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How and Why To Be an Angel Investor

David Teten

In 2013, 298,800 angels invested in 70,730 entrepreneurial ventures, according to the 2013 Angel Market Analysis by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire. Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2007: Mixed Signs of Growth” Unknown. Angel Investment Activity, 2002-2013.

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Outlook for Start-ups | Knowledge @ Wharton

Campus Entrepreneurship

According to a report released in May by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, a non-profit focused on entrepreneurship, the number of new businesses created between 2007 and 2009 was the highest level in 14 years, even exceeding the start-up boom of 1999-2000. in 2009 to $17.6 billion, a drop that came on the heels of a 26.2%