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10 Action Items to Keep Angel Investors Hovering

Startup Professionals Musings

Every new startup I know dreams of being funded early by one of the 318,000 active Angel investors in the USA alone. Most of these investors are members of Angel groups that have a rigorous filtering and screening process, to select the top 3% and most fundable proposals. Build an investor presentation and summary.

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10 Preparation Steps to Win an Angel Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

Every new startup I know dreams of being funded by an angel investor. The corporate entity lends itself best to the concept of “sharing” equity required by investors, and unincorporated entities don’t get funding. Remember the old adage that “investors fund people, not ideas.” Line up an experienced team.

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Top Ten Action Items For Angel Funding Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Every new startup I know dreams of being funded by an angel investor. The corporate entity lends itself best to the concept of “sharing” equity required by investors, and unincorporated entities don’t get funding. Remember the old adage that “investors fund people, not ideas.” Line up an experienced team.

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10 Entrepreneur Milestones That Make Funding Easy

Startup Professionals Musings

Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools. Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level.

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4 things to know about crowdfunding versus raising capital

The Next Web

Crowdfunding is the process of raising capital by offering rewards to ‘backers’ by pre-selling your product or offering equity in exchange. Let’s take a look at what equity crowdfunding looks like when compared to the traditional capital raising process. You still start with credit cards or savings. You spend more time pitching.

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10 Action Items to Keep Angel Investors Hovering

Gust

Every new startup I know dreams of being funded early by one of the 318,000 active Angel investors in the USA alone. Most of these investors are members of Angel groups that have a rigorous filtering and screening process, to select the top 3% and most fundable proposals. Build an investor presentation and summary.

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10 Keys to Startup Traction That Investors Look For

Startup Professionals Musings

Funding for pre-revenue startups used to be the domain of angel investors, but they have moved up-stage. Without revenue, your investors are largely limited to friends, family and fools. Investors like to see that you have committed personal funds as well as “sweat equity,” and they like to see real progress at this level.