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Find an Angel Investor, Without Going Through Hell

Startup Professionals Musings

It boasts 595 member-managed groups and VCs, 30,203 investors, and 2,900 new company applications a month. This one claims to be the world’s largest angel investor network, with 850 accredited investor members throughout twenty one chapters on three continents. New England Investment Network.

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5 Flocks Of Investors Looking For An Enticing Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally). Keiretsu Forum.

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Open Source Business Model

SoCal CTO

However, Elgg could power 100,000 networks and it would make no difference - there is no revenue stream as we give everything away under a GPL license. There are quite a few other Software Development Companies in Southern California working on open source and/or freemium business models. in Computer Science.

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Finding The Right Angel Investor For Your New Venture

Startup Professionals Musings

This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. AngelList has featured over 3 million businesses for potential investors in a format that is, effectively, a social network for entrepreneurs and angels. The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally). Keiretsu Forum.

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Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started?

Both Sides of the Table

Infonautics went public in 1996 and Half.com was sold to eBay in 2000. During the first year of the fund they took forty-eight trips to California! They did not take salaries during the first two years and invested more money in the firm than they received from management fees. and Half.com. They have sixteen people on staff.

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Flocks of Angels, and All You Need is One

Startup Professionals Musings

It boasts 448 member-managed groups and VCs, 15,414 investors, and 2,400 new company applications a month. This one claims to be the world’s largest angel investor network, with 750 accredited investor members throughout sixteen chapters on three continents. New England Investment Network. Marty Zwilling.

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Can You Trust Any vc's Under 40?

Steve Blank

To do this they have to accomplish five things; 1) get deal flow – via networking and legwork, they identify likely industries, companies and teams with the potential for rapid growth (less than 10 years), 2) evaluate those companies and teams on the basis of technology, market opportunity, and team.