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8 Ways To Get Off The Ground With Angel Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

Angel investors are still the lifeblood of early-stage startups, despite the surge of activity in crowdfunding and an increasing early interest from venture capitalists. According to the Angel Capital Association , at least 300,000 people have made angel investments in the last two years, totaling $24 billion in the U.S.

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How To Test The Startup Lifestyle Before You Commit

Startup Professionals Musings

The partner most obsessed with the startup lifestyle tests the water by going to work in an early-stage startup, similar to one they might hope to start someday. Get to know the people there, and ask them for pointers to new ventures that are still in the formative stage. Your best job leads will come from other entrepreneurs.

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5 Ways To Safely Sample The Entrepreneur Lifestyle

Startup Professionals Musings

The partner most obsessed with the startup lifestyle tests the water by going to work in an early-stage startup, similar to one they might hope to start someday. Get to know the people there, and ask them for pointers to new ventures that are still in the formative stage. Your best job leads will come from other entrepreneurs.

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Angel Funding Advice

Both Sides of the Table

Make sure these people understand the nature of early-stage angel investing. I still prefer angel route 1 (above) but this is the next best option in my mind. Professional angel associations – This one is the source of much controversy. This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. Have they added value?

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How Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors Are Eating Their Own Dogfood

David Teten

In venture capital in particular, early-stage companies are often operating in frontier industries, where the rules are unpredictable and conventional analytic frameworks may be misleading. A major angel group used Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members.

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What Makes a Successful Startup Community? Is it Possible to Build One Where You Live?

Both Sides of the Table

My suggestion is to get some of the angel groups – notorious for slow decision-making and hat passing – and pool their money into a small fund structure of say $5-10 million. If you’re working with early-stage companies you need to be spending quality time with them which means you need to be nearby.

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The Investors Guide to SXSW 2019

Austin Startup

Meet the Locals Here are the most active early stage investors in town that you should meet while you’re here and do deals with. It’s a robust ecosystem so I’m only listing the ones we’ve done the most deals with here but Capital Factory is the most active early stage investor in Texas so this is a good sampling.