Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
Angel investors come from a variety of ages, backgrounds, and professions. I’m not your average angel. I’m not active in an angel group. I live in a small town surrounded by farms and I made my first angel investment at 29 because my dad said it was a good idea. million people qualify as accredited investors.
Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 24, 2022
As a business consultant and angel investor, I often ask for your own assessment of marketing ROI , or customer acquisition cost (CAC). It encompasses your marketing strategy used to attract, engage, and retain customers by creating and sharing relevant articles, videos, podcasts, and other media.
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Up and Running
DECEMBER 22, 2015
Angel investors can teach you a lot about money, whether or not you’re seeking funding from them. I’ve seen this over and over in my dealings as a member of a local angel investment group. What we do at the Willamette Angel Conference is the rule, not the exception. We don’t just reject startups; we explain why.
Gust
DECEMBER 13, 2012
A good list of just about everything you could possibly want to have in your arsenal is listed in the answer to What materials or software should I use to pitch a VC? If you are going around personally to talk to potential high net worth investor to whom you have an introduction, you probably don’t need a video.
Up and Running
SEPTEMBER 15, 2014
And keep in mind, as you read that, that venture capital demands everything that angel investors do, and more. Here are my 10 tips (oh, and by the way, I did raise venture capital for Palo Alto Software at one point, and I’ve been a consultant to venture capital for 35 years). Are you still with me?
David Teten
DECEMBER 3, 2019
(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . We are also seeing technology evaluation as an increasingly important part of LP operational due diligence.
Up and Running
MAY 23, 2016
Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. If you use software like LivePlan, you can create this initial “lean plan” in under an hour and then spend your time where it really matters—on validating your idea.
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