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How to Raise Startup Funding from Unlikely Angel Investors

Up and Running

Angel investors come from a variety of ages, backgrounds, and professions. I’m not your average angel. I’m not active in an angel group. I live in a small town surrounded by farms and I made my first angel investment at 29 because my dad said it was a good idea. million people qualify as accredited investors.

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7 Key Factors Obscure Your Customer Acquisition Costs

Startup Professionals Musings

As a business consultant and angel investor, I often ask for your own assessment of marketing ROI , or customer acquisition cost (CAC). It encompasses your marketing strategy used to attract, engage, and retain customers by creating and sharing relevant articles, videos, podcasts, and other media.

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10 Tips for Finding Venture Funding

Up and Running

And keep in mind, as you read that, that venture capital demands everything that angel investors do, and more. Here are my 10 tips (oh, and by the way, I did raise venture capital for Palo Alto Software at one point, and I’ve been a consultant to venture capital for 35 years). Are you still with me?

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Platform Capital Leads a $1.3 Million Investment Round into STRAP Technologies

Austin Startup

STRAP has developed a range of hardware and software solutions that address the mobility challenges that the blind and visually impaired encounter daily. For a video overview of STRAP’s technology in action, click here. The company is also backed by International Accelerator and a group of Angel Investors.

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My 13 Favorite Alternative Funding Options of 2013

Up and Running

You build a campaign by creating videos, telling your story, participating in social media promotion, and offering “perks”, which are goods or services that you offer in exchange for donations. RocketHub also recently partnered with the TV channel A&E for marketing and funding help for their favorite fundraising campaigns.

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14 Tips for Starting a Successful Business

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Download our free Startup Checklist and review the complete guide for starting a small business. According to a report from the Harvard Business Review , entrepreneurs who plan are 16% more likely to achieve viability. You’ll have a roadmap for success that you can actively review, revise, and share. Find the right partners.

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

If you have time check out the video (or download on iTunes – Episode 27 - and listen at the gym or on your commute!). A deep dive into the Foundry Group investment philosophy including an interesting discussion of their investing Themes. “… our lens is: Internet Software Companies anywhere in the U.S. Is that when it became big?