Angel funding
« Previous EntriesEven more advice on presenting to investors…preparation is key
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008You must know what they say about the 5 P’s, preparation prevents "piss poor" performance!
THE PREPARATION PROCESS:
Identify the 3-5 key points you want the audience to remember. These will inevitably be the key points of the investment case. Build the presentation…
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As you expect in this climate angel money tighter
Monday, November 3rd, 2008Inc Magazine reports angel money tighter with Angels not only having to worry about less M&A opportunity for investments and a dead IPO market.
On top of that they are being squeezed by the current financial climate and as an angel…
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How angels rate your opportunity…use this checklist to make sure you have covered the bases
Friday, October 31st, 2008
Attached is a useful checklist that professional angels will have a form of to hand when they are doing any due diligence on your business proposal.
It will help you to be aware of what they are looking for and to…
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Most Active Angel Investors in the Greater Bay Area
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008This is an excellent resource for those looking for Angel Capital in the Bay Area, it lists the key groups and some useful metrics.
My advice is to hit the best ones for your idea, I am a member of the…
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Save a chunk of the $20-30K angel funding legal fees
Wednesday, August 13th, 2008Paul Graham does it again, this guy is showing us the way, in his latest effort to help startups he has released some excellent documents to help with reducing legals for angel funding.
These are strictly for US companies but will…
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What’s The Best Structure For A Pre-VC Investment?
Monday, April 21st, 2008Brad Feld’s blog post had a most useful note for those seeking Pre-VC funding:
What’s The Best Structure For A Pre-VC Investment?
I received the following question earlier this week. It’s conveniently timed, as I recently participated in two angel investments – each…
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The Six Minute -No Slides- Angel Presentation
Sunday, February 3rd, 2008YES! That’s six minutes and no slides.
You will have to learn the skills of a stand-up comedian to do this one and make it work i.e. you need to sell simple ideas that make the audience’s imagination jump into action.
This…
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Looking for Investors in All the Right Places?
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007Entrepreneurs and investors, both venture capitalists and angel (private) investors sometimes have very different perspectives. Are you looking for the same things in the right places?
This is an interesting survey by Dee Power in the US and it highlights how…
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Key things you must do when presenting to win
Saturday, May 12th, 2007In my work with mentees at the London Business School, and in mistakes I have seen again and again from those presenting their early stage businesses, one thing stands out: the presentations almost always miss the point.
They often leave investors…
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Angel investors are a fickle bunch - beware!
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006I wanted to relate my experiences with Angel investors, I know over 100 of them.
In my dealings with them I have noticed one very key factor in raising funds - you have to handle most of them with ‘kid gloves’…
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