How VCs Think About Midwest Startups with Sramana Mitra

Case studies of Investors (Angels and Venture Capitalists) in the US Midwest on Venture Capital Fundraising

Created by: Sramana Mitra
Founder and CEO of One Million by One Million / 1Mby1M

What Will I Learn?

• Through in-depth interviews with prominent investors, learn how investors think about Midwest startups.
• What investor-entrepreneur fit is and how to look for it before looking for funding.
• Why 99% of entrepreneurs who seek funding get rejected by VCs.
• Why traditional VCs only invest in hyper growth startups.
• What the key considerations are for investors when they evaluate startups.
• How entrepreneurs can position themselves for success while building a startup.
• What some of the common mistakes are that entrepreneurs make when pitching their startups to VCs.
• The fastest way to find the relevant sources of funding when building a startup in the Midwest.

Requirements

• The only requirement for this course is an open mind and a willingness to learn.

Target audience

• Ambitious entrepreneurs who want to pursue ideas for which they have both passion and expertise.
• Engineers who want to turn their tech knowledge into multi-million dollar revenue businesses by becoming startup founders rather than remain employees.
• Aspiring Midwest founders who want to increase their chances of being accepted into top startup accelerators such as Y Combinator, Techstars, and 500 Startups.
• Any entrepreneur who wants to learn from successful entrepreneurs who have done it before and from investors who have supported them.
• Professors who are teaching technology entrepreneurship courses.