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10 Preparation Steps to Win an Angel Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to see how the process works, several times from the startup side, and more recently from the angel perspective (as a member of an angel group selection committee). Get your Internet domain name and website. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it.

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Top Ten Action Items For Angel Funding Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to see how the process works, several times from the startup side, and more recently from the angel perspective (as a member of an angel group selection committee). Get your Internet domain name and website. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it.

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Angel Funding Advice

Both Sides of the Table

Their name alone is enough to get meetings set up. If you’re really an entrepreneur you’ll find a way to network with the right people. Professional angel associations – This one is the source of much controversy. Some angel groups have a reputation for slow decision making processes and not enough value add.

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10 Action Items to Keep Angel Investors Hovering

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Get your Internet domain name and website. Network to the maximum with investor connections.

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10 Action Items to Keep Angel Investors Hovering

Gust

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. Get your Internet domain name and website. Network to the maximum with investor connections.

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12 things to consider when deciding where to start up

The Next Web

Cities with a startup culture will more than likely be home to incubators, investors and networks of like-minded individuals. Networking Opportunities and Events. Who will your peer group be? In today’s business environment, networking often makes the difference between the success and failure of a new venture.

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ProfessorVC: Angie's List or AngelList?

Professor VC

While VC firms have been easy to find from the old school days of Pratts Guide to Venture Capital , to the early web presence of the 1990s and the current web sites, blogs, twitter feeds, facebook fan pages and sites such as The Funded , angels are still a bit harder to track down. Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's.