{"id":28759,"date":"2017-10-23T17:58:36","date_gmt":"2017-10-23T21:58:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/creator\/?p=28759"},"modified":"2020-02-26T14:27:25","modified_gmt":"2020-02-26T19:27:25","slug":"misfit-startups-get-funded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/ideas\/professional-development\/misfit-startups-get-funded","title":{"rendered":"How misfit startups get funded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Mario Rueda hustled to get funding for the company he cofounded, he began to feel like an outsider in the entrepreneur space. The platform, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bookastreetartist.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Book a Street Artist<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, connects a network of 500 artists to people putting on corporate parties, weddings, and the like. But in startup competitions, Rueda says, it\u2019s hard to get an artist-focused app recognized among the fin-tech and med-tech. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAs a young entrepreneur, you try to fit into the boxes that are out there,\u201d he says. A business school graduate who left his job in the corporate world to pursue work that aligned with his values, Rueda wants to take Book a Street Artist to the next level. While his business model wasn\u2019t scalable for millions, he sees the immediate impact on the lives of the artists he features in the booking app.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many entrepreneurs fall into this unique space in startup land: making an impact, but not in the way that entices investors. Or, they are ready for investment&nbsp;but don\u2019t want to cede control of their project. Never fear, weirdos of the workplace, there are plenty of ways to find money for your nonconformist projects.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2  id=\"enter-competitions-that-cater-to-originals\"class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b><strong>Enter competitions that cater to originals<\/strong><\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Rueda applies to tech startup competitions, he knows his chances are slim when he struggles to fill in questions about customer acquisition cost and other metrics that don\u2019t fit his business model. A new breed of competitions is emerging, though\u2014one that favors societal impact. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Book a Street Artist made it to the finalist level at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/creator-awards\/outside-the-box-innovators-feel-the-love-at-berlin-creator-awards\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Berlin Creator Awards<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a competition that includes for-profits and nonprofits alongside artists. This global competition, sponsored by WeWork, is in its first year.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/creatorawards.wework.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creator Awards<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are about trying to uncover people who don\u2019t fit into the traditional systems of funding,\u201d says WeWork cofounder Miguel McKelvey.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/Park-and-Diamond-Red-Bull-Launchpad-800x571.jpg\" alt=\"Red Bull Launchpad can help startups\" class=\"wp-image-28782\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/launchpad.redbull.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Red Bull Launchpad<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also doesn\u2019t shy away from socially-minded entrepreneurs. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/personal-profiles\/foldable-helmet-revolutionize-bike-safety\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Park &amp; Diamond<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which manufactures foldable bike helmets, took home top honors at the Launchpad event in May 2017 when they were still in the prototype phase. As a result, the company was then able to showcase the collapsible helmet to a much larger audience at the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/event-type\/disrupt\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TechCrunch Disrupt<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> conference in New York City.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While new awards pop up to fill a need, others are starting to embrace winners with social impact. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/creator-awards\/gosafely-takes-fear-out-of-walk-home\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GoSafely<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s Annemarie Stockinger, who designed an alert device to help anyone walking alone feel safer, started to enter tech competitions such as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hackatl.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HackATL<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but kept her expectations low.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHackathons lean not toward social impact but to the coolest newest thing,\u201d Stockinger says. \u201cSo I was shocked when they called us for the final round.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The college-aged crew of GoSafely ultimately won first place in 2016, and applications for HackATL 2017 include a social impact category.<\/span><b> <\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2  id=\"crowdfund-your-project\"class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b><strong>Crowdfund your project<\/strong><\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Besides competitions, Stockinger is also taking advantage of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/gosafely-fee-free-standalone-personal-safety#\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">crowdfunding<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> opportunities to raise capital without being tied to investors. \u201cWhile I am interested in having a company that can stay afloat, I want to help people,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019m concerned that any outside funding might not align with that goal.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With several platforms to choose from, Stockinger suggests studying how similar projects or competitors fared on each site. \u201cLooking at the data, social impact projects do better on Indiegogo,\u201d Stockinger says. \u201cAlso their video hosting is on YouTube, so it\u2019s searchable and can drive traffic to our campaign.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working outside the U.S.? Startups in China have found great success on <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/36kr.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">36kr<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kueski.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kueski<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> serves Latin America with a micro-lending service.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2  id=\"ask-the-crowd-to-invest\"class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b><strong>Ask the crowd to invest<\/strong><\/b><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s say you wouldn\u2019t mind getting investors involved, but for whatever reason you can\u2019t tap into traditional investment routes. A newer alternative (as of January 2016) is to crowdfund an investment round. Platforms such as WeFund, SeedInvest, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/start-your-business\/crowdfunding\/startengine-works-the-crowd-for-funding\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">StartEngine<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> connect anyone willing to invest with exciting new companies. The people drawn to the campaigns are often the same people who would buy the product, making crowdfunded investors an important resource for customer insights, too.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe people who invest care,\u201d says StartEngine Co-founder Howard Marks. This month, StartEngine kicked off its first round of funding using its own platform. \u201c[Our investors] want to understand why we\u2019re doing this, what our past is and what our future is. There\u2019s as much trying to make money, but also an emotional investment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2  id=\"try-government-funding\"class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Try government funding<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have a project that&#8217;s in line with what your government wants to fund, these grants often come without the strings investors would want. Muhammad Mujeeb-U-Rahman heads up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wework.com\/creator\/creator-awards\/honey-i-shrunk-the-glucose-sensor\/\">Integrated Medical Sensors<\/a>, which is developing a medical device that would shake up how diabetes patients track their glucose. Instead of patients pricking themselves, they could just check an app receiving levels from a tiny sensor implanted in the finger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said that big companies wouldn&#8217;t take the risk of developing a whole new product and venture capitalists would want all the control, potentially raising the product cost beyond Rahman&#8217;s vision to help anyone in need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The government doesn&#8217;t ask for any control of pricing,&#8221; Rahman says. &#8220;I have huge respect for those programs. They support young people and ideas.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His company found success through the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nih.gov\/?utm_source=wework&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=creator\">National Institutes of Health<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/?utm_source=wework&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=creator\">National Science Foundation<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sbir.gov\/?utm_source=wework&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=creator\">Small Business Innovation Research Fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignnone wp-image-28783 size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ideas\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2017\/10\/Book-a-Street-Artist-mural-800x571.jpg\" alt=\"Berlin-based Book a Street Artist\" class=\"wp-image-28783\"\/><figcaption>The muralists &#8220;Innerfields&#8221; work on a project secured through Book a Street Artist.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2  id=\"stay-weird\"class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Stay weird<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, at the end of the day, just embracing the fact you\u2019re a misfit company may be what you need. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAt some point, we realized we\u2019re just going to do our thing and tell our story,\u201d says Rueda of Book a Street Artist. \u201cAnd we as an art-tech company managed to convince investors to invest in us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Mario Rueda hustled to get funding for the company he cofounded, he began to feel like an outsider in the entrepreneur space. 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