Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

But many entrepreneurs don’t realize that Angels are also extremely discerning in the projects that they will invest in, rejecting approximately 97% of the proposals submitted to them, according to the California Investment Network. Don’t expect the pomp and celebrity of the Angels on Shark Tank , but they do ask a lot of the right questions.

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Angel Investor Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Angel Groups 260

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

As a member of the local angel group Selection Committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates.

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Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 235

David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

The extreme example of this are algorithmic investors in the public markets, who design algorithms which trade on the designer’s behalf, as opposed to making trading decisions directly. High-frequency trading, algorithmic by its nature, is estimated to account for at least 50% of US equity markets trading volume. . 1) Market fund.

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Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

You can’t underestimate the importance of selecting an attorney who “gets” your business model, your market opportunity, and most importantly, your fundraising and exit strategy. We even won $65,000 from an angel investor pitch competition in the form of a convertible note. We were on a roll.

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Technical Review Angel Investor Due Diligence Dilution 118

Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short – maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Here are the ten slides you need: Problem and market need. Investors like $1B markets with double-digit growth rates.

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Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 146

Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2012

But many entrepreneurs don’t realize that Angels are also extremely discerning in the projects that they will invest in, rejecting approximately 97% of the proposals submitted to them, according to the California Investment Network. Don’t expect the pomp and celebrity of the Angels on Shark Tank , but they do ask a lot of the right questions.

Angel Investor 179

Angel Investor Intellectual Property Elevator Pitch Angel Groups 179

David Teten

JUNE 17, 2015

Angels usually invest before VCs, so they should budget for at least 1-2 more additional years before liquidity. As both an institutional VC at ff Venture Capital and the Founder of an angel group , I meet a lot of aspiring angel investors. One of the greatest challenges of the asset class is illiquidity.

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Angel Investor Angel Groups Liquidity Event IPO 60

ReadWriteStart

APRIL 13, 2012

According to the just-released Halo Report from the Angel Capital Association and the Angel Resource Institute ( ARI ), founded by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation , "The median size of angel & angel group syndicate rounds was $700,000" last year, up from $500,000 in 2010. Angels are looking for the 3 Cs.

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 9, 2013

Regardless of how solid the product or service is, if an entrepreneur does not consider the following fundamentals, they’ll find it difficult to attract Angel investment: - Type of industry. Exit strategy. Exit Strategy. Angels realize their ROI during a liquidity event. Geographic location. Management team.

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Angel Investor Exit Strategy Liquidity Event Seed Stage 71

Business Plan Blog

JULY 30, 2013

Regardless of the type of investor you are targeting (sophisticated individuals, angel groups or VC firms), it is important to be fully prepared to answer every question that they may come up with. What is your current market traction? What is your exit strategy? What are your competitive advantages?

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Intellectual Property Exit Strategy Angel Groups Valuation 45

Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Entrepreneurs: if you’re looking seriously at angel investment, and you have the kind of product-market fit and management experience investors will like, you need to take a good look at convertible notes. Do yourself and the investors you want to talk to a favor: take a few minutes and do some homework on this issue.

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Angel Investor Valuation Angel Groups Equity 114

Up and Running

AUGUST 19, 2014

The type of deals and industries they invest in, the company stages, and the amount they invest depends on the individual or angel group. I have pitched to hundreds of angel investors over the years as a result of co-founding two tech companies and raising just shy of $1M in angel capital.

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Angel Investor Technical Review Due Diligence Startup 161

David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In liquid markets, most of the calories expended on technology and analytics are focused on trade selection, or “ origination ”. I also use several living Google docs to maintain the minutes and the group agendas for my fixed weekly meetings. 2) Market . It sounds simple; however, very few asset managers actually do it.”

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Gust

JANUARY 5, 2012

Since the IPO market has been in the doldrums for most of the past decade, high-profile private companies have chosen (or been forced) to stay private while raising huge sums of money from VCs and other private equity sources. Let’s be frank: neither angels nor VCs choose to invest alongside large numbers of less-than-sophisticated investors.

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SEC Angel Groups Technical Review Private Equity 131

YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

How much capital does the company need to achieve breakeven and what if any is your exit strategy? How to market your company as an investment. He’s formed multiple venture capital funds, founded angel groups, and is an angel investor. Legal advice and fees. The platforms.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

Another assumption is that you’ve actually conducted due diligence on your own business, and these are the areas of your team, financials, your competition, your IP, market trends, because the best pitches I’ve ever delivered were when investors were raising their hands and asking me questions about, “How is your IP protected?”

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Technical Review Software Review Due Diligence Exit Strategy 60

www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

With angels were now talking about venture fundingproper, so its time to introduce the concept of exit strategy.Younger would-be founders are often surprised that investors expectthem either to sell the company or go public. As a company gets more established,its valuation gets closer to an actual market value.

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