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2012 Valuation Survey of Angel Groups

Gust

This summer I conducted our third annual survey of the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies recently funded by angel groups in North America. Access to our 2010 and 2011 surveys can be found at 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Investor Groups. 2012 Valuation Survey. pre-money valuation in US$ millions).

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2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups

Gust

During the summer of 2010, I developed a workshop, A New ACEF Valuation Workshop for Angels and Entrepreneurs. To provide some reference points, I surveyed thirteen angels groups in North American to determine their recent experience in negotiating the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies. New Mexico Angels.

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To Infinity and Beyond: How Entrepreneurism is Making Space Tourism Viable

YoungUpstarts

In 1994 the American Society of Civil Engineers convened with business people in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to discuss the technical and financial feasibility of space tourism, then still a hypothetical concept. He is the author of A Brief History of Entrepreneurship: The Pioneers, Profiteers, and Racketeers Who Shaped Our World.