Angels Articles
How to Choose Which Angel Investors to Partner With
When entrepreneurs first raise money for their startups, they often turn to angel investors. That approach makes sense, but with over 265,000 active angel investors in the U.S. alone, how does a CEO find the right angel investor? And what is the right angel investor...
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How to Raise Money for Your Startup
So, you have a growing business and you've reached the point where you need to raise money for your startup. What's the best way to go about it? Business jargon is full of hunting metaphors. This is particularly true with anything related to the sales profession....
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Startup Valuation: How to Value Your Business
Ah, startup valuation. It's a top-of-mind topic for entrepreneurs who own startups, and often a sticking point in the fundraising process. After all, valuation of startup businesses is as much art as it is science. Valuation, of course, is putting a dollar (or Euro,...
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Create a Target Investor List to Quickly Raise Smart Money
Do you feel like some of your investor meetings are a waste of your time? Are you pitching investors that don’t really understand your business? If so, you are probably using the shotgun approach to fundraising, which is one of the reasons that 85% of startups run out...
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Why Investors Aren’t Listening to You
Sure, you know what an elevator pitch is. It's a compelling synopsis of your story to share with a listener in the time it takes to get from the bottom to the top floor in an elevator. When pitching your offering to a potential customer, the elevator pitch conveys...
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Getting a Term Sheet Changes Everything
When you start the fundraising process for your business you're not yet focused on an investment term sheet. Rather, you're laser-focused on booking meetings, generating interest and the ultimate goal of getting the money. Just as the purpose of a resume and...
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Put down the shotgun: Raise SmartMoney
In these two conversations, David Chang and I discuss why entrepreneurs often resort to the "shotgun approach" when attempting to fund their startup. David, the former chief operating officer of PayPal Media Network, is an entrepreneur and active angel investor with...
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