</span>NIN Ventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15875474517158526522noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417147018971170740.post-41204708999441828862014-05-09T05:48:00.000-07:002014-09-29T12:36:36.356-07:00Five Things Venture Capitalists Look For In Their Investments<div style="text-align: center;">
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Venture Capital is similar to how the music industry works. A record label wants to find artists with potential, a promising start, and a bright future. Likewise, a VC looks for a company that’s going to become the equivalent to: The Beatles, Michael Jackson, or Justin Timberlake. So what do venture capitalists look for in their next investment?<br />
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01. The Founder<br />
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A Founder is the biggest and the most important asset a startup has. The foremost question to ask is why did s/he decided to start the firm. Next, they’ll examine if the founder has a college degree in the related field, and how many years of experience they have in that industry. VCs are more inclined towards a seasoned entrepreneur as opposed to a rookie tech virtuoso with no track record. In the end, a VC wants to see a creative and driven leader who is highly knowledgeable and well-versed in their industry. VCs need to have trust in the artist (the founder), the management (the team) the album (the product), and their potential chart performance (the market). Another trait that VCs look for in a founder is perseverance or “grit”. Many studies and articles go so far as to say that a founder’s level of grit is more important than their IQ.<br />
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The biggest asset an entrepreneur has is the team. A team often compliments the founder and the business. Related to the quality of the founder is the quality of the team. A good team knows their market and is committed to stick to their vision; like a collective grit. A good team works effectively to produce innovative ideas or solutions to obstacles by making use of their diverse collection of skill sets. Every great musical group knows how to unite the individual skills of each band member to produce the highest quality product. Of course, like an upcoming band, a startup will most likely have deficiencies, besides money, like network, sales channel, hiring needs, PR and marketing, etc. The team (also in the form of other portfolio companies) can add value in the form of beneficial connections or aid in decision making. <br />
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If founder is the heart of the company, technology is the lifeline that keeps it alive. VCs see hundred and sometimes thousands of companies every year, so innovation is the most elemental feature in the success of a startup. It’s simple but difficult; just think of an idea, or improvement to an idea, that nobody has thought of and then market it! Most startups are derivative of others, so when a good idea breaks, VCs will pay attention. <br />
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In 2010, Anthony Goldbloom founded Kaggle which established a massive community of data scientists who compete with each other to solve data science problems. Kaggle was appealing to VCs because it carved out a somewhat unexplored market. In a different way, another startup called Dwolla was appealing because it disrupted an existing market. Dwolla resembles a service like PayPal but it doesn’t use credit or debit cards. By going around those, they keep their fees low. Regardless of the size of the transaction, Dwolla takes only 25 cents. A similar service like Google Wallet allows a user to send money, though there’s a fee of 2.9% per transaction. Sometimes innovation is finding a new road or cutting a new path in a commonly traveled road.<br />
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A venture capitalist is interested in an idea that will change a particular industry. In addition to that, they also look for companies with tremendous growth opportunity. VCs don’t just want to know how big of a market there is, or can be, for an idea, they also look for strategies on how to achieve that growth potential. <br />
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Ideally, a company should have defined their target market and acknowledged their place within it. Likewise, a company should have established goals and sensible means to get there. Investors are interested in momentum. This is found in a company’s current statistics such as: revenue, user numbers, or customer feedback, but VCs are also going to forecast growth assumption and inspect the quality of management. Momentum demands maintenance of a solid foundation. <br />
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The final facet VCs look at before investing is competition and barriers to entry. These barriers could be due to government regulations, high research and development cost, initial investment, or due to an over penetrated market. E.g., If your company provides a social networking service, it needs to compete and distinguish itself from Pinterest, Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, to name a few. A VC is most confident in funding something that is groundbreaking and disruptive when it comes to changing an industry. An investor’s ideal scenario would involve a technology that could be trademarked or patented. Once a market gets filled, like social networking, the difficulty to innovate skyrockets. There are an abundance of companies out there, but the venture capitalist wants to sift and sort for the most promising companies.<br />
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NIN Ventureshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10842267136893121301noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-417147018971170740.post-11509853709897405782014-01-27T16:11:00.001-08:002016-01-12T09:00:40.630-08:00Six Things Venture Capitalists Look for in an Entrepreneur<div dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.15; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>1. BIG DREAM! </b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">- Venture capitalists look for big ideas that are scalable with the leverage they provide in the form of funding, domain expertise, and managerial experience. A new and innovative small business may be extremely profitable for its founders, however, VCs need to see massive growth potential in order to invest. They love entrepreneurs who dare to dream big!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>2. Personality Traits</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - Along with a big dream, VCs look for individuals with focus, tenacity, hard work, and persistence. How hard and long will this person work to make the company (and dream) a success? The most important quality a VC looks for in an entrepreneur is they must be a good individual and ethical person. A socially responsible business and mindset is very attractive to VCs.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>3. Expertise & Experience</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - What does this entrepreneur know that the industry expert doesn’t? Specialized knowledge is just as powerful as an innovative product when it comes to a sustainable competitive advantage. Also, how well does the the value of that expertise translate across to other companies that the VC is associated with? For example, a VC may invest in a company to gain access to superstar programmers they can then add to their network when the need arises to develop other companies within the VC’s portfolio. Or, perhaps, the management team of a potential portfolio company has successfully developed and executed a strategy to enter a specific foreign market. That experience could be invaluable to other companies the VC is connected to. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>5. Communication</b></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - VCs like entrepreneurs who can effectively communicate. It may be their ability to summarize complex code or algorithms into terms understandable to a non-expert. More often though, it is the case that VCs want to work with entrepreneurs who can be extremely candid about problems they are currently facing and potential bottlenecks in the future. Save the sugar coating for the PR team. VCs need an entrepreneur to call a spade a spade - as quickly as identifiable. No surprises. Entrepreneurs who are forthright about issues allow the VCs to adjust expectations or to step up with an insightful solution. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">6. Flexibility</b><span style="color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> - While steadiness of vision is important to keep a growing company on track, changing circumstances may require an entrepreneur to deviate from their initial business strategy. These inflection points really show the adaptability of an entrepreneur and how success is not always defined by moving in the same direction regardless of external circumstances. The risk here though, is that the entrepreneur is TOO adaptable which may be an indication another thing that VC’s look for is missing: passion…</span></span></div>
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