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6 New Venture Realities To Target Your Funding Effort

Startup Professionals Musings

David is still one of the most active angel investors in New York, and also the CEO of Gust , which is an online platform for startup financing used by 800,000 entrepreneurs over the years, providing access to 85,000 angel investment professionals. I still don’t see it happening any time soon. Neither does David S.

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6 Reasons Startups Need All Angels Plus Crowd Funding

Startup Professionals Musings

David is one of the most active angel investors in New York, and also the CEO of Gust , which is an online platform for startup financing used by 500,000 entrepreneurs over the years, and funding over 1800 startups in just the last 12 months. I still don’t see it happening any time soon. Neither does David S.

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Crowd Funding Has Not Killed Angel Investing Yet

Startup Professionals Musings

New crowd funding platforms on the Internet, like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , as well as the Jobs Act of 2012 , are expected by many to ramp up regular people’s ability to fund new opportunities and kill the need for angel groups. I just don’t see it happening any time soon.

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Angel Investors Are Still The Lifeblood Of Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

David is one of the most active angel investors in New York, and also the CEO of Gust , which is an online platform for startup financing used by over 45,000 accredited angel investors, 1000 angel groups and venture capital funds, and 200,000 entrepreneurs. I just don’t see it happening any time soon. Neither does David S.

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Flexible VC, a New Model for Companies Targeting Profitability

David Teten

John Berger, Director Operations & Impact Solutions, Toniic , observed that this has clear investor benefits: “ The grace period became a feature because it benefits investors in regions like the US where there can be tax differences between short and long term gains. 20-30% is a common target IRR for investors.

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How and Why To Be an Angel Investor

David Teten

John Frankel started as an individual angel investor in New York in 1999. Many pursue an “active” retirement where they can not only keep up-to-date with current trends in their areas of interest, but also make use of their experience and networks to provide operational expertise, general management advice, and critical introductions.

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Pioneering Women in Venture Capital: Kathryn Gould

Steve Blank

But they weren’t really in Silicon Valley at the time—they were in Boston, Minneapolis, New York. I was on the way to my lifetime IRR of 90%. We brought in all operating guys—all had done startups, all had technical backgrounds. Computers were so different from now—arcane, annoyingly difficult— and interesting.