Angel Investor Cost Intellectual Property Product Development 
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 1, 2017
The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capitalists) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than the more risky research and development efforts. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 13, 2022
The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.
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Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 12, 2023
Every entrepreneur I know has their favorite excuse for a previous failure – an investor backed out, the economy took a downturn, or a supplier delivered bad quality. It’s important to learn from your own mistakes, but it’s even smarter to learn from someone else’s mistakes, without paying their high price in time lost, cost, and pain.
Startup Professionals Musings
MAY 17, 2020
Every entrepreneur I know has their favorite excuse for a previous failure – an investor backed out, the economy took a downturn, or a supplier delivered bad quality. It’s important to learn from your own mistakes, but it’s even smarter to learn from someone else’s mistakes, without paying their high price in time lost, cost, and pain.
Startup Professionals Musings
DECEMBER 6, 2019
The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 12, 2018
The problem is that professional investors (angels and venture capital) want a proven business model before they invest, ready to scale, rather than early projections and product development. Nevertheless, it’s an option that doesn’t cost you equity. It always reduces risk to plan your business first.
Startup Professionals Musings
MARCH 4, 2016
However, investors do expect you know the common pitfalls -- and not repeat them. As an active angel investor and startup advisor, I’ve seen many of the same stumbling blocks repeated all too many times. Dismiss the need to register any intellectual property. Confidently believe that you have no real competitors.
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