Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Many thanks to David Rose , Ilana Grossman , Justin Stanwix , and the whole Gust team for making the Gust Blog such a valuable platform and resource for entrepreneurs and angel investors. Designing and producing marketing and PR materials (copyright, trademark).

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crowdSPRING Blog

JULY 10, 2014

The Other 1% – Ranking The Top 20 Angel Investors | 500 Startups – crowdspring.co/1is3Iiw. The Perils of Founder Fighting – crowdspring.co/1qnNtlJ. The surprising secret of happier, more productive organizations: conflict – crowdspring.co/1qscUpx.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 17, 2012

I had dinner with my friend Brooke Hammerling , founder of Brew PR recently. She was lamenting that some startups simply see their PR company as merely somebody who corrals the press when you want to get some inches. And they will offer you some of the best business advice you will ever receive if you’re open to it.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 22, 2011

You’ll find content categorized into different topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 13, 2011

This site aggregates and filters content from thought leaders who talk about topics such as Marketing , Sales , Design , Revenue , Hiring , Social Media , Business Models , Metrics , PR , Venture Capital , Angel Investors , Bootstrapping , Incubators , Agile and many others.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

They get together with a few buddies, bounce around ideas, build some code (sometimes internally, sometimes through contractors), start talking to potential angel investors and then register their company. But as with consulting, PR, web design and even VC – it’s not just the firm it’s also the individual.

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Up and Running

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Most VCs and angel investors are looking to invest in individuals that have a proven track record of prior success. Accessing capital to launch a business is brutal for entrepreneurs just starting out along the path. Traditional lenders will want collateral to back up a loan, like your home or some other asset of value.

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500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

Micro-VC: The Artist Formerly Known as “Super Angel” The “Micro-VC” funds (also known by the misnomer “Super Angel funds”), started as far back as the mid-90s with Ron Conway and earlier incarnations of his SV Angel fund. but the food was awesome, & the PR wasn’t bad either).

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crowdSPRING Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2010

Excellent post by @msuster offering advice about talking with investors about your competitors – [link]. Pennies from Heaven: Chicago Startups’ Experiences with Angel Investors – [link]. Good summary by @stammy of the trials and tribulations of startup fundraising – [link].

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Growthink Blog

APRIL 23, 2013

And when I say "regular individuals" I am contrasting them to professional investors and lenders like banks, venture capitalists and angel investors. PR Local media sources are enamored with Crowdfunding as it''s new and unique. So, with some legwork, raising Crowdfunding can get you lots of PR.

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View from Seed

JANUARY 24, 2018

Jessica is VP, Marketing at Notarize and Founder of Girl Capital, a network for aspiring female angel investors. Jessica is also a mentor with TechStars, an angel investor, and frequently advises startups. Jared holds a B.A. degree in economics from Stanford University and an M.B.A. degree from Northwestern University.

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crowdSPRING Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2012

Angel Investors Do Make Money, Data Shows 2.5x . “ability to resist urges will improve your relationships, increase your dependability, and raise your performance.” ” – [link]. The man behind the brand (Sir Richard Branson and Virgin) – [link]. Returns Overall | TechCrunch - [link].

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Berkonomics

MARCH 13, 2014

We talked about what this could be: major PR to drive tenants to the site; signing a deal with a major landlord to greatly increase listings; a scheme to source listings at massive scale from public data–there are a lot of possibilities, but they didn’t have that element. Raising money'

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mashable.com

MAY 9, 2011

a New York-based sizzle reel production company specializing in promotional videos for PR and marketing professionals, and the Young Entrepreneur Council.

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Growthink Blog

JANUARY 12, 2012

To start, Crowdfunding is the process of getting a group of regular individuals (versus banks, venture capitalists or angel investors) to collectively fund your venture. PR Local media sources are enamored with Crowdfunding as it's new and unique. So, with little legwork, raising Crowdfunding can get you lots of PR.

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Genuine VC

JULY 10, 2012

There are essentially two distinct basic strategies for startup entrepreneurs to raise a seed round of capital: Subscription approach – An entrepreneur sets a structure (usually a convertible note) and recruits individual angel investors who subscribe to the round, all without a term-driving lead investor.

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The Startup Lawyer

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

6) Search For the Incubator’s PR and Marketing Efforts. A startup that is accepted by an incubator may have an alternative funding offer from an angel investor. This can add complexity to a startup’s decision, because maybe the angel doesn’t want your startup to join the incubator.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 14, 2010

But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well. This is her core market.

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Growthink Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2012

Like when Google initially failed when it targeted venture capitalists (Google then successfully raised funding from angel investors, and went back to venture capitalists thereafter). That is, the entrepreneurs that are best able to market their companies to lenders and investors are the ones who raise the money.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 20, 2015

I wasn''t sure if this firm was the best partner for the company, so I reached out to an experienced founder who had been through lots of rounds as both an entrepreneur and an angel investor. If I didn''t get them some PR, could they have gotten it anyway? They should do no harm. They should hit your bogey in terms of price.

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Scalable Startup

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

Via Stanford, Berkeley, Facebook, Google, recruiting Harvard and MIT undergrads, their wonderful PR machine, advertising free meals, free car washes, free dry cleaning, free day care. Recruitment – Most of the leaders in SV are from elsewhere because Silicon Valley aggressively acquires the best from all over the world.

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Sophia Perl of Wisdom

JUNE 17, 2010

Angel Investor Round Table - Be open to feedback but don’t let it deter you. Do you think investors would like the idea of facebook or foursquare without seeing the users? I suggest that someone from their PR team does some online damage control. the idea gives employees the feeling of progress. I think not.

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Up and Running

OCTOBER 21, 2014

It will also help you when it comes time to write your business plan, especially if you’re pitching an angel investor or a venture capital firm – they will want to see there’s a market for your idea, otherwise, it won’t scale as rapidly as they need it to in order to make a return on their investment. Do something at least.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Think of Scooter as Justin’s angel investor. Only after you’ve done all this can you consider whether or not it makes sense to pay for any marketing such as SEM, PR, trade show expenditure, etc. Justin then had a meeting with Usher where he sang him a song he himself had recorded.

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Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Dan is an entrepreneur, and angel investor and became a highly sought-after coach in the SaaS industry and founder of SaaS academy after exiting three technology companies within a ten-year period. He's an entrepreneur, angel investor and became a highly sought after coach in the SaaS industry. This is John Jantsch.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well. This is her core market.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 18, 2010

But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well. This is her core market.

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Marketing Bootstrapping Incubator Angel Investor 52

crowdSPRING Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

My First 9 Months as an Angel Investor – crowdspring.co/18n5adQ. SaaS Manifesto: Part Two – It’s Time to Build a Real Sales Team // Peter Levine – crowdspring.co/18qcZ2n. The Daily Routines of 7 Famous Entrepreneurs and How to Design Your Own Master Routine – crowdspring.co/18q9ZDp.

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Scalable Startup

JULY 19, 2011

Great PR and finance firms, but not many startups. It has a strong and growing angel investor base, tapping one of the largest concentrations of individual wealth in the world. If you plop your company here, great things could happen. Houses were cheaper, you couldn’t get good engineers, etc. That has all changed.

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Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

You could also go for a larger sum of capital right from the start by pitching an angel investor or a venture capitalist for funding. 11 Angel Investor Blogs You Should Be Reading. Do your own PR. Whether or not you’ve got the budget, doing your own PR to start with is a good idea. Funding Guide.

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The Next Web

JANUARY 27, 2013

People told me it was impossible to have our product launch featured on one of the top tech blogs without spending $3,000 on some fancy PR agency. We have the coolest angel investors in the world, but still our seed funding round (which was not even astronomically big) took us about six months to arrange.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 29, 2020

The median seed round size dropped significantly, by 80% in Q3 2020, from approximately $1M in 2016-2019 levels, to $0.15M in Q3 2020 driven big a big drop in angels and VCs participating in early stage deals. Seed investments in Israel ( source ).

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mashable.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

And no matter what the latest trends indicate, you will eventually have to spend money on PR and marketing. Early-stage seed and angel investors all realize that a business will encounter a huge range of flux very rapidly. I’m now in my second founder/CEO role, having raised more than $18.5 million in venture financing.

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ConversionXL

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

I often ask product marketers to be positioning experts on behalf of the company, and I’ve also seen how valuable positioning is for PR, customer service, and any external communications. As Kevan Lee, former VP of marketing at Buffer, shared on his newsletter: Positioning is a bit closer to the heart of marketing.

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crowdSPRING Blog

NOVEMBER 2, 2012

Lessons from a top Angel Investor: Fabrice Grinda talks about his 100 early-stage investments – [link]. Six best practice tips for email unsubscribe pages | Econsultancy – [link]. The Ten Most Innovative Companies In America | Forbes – [link]. The Pinterest-ization of the e-commerce experience – [link].

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Women Entrepreneurs Can

MAY 9, 2019

This is the point where a lot of startups are ready for an angel investor- individuals who have earned income that is exceeding $200,000 or have a net worth of more than $1 million. Make sure that you proceed knowing what the legal lay of the land looks like so that you won’t be caught off-guard. About the Author.

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

I have been following the rallying cry of entrepreneurs with some amusement over the past couple of weeks in response to a blog post by Jason Calacanis, " Why Start-ups Shouldnt have to pay to pitch angel investors." In how many of those were you a lead investor? Labels: angel groups , Angel Investors , fundraising.

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