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8 Expectations Of Investors Who Risk Their Own Money

Startup Professionals Musings

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. By definition, angels are accredited investors, who invest their own money for a percentage of the business. Most share expertise as well as money.

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8 Angel Funding Realities In Search Of A New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. By definition, angels are accredited investors, who invest their own money for a percentage of the business. Most share expertise as well as money.

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Valuations 101: Scorecard Valuation Methodology

Gust

Individual accredited investors in typical angel deals put personal capital at risk for an equity share of growth-oriented, start-up companies. These angel investors generally invest $25,000 to $100,000 in a round totaling $250,000 to $1,000,000. Strength of Entrepreneur and Team. TARGETCOMPANY. Size of the Opportunity.

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8 Insights For Startups To Attract Angel Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Most entrepreneurs have found by now one or more of the many popular crowdfunding sites , and have the name and contact information for at least one of the big venture capital firms. By definition, angels are accredited investors, who invest their own money for a percentage of the business. Most share expertise as well as money.

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Always be pitching…

Hippoland

One of the things I didn’t realize as an entrepreneur was that at the seed stage, *anyone* could potentially be an investor. A lot of entrepreneurs just think to pitch to VCs or well-known angel investors or people who have signaled they are angels on Angelist. For them, they see this activity as an investment.

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ProfessorVC: Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's

Professor VC

was part of a Dow Jones VentureWire webinar last week titled Negotiating An Angel Deal: What Angels, Entrepreneurs & VCs Need to Know. I had a discussi on with another angel investor a few months ago and he was bragging about the deal he just struck that included a 3X participating liquidation preference. Thursday, April 1, 2010.

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It might not be a bubble but sure as hell the rent is too damn high!

Professor VC

It was a great product addressing a large market opportunity and was interested in seeing how the AngelList syndicate process worked. Due to confidentiality provisions, I can''t disclose details, but there are many very unhappy participants who invested through the syndicate. Syndicates can either be company led or investor led.