Is it realistic to expect funding from VCs with an awesome business idea and business model? Would it work if I build a solid prototype operating it with some real clients?

If all you have is an idea for a business model, then it is in no way realistic to expect funding from anAngel Investor, much less a VC.

If you have an Ivy League (or equivalent) education, relevant experience, a great network of potential partners, a team with similar backgrounds, the ability to execute on your idea without any outside funding AND an idea for a business model, then it is possible to receive funding without having actually done anything, yet still highly unlikely.

Think of it this way:

When do you find it acceptable to pay for your breakfast?

1. After you have eaten it
2. When you enter the restaurant
3. When the egg is laid
4. When the chicken who is eventually going to lay your egg is about to hatch

Wanting a VC to pay for just an idea is like #4. Someday, that chicken Might lay an Egg that turns into your breakfast – but it might not even hatch.

Originally Posted: https://www.quora.com/Is-it-realistic-to-expect-funding-from-VCs-with-an-awesome-business-idea-and-business-model-Would-it-work-if-I-build-a-solid-prototype-operating-it-with-some-real-clients

Originally Posted On: 2015-08-10