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ProfessorVC: Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's

Professor VC

One comment made by Jason was that angels tend to be less sensitive than VCs on valuation and can potentially make it difficult to get a venture financing done at acceptable valuation. While this may certainly be the case with unsophisticated angels (much less of these now) or in cases with no lead investor, Id argue the opposite.

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Goodbye Party Round, Hello Piggy Round: Should Seed Stage Founders Raise From Just a Single Investor?

Hunter Walker

It’s a really interesting development – if ~2012 was about the “party round,” could 2014 be about the Piggy Round? Previous to the prevalence of angel investors, it was a bunch of VC funds fighting over deals. Otherwise we’re eager to syndicate rounds with other great investors.'

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Asset Management Is A Bizarre Industry Ripe For Disruption

David Teten

This is a key reason why the average retail investor consistently earns below-average returns. For the twenty years ending 12/31/2012 the S&P 500 Index averaged 8.21% a year, an attractive return. The average equity fund investor earned a market return of only 4.25%.

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ProfessorVC: Touched by an Angel

Professor VC

Touched by an Angel. I think the title of this post is a TV show, but fitting as there has been much debate in the venture community as to the whether angel investors are good or bad for entrepreneurs and VCs. What would the VC corollary to Touched by an Angel, be. ► 2012. (1). Thursday, January 17, 2008.

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

Financing, that is.I One truth of start-up financing is that it generally takes twice as long and twice as much money to accomplish your milestones. And this is a company that has managed to get an A+ list of investors and is executing very well. As I said up front, I have mixed emotions about the financing. ProfessorVC.

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ProfessorVC: Angie's List or AngelList?

Professor VC

An excellent question to ponder as the school year begins, but the answer depends on whether you are looking for a plumber or an angel investor. Many of my students are finance majors, so I spend the first class with a (very) brief corporate finance review with the hint that very little applies to start-up finance.

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Ten questions the entrepreneur should ask the (prospective) investor

Tim Keane

Startups and angels: Along the way to success. By Tim Keane, Angel Investor, Golden Angels Investors, LLC. « "What Makes an Attractive Angel Investment" | Main. | Ten questions the entrepreneur should ask the (prospective) investor. What’s your attitude about “next round” financing?