Angels Articles
The Valley of Death for Startups – Dave Berkus
Dave Berkus has invested in 161 Angel Investments and earned an IRR of 101%. One of his unique strategies is helping his portfolio companies push through the "Valley of Death", the gap between Angel Financing and Venture Capital investment. Not only has Dave invested...
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Cut your startup fundraising time in HALF……
David Chang is one of the most active Angel Investors in the U.S. with over 40 investments in his portfolio. He has 6 successful exits including PayPal and Trip Advisor. In this video clip, David and I discuss how you can cut the amount of time you spend fundraising...
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Why Did We Let Them Invest?
Most entrepreneurs raising a seed round of financing just want to get money in the door quickly so they can build their business. However, Mike Collett, Managing Partner of Promus Ventures points out that getting the RIGHT investors in your seed round is debatably the...
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The Dirty Dozen: 12 KPIs You Must Know Before Pitching Your Startup
Phil Nadel is Co-Founder of Barbara Corcoran Ventures and a serial entrepreneur and angel investor with many years of experience building rapidly growing companies. In this guest post, Phil highlights 12 KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) that founders must measure,...
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Your Startup Needs Cash. Are you finding the RIGHT investors and are they writing checks?
David Chang is an Angel Investor with more than 40 portfolio companies and he has an amazing track record as an entrepreneur with 6 exit events including PayPal and Trip Advisor. In this video, David points out that it is absolutely critical to get the RIGHT...
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It’s November: Do you know where your term sheet is?
If you're an entrepreneur raising money for your startup, I hope you have a term sheet. Year end is just a few weeks away, and many of our clients and colleagues in the startup world are busier than ever because they need to get investment deals closed before year...
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What to do when investors say “our funds are fully committed for now”
Have you received an email that sounds like this? “It looks like you have made good progress. We are fully invested through Q1 of 2017 but are raising funds for our next round.” Do you always feel like you’re waiting for funding? You are actually. We all spend more...
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