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How to Land Funding From Angel Investors

Up and Running

Angel investors often focus on local markets, specific industries, and affinities such as college or university alumni. Your search should include looking for angel groups related to the college or university from which you graduated; your town, or state; and the industry you’re in. . Use web search.

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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). In today’s world, if you don’t have a web site up and running, you will not be perceived as a real company.

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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). In today’s world, if you don’t have a web site up and running, you will not be perceived as a real company.

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Angel Funding Advice

Both Sides of the Table

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. Most people don’t love networking.

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Angel Bootcamp, The Blog Post: A Primer on Angel Investing

View from Seed

So, if you’ve been a successful internet founder or have launched great web/mobile products, most founders would love to have you in a round even if your check size is small. There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc. Talk to people and get their POV.

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Angel Bootcamp, The Blog Post: A Primer on Angel Investing

View from Seed

So, if you’ve been a successful internet founder or have launched great web/mobile products, most founders would love to have you in a round even if your check size is small. There are a lot of options to expand your deal sourcing, like AngelList, syndicates, angel groups, etc. Talk to people and get their POV.

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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. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property.