Understanding the specific investment criteria for venture capital funding is of foremost importance, since this may substantially improve these firms’ chances of acquiring funding. The authors have chosen to predict funding by measuring the decisions on both funded and unfunded business plans.
Office of Advocacy Working Paper by Pankaj Patel and Rodney D’Souza, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky 40292
Full Paper: http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs315tot.pdf
(Many thanks to the Montana Chamber of Commerce http://www.montanachamber.net/ws/home.php for passing this along. Russ)