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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. I’ll make my next posting shorter.

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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. It’s how things are done across the country outside of Silicon Valley. That’s the right answer for VCs.

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Startup Capital: Feast or Famine?

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Furthermore, with the recent activity of the Super Angels and trends in government grants, angel financings and VC investment, one could conclude that the total US volume of seed/startup investment is increasing.

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Startup Strategy Roundtable: Top 10 Tech Trends To Watch

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The company is profitable and has so far raised only $400,000 in friends and family and angel financing. Sramana Mitra is a technology entrepreneur and strategy consultant in Silicon Valley. Jimmy already has about 65 customers and about a million dollars in annual revenue. You can register for the next roundtable here.

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Strategy Roundtable For Entrepreneurs: Crowd Sourced Funding Exchanges - An Emerging Trend

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Earlier, of course, we covered AngelList at length , also a crowd sourcing venture in the angel financing space, and this week, we have covered SecondMarket , which is powering Facebook's private market capital raising. She is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and strategy consultant. peerbackers.

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ProfessorVC: Baby's All Grown Up

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Not to worry, I was busy working on closing the Series B financing for iControl Networks. I started working with the founders of iControl at the concept stage, prior to the first $100K of angel financing. ProfessorVC. Friday, April 11, 2008. Babys All Grown Up.

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ProfessorVC: How much is enough?

Professor VC

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. Financing, that is.I Staged financing gives investors options in deciding whether and when to invest more and gives entrepreneurs options in how much to raise and when to think about exiting. ProfessorVC. Monday, June 20, 2011. How much is enough?