Sunday, 23 April 2017

Pitch Perfect: What one investor looks for before supporting a tech startup

 http://business.financialpost.com/entrepreneur/fp-innovators/pitch-perfect-what-one-investor-looks-for-before-supporting-a-tech-startup
Image result for googleThis article discusses some questions investors ask themselves to determine whether or not tech start ups are worth investing in. Essentially, they are trying to predict whether or not the company is profitable, will it succeed, and how long will it survive? Further they be able to attract customers, does it make creative use of existing inventory and are the products reoccurring? We are well aware that the KW region is the new and innovate location for tech startups thus the reason I chose this article to be relevant.
The link attached called, What Tech Entrepreneurs Can Learn from the Startup that Beat Google discusses an algorithm that was founded in 2005 that beat Google in a facial recognition challenge. The company, named NTechLab confirmed that their success was due to a close team of computer sciences. They set out to create a technology that would meet an existing need rather than solve a problem. And that was the key to success.Image result for facial recognition
After reading my post do you think there are any existing needs that need to be met? What is it and problem product or service could meet this need?


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