Gust

OCTOBER 12, 2011

During the summer of 2010, I developed a workshop, A New ACEF Valuation Workshop for Angels and Entrepreneurs. 3) Some groups invest $2 million or more in pre-revenue companies, while others typically invest less than $500,000 in these very early stage ventures. Louis Arch Angels. Wilmington Investor Network. Wilmington, NC.

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Campus Entrepreneurship

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

The contest opened at the Wisconsin Early Stage Symposium this month and the grand prize is $50,000 in cash and services. The contest is conducted in three written phases, culminating in oral presentations at the Wisconsin Entrepreneurs’ Conference in Milwaukee in June. Great stuff.

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Tim Keane

AUGUST 20, 2009

from the August 20th Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.  Who the entrepreneur takes money from (see this post ) is always more important than the terms. "  The problem has been that too-high valuations and too generous terms have spawned painful down rounds that squash the entrepreneur and his early investors. 

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Tim Keane

JANUARY 12, 2010

« Power of Angel Investing in Milwaukee | Main. Please see later version of this post on May 16, 2010 Entrepreneurs are often not experts in the area of term-sheet negotiations and all of the surrounding issues.   Investors sometimes “present” the terms they’d like and expect the entrepreneurs to react.

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