Angel Investor Cap Table Finance Founder 
Up and Running
JULY 2, 2014
We developed a kick-ass investor pitch and we started pitching it to family, friends, angel investors, and even venture capitalists for feedback. We soon got interest from an angel investor, and he wanted to invest $300,000 in our startup. We were targeting to raise around $3 million in investment capital.
Berkonomics
AUGUST 3, 2023
Some businesses require very little capital and the founder can self-finance the enterprise and retain 100% of its ownership and control from ignition through liquidity event (startup through sale). And even with the significant cost of credit card debt, many entrepreneurs aggressively use existing cards to finance a startup.
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Business Plan Blog
NOVEMBER 13, 2013
Most startup founders do not have enough capital to launch their companies and need to raise money at some point. Raising Angel Capital. Individual investors who provide financial funding to startups are called ‘Angel Investors.’ Convertible Debt Financing. Pros and Cons of Convertible Debt.
www.informationarbitrage.com
FEBRUARY 24, 2010
Main February 23, 2010 Advice for CTO Founders: Dont Let Business Kill the Business Founding a technology company is an amazing thing. Too often, however, I have found CTO / Founders paired with business people who not only don't add value, but frequently detract from the value of the business. So my advice to CTO / Founders?
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). Chris Dixon made the point that he thinks investors should look for the founders to have the domain knowledge rather than them having domain knowledge themselves. Obviously I agree.
The Equity Kicker
MARCH 21, 2017
As Fred Destin explained in his recent post Why VC’s are obsessed with large outcomes , investors with large funds have to chase unicorns to make their numbers work. Some investors back unsustainable growth in pursuit of short term profit (often unknowingly) but most are sensible. Recognise that the system is imperfect, but not broken.
BeyondVC
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
We each independently fell in love with enterprise software 20+ years ago as seed investors (cos like gotomeeting/Citrix, greenplum/EMC, livperson/IPO LPSN) and founders (workmarket, onforce/Adecco, spinback/buddymedia/salesf0rce) and are now benefiting from the ecosystems, knowledge and network that we’ve collectively developed.
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