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5 Good Reasons Not to Seek Angel Investment

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Assume you have the right factors to get angel investment: experienced team, good product-market fit, growth potential, defensibility, and a reasonable shot at a successful exit. It was not a great business decision, at that time (2000); but it was what I wanted and it felt good. Have you considered the tradeoffs?

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Angel Investors Do Make Money, Data Shows 2.5x Returns Overall

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It is not highly concentrated geographically, or in the bubble of 1998-2000, or in any industry. The production of cash is highly concentrated in winners; 90 percent of all the cash returns are produced by 10 percent of the exits. Now let’s get back to the business of selling more product and less stock!