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10 Tests of Your Modern Entrepreneur Lingo Savvy

Startup Professionals Musings

Sites like KickStarter have for years offered rewards and pre-sales for crowd investments, but real equity won’t be legalized until sometime this year for people other than accredited investors. Super-angels. This usually involves more attention to organizational, operational, and strategic challenges. Osmosis marketing.

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Do we really need this help? - Startups and angels: Along the way to.

Tim Keane

" Entrepreneurs looking for investors know about "accredited investor" status and the myriad benefits it provides.    The premise is that having sufficient net worth makes the investor more sophisticated.  Subscribe to this blogs feed. Do we really need this help? Now comes Sen.

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ProfessorVC: What does it take to be an Angel Investor?

Professor VC

What does it take to be an Angel Investor? To the SEC, it means that you are an accredited investor and To the man (or woman) on the street, a minimum qualification would seem to be an interest and ability to invest in early stage ventures. Labels: angel groups , Angel Investors. Blog Archive. My Blog List.

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ProfessorVC: Negotiating an Angel Deal in your PJ's

Professor VC

A couple of items buried in the 1300 page bill include changing the definition of an accredited investor and moving regulatory roles on private3 placements from federal to stage level. This will both reduce the number of angel investors and make it more difficult to syndicate across stage lines. Blog Archive. Newer Post.

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Learn From the 5 Core Principles of Angel Investors

Startup Professionals Musings

For maximum credibility, start networking for potential investors to build relationships a few months before you start asking for money. They also favor entrepreneurs who are experienced in starting a company, and experienced in the business domain of the startup. According to a recent article on The Wefunder Blog , the U.S.

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ProfessorVC: Crowdfunding - Good Idea or Really, Really Stupid.

Professor VC

But it was under the SEC's watch that countless, massive scams were committed - Enron, Worldcom, Tyco, HealthSouth, and Bernie Madoff duped investors out of billions of dollars in the last decade alone. An investor in a crowdfunding campaign is likely to lose much less than an investor in Enron did. Blog Archive.

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