Background Information

Maples investment is a private fund aimed at providing outstanding entrepreneurs an opportunity to realize their dreams.

 

It focuses on a Micro-cap strategy of investments of $150,000 to $500,000. This strategy is a fundraising model that connects the initial seed money raised from traditional “Angel” investors and the much larger investments that characterize traditional Venture Capitalists.

 

On top of the funds provided, Maples Investments also helps to

 

1. Identify key opportunities to generate profitable revenues
2. Determine what not to do, in addition to pursuing the most important opportunities
3. Attract and hire the most qualified people
4. Find like-minded partners who can help to achieve the goals faster
5. Avoid unnecessary competition by focusing on the areas that create the most value for the customers
6. Generate enthusiasm inside and outside the company
7. Link the company to the best, most readily available financing

 

Moreover, to secure the funding, Maples Investments look for Visionary Founder, who will lead a start-up to a compelling market, Huge Potential Market, Unfair Advantage and Low Capital Requirements in a start-up firm. In addition, they will consider a wide variety of good business plans that are technology-related.

 

To this point, some of their signature investments include Twitter, Kongregate and Digg.

 

Visit to Maples Investments

 

After the visit to Maples Investments today, it has been fruitful to get to hear Mike Maples’ experience as an entrepreneur.

 

Some lessons learnt:

1. The ‘Candy Game’ which tells us that discipline is very important.
2. Follow your passion as straying from it has an opportunity cost.
3. Align with success through interactions with people. Thus, it is necessary and important that we build relationships and a strong network.
4. Lastly, it is our career. We have to be responsible for our decisions and find our own mentors.

Lastly, self-awareness is important for success. We should always thrive to be ourselves and not trying to be someone else.

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