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Find an Angel Investor, Without Going Through Hell

Startup Professionals Musings

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This is perhaps the most reliable source of information on angel investor groups across the world, and the software is used by most of the other angel organizations mentioned below for deal flow. Here are the largest flocks: Angelsoft.

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The LP Opportunity to Change Tech Culture

thebarefootvc

Over the past month, Silicon Valley has been at the forefront of many conversations outside of the technology world. Broaden Search for New Fund Relationships : Most of these institutional LPs only add a few new fund relationships a year. This tends to reinforce the lack of diversity in deal flow.

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Flocks of Angels, and All You Need is One

Startup Professionals Musings

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. As a member of the selection committee on one of these local organizations, I use Angelsoft on the investor side to review business plans, deal flow, and help orchestrate presenters at monthly meetings of the local organization. Or does it?

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective VCs

VC Cafe

To be an effective VC, proactivity is part of the job description: Proactively learn about new companies trends and markets Proactively network (deal flow, peers, industry partners) Proactively seek opportunities to help. But being proactive goes beyond just speed. Habit #2 – Begin with the end in mind.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Investors And Incubators Need To Look At Pre-Incubation

ReadWriteStart

One theme seems to come up over and again, especially from geographies outside Silicon Valley: lack of a reliable pipeline of deals. On July 1, 2006, commenting on the Indian startup scenario, I had written a blog post called Too Much Money, Too Few Deals. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Crowd Sourced Funding Exchanges - An Emerging Trend

ReadWriteStart

Michael has almost 90,000 free users and is looking for a way to be in the deal flow of people looking for business plan software. That customer is typically searching on Google, and Michael needs to orchestrate his SEO, blogging, and guerrilla p.r. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant.

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5 Flocks Of Investors Looking For An Enticing Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

With today’s access to the Internet, and Google searches, it really isn’t that hard. This software platform is used by many local angel organizations for managing deal flow. The Founding Chapter is in Silicon Valley, California, (naturally). Here are the largest flocks: Gust (formerly AngelSoft).