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Raising Startup Capital Through Convertible Debt Financing

Business Plan Blog

Individual investors who provide financial funding to startups are called ‘Angel Investors.’ Angel investors may invest individually or as part of an angel group, which are usually local organizations made up of Accredited Investors*. Arushi Bhandari, CPA, MBA blogs regularly at www.startuptaxaccounting.com.

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Entrepreneurs, Commit Not These 7 Deadly Sins

YoungUpstarts

Engage trusted service professionals (attorney and CPA) who have worked with startups before. He’s formed multiple venture capital funds, founded angel groups, and is an angel investor. Most good entrepreneurs are experts in something—a particular technology, an industry, or a skill. Ask questions. Seek advice.

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Lean Business Planning with Tim Berry [VIDEO]

Up and Running

Having said that, if you are, what I see in our group is the lean business plan is initially in the background, it’s your screenplay for your movie. It’s your plan that you go to as you develop summary and pitch, and most important, I see a hundred pitches a year because I do judging for some other angel groups and so on.

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The five C’s of Business Partners: a marriage without the sex

Berkonomics

He is Director of the Leatherby Center for Entrepreneurism and Business Ethics, and Chairman Emeritus of the Tech Coast Angels, the largest angel group in the United States. It turned out that he really only needed a good bookkeeper and CPA. Enjoy! . He felt he needed someone to compensate for this.

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