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Angel Funding Advice

Both Sides of the Table

I recently wrote a post on angel financing covering the topic of convertible notes but I realized I was thinking about the issue more from investor perspective and a very narrow topic of how to price the round. This post is for those who want to raise angel money. Find out who funded them – Contact the management teams.

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An economics lesson for growing companies

Berkonomics

Venture or angel-financed companies with plenty of working capital sometimes are immune to this working capital need for some time into their growth, but at some point, it will become clear that the cheapest form of finance is not equity in a growing enterprise. It may not be equity.

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[U.S.] Small Businesses Look To Hire In The Next Six Months: Pepperdine

YoungUpstarts

“Small businesses should be a top consideration as the President and other legislators seek to jump start job creation,” says John Paglia, lead researcher of the Pepperdine Private Capital Markets Project and associate professor of finance at Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management. were successful.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Top 10 Tech Trends To Watch

ReadWriteStart

Then Jimmy Hendricks presented DealCurrent.com , a white label platform for media companies to manage daily deal advertising on behalf of brands. The company is profitable and has so far raised only $400,000 in friends and family and angel financing. Jimmy asked if he should be raising money at this point.

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Honest Tea TeaEO Seth Goldman: Dos and Don’ts of Raising Money From Angels

Campus Entrepreneurship

The piece is complete with nice clear graphics and clearly provides a real world example of how one high impact firm managed its start-up fundraising. (The From the Inc piece, The Dos and Dont’s of Raising Money From Angels. First round of angel financing ($500,000). First round of angel financing ($500,000).

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

Both Sides of the Table

If you really want to do a product business then hire a professional manager for your services company, quit that job and focus 100% on your product company. Angel financing – just because VCs won’t back this kind of business doesn’t mean angels won’t.

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Growth requires a different kind of capital.

Berkonomics

Venture or angel-financed companies with plenty of working capital sometimes are immune to this need for some time into their growth, but at some point it will become clear that the cheapest form of finance is not equity in a growing enterprise. And yet, such a loan does rise and fall with need.