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Why P2P Lending Makes Complete Sense for Startups

Strategy Driven

Since the entire process is technologically driven, it ensures transparency and involves low operating costs and market risk. Hence, this funding model is a perfect fit for startup owners and entrepreneurs who are constantly looking for quick access to funds and reasonable interest rates. There Are No Hidden Costs. Summing Up.

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Why Some of the Most Groundbreaking Technologies Are a Bad Fit for the Silicon Valley Funding Model

Harvard Business Review

In the Bay Area, however, small venture capitalists, many of whom were ex-engineers themselves, invested in entrepreneurs. Because there was a relative dearth of industry in Northern California, tech entrepreneurs tended to stick together. Engineers became entrepreneurs and got rich. Engineers became entrepreneurs and got rich.

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VC Funding Can Be Bad For Your Start Up

Harvard Business Review

But the vast majority of successful entrepreneurs never take any venture capital. In fact, venture capital financing may even be detrimental to your startup’s health. It will distract the entrepreneur from doing the more important work of getting the venture onto a productive path.

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Entrepreneurship: A Working Definition

Harvard Business Review

Entrepreneurs often perceive a short window of opportunity. Consequently, entrepreneurs have a sense of urgency that is seldom seen in established companies, where any opportunity is part of a portfolio and resources are more readily available. Financing risk relates to whether external capital will be available on reasonable terms.