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Angel investing has become an increasingly common way to fund a small business in the U.S., as start-up costs continue to drop across various industr
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It’s no surprise that most angel investors are successful entrepreneurs. You can see that in the list of names below—Jeff Bezos, Reid Hoffman, Marc A
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Bloomberg BusinessWeek partnered with startup tracker YouNoodle to analyze the performance of U.S. angel investors. The result is our first annual ra
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Angels on Corporate Boards - Managing Your Risk
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It has fallen upon angels to educate entrepreneurs about the realities of compressed valuations in today’s economy, especially since VCs are supporti
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Investor Presentation Guidelines (The 7P’s you can do it on a napkin!) Southwest Airlines business plan was conceived on a cocktail napkin. Compaq Co
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IP Law for Startups is a blog that gives general, educational information about intellectual property law and explains the most common pitfalls and m
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The Mini-Midas List. A directory of the top angel and seed investors in the world. And how to reach them. VERY ALPHA. Representing $85M in dry powder
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One of the biggest challenges facing any start-up technology company is obtaining funds to grow. Along with bank financing, "friends and family,"
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American universities are now spinning-off companies based on university intellectual property at a clip approaching 600 per year. In addition, as de
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The term "Board" may be confusing here. This is not a Board Of Directors. Nor is it a couple of your buddies. Nor is it someone who gives you one s
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The initial section covers what to do before you approach a VC (or if you should even raise VC at all), the middle section is what the presentation y
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Not all VC firms are the same. Fund size, fund tenure (how far into the current fund is the firm?), firm’s track record, partner’s areas of interest
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As I've (Brad Feld) said in the past, I've never met a financial plan for an early stage company where the revenue side was correct. However, I'v
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History shows that great companies are often built during bad times. In 1939, at the tail end of the Great Depression, two engineers started Hewlett-
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We're helping technology startups around the world incubate ideas and drive innovation forward. Microsoft® Startup Zone provides essential resources
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If you want to get a quick understanding of how VCs work, what make them tick, and what they look for, take a look at this short set of slides.
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This a good starting point for finding entrepreneur networks and forums.
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Entrepreneurs with a history of success are much more likely to succeed in new ventures than first-timers or those who failed previously, new researc
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