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How to Land Funding From Angel Investors

Up and Running

Angel investors often focus on local markets, specific industries, and affinities such as college or university alumni. Your search should include looking for angel groups related to the college or university from which you graduated; your town, or state; and the industry you’re in. . Use web search.

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10 Preparation Steps to Win an Angel Investment

Startup Professionals Musings

Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to see how the process works, several times from the startup side, and more recently from the angel perspective (as a member of an angel group selection committee). In today’s world, if you don’t have a web site up and running, you will not be perceived as a real company.

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Top Ten Action Items For Angel Funding Success

Startup Professionals Musings

Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to see how the process works, several times from the startup side, and more recently from the angel perspective (as a member of an angel group selection committee). In today’s world, if you don’t have a web site up and running, you will not be perceived as a real company.

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Angel Funding Advice

Both Sides of the Table

If you’re really an entrepreneur you’ll find a way to network with the right people. Professional angel associations – This one is the source of much controversy. Some angel groups have a reputation for slow decision making processes and not enough value add. Most people don’t love networking.

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10 Action Items to Keep Angel Investors Hovering

Startup Professionals Musings

But many entrepreneurs don’t realize that Angels are also extremely discerning in the projects that they will invest in, rejecting approximately 97% of the proposals submitted to them, according to the California Investment Network. Reserve the company name on social networks to protect it. Define some intellectual property.

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Five entrepreneurs get free plane tickets to pitch for $100,000 in seed funding from Austin’s top…

Austin Startup

We’ll fly five of them to Austin for an epic pitch-off resulting in one of them receiving $100,000 in seed funding and a year of free access to Capital Factory’s coworking facility and mentor network. The Central Texas Angel Network is one of the most active angel groups in North America.

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What are the biggest global events for Venture Capitalists and Business Angels where they can learn about their own business?

Gust

Leaders and active members of all the major North American angel groups attend this three day conference, along with a large delegation of international business angels. NACO National Angel Summit. The group’s respective web sites list these events. Both Angels and VCs. Venture Capitalists.