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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. Product : You should build a product or a prototype.

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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

techcrunch.com

” Ressi also says that the percentage of companies with convertible debt that successfully raise Series A funding is shrinking, due to an explosion in new angel financings and just moderate growth in venture funding. Product: The Funded. View this document on Scribd. View this document on Scribd. Photo Credit/ 22dollars.

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Startup Tools

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AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

Both Sides of the Table

There’s a line of thinking in Silicon Valley that you should build product businesses rather than services businesses. It’s nearly impossible to get a services company financed by VCs. And stop effing around trying to create a product company.&#. This post originally appeared on TechCrunch. This team is talented.

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Answers to the 5 Most Common Angel Investor Questions

Growthink Blog

The act of providing the financial backing is known as "angel investing." The amount of angel financing is significant. According to the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire, each year over 60,000 ventures raise over $20 billion from angel investors. The answer to this is "yes."

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Crowdfunding Sites Offer 5 Hidden Benefits

Growthink Blog

Crowdfunding is the latest and greatest way to raise money for a new business, or even a new product or service you want to launch. These rewards are typically future delivery of their product or service. Let's say you have an idea for a product that you expect to sell for $50. Let me give you an example.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Top 10 Tech Trends To Watch

ReadWriteStart

Bhupendra has built a product and has started engaging a few customers. My key advice to him was to focus on acquiring customers, and getting a thorough positioning exercise done based on segmentation, competitive analysis and market sizing to identify a segment where competition is less active and the product is particularly effective.

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