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Hans Severiens Award Given to Tony Shipley

Angel Capital Association

Hans Severiens winners Tony Shipley, left, of Queen City Angels and Dan Rosen , right, of the Aliance of Angels. The Hans Severiens Award recognizes personal impact on the advancement of angel investing globally and highlights the special relationship that angels and entrepreneurs build to innovate, create jobs, and drive the economy.

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Valuation Workshop – The Art of Negotiation Between Investors and Founders

Angel Capital Association

By: Emily Angold, ACA Marketing Manager As an entrepreneur and seasoned angel investor, Bill Payne understands the critical importance of education to make well-informed decisions that determine the success or failure of a startup. In 2003 he was engaged in the formation and startup of the Angel Capital Association (ACA).

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Venture Capital and the Art of the Deal: More of the Same

Angel Capital Association

Key takeaways: Well Defined Playing Field – The venture capital playing field is a well defined playing field. Since the early 2000’s the industry has coalesced around a standard set of deal documents that, with relatively minor modification, are used in the overwhelming majority of venture equity financings in the United States.

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How Angel Investors Survive the COVID-19 Economic Crisis

Angel Capital Association

An inexperienced entrepreneur might neither have the experience nor the tools to manage their impending company crisis; we as knowledgeable Angels and mentors and board members can draw on the experiences we have faced as investors in those previous cycles. Here are my rules for Angels during this downturn: Stay in the Game.

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The Equity Seller’s Bubble of 2021 Part 2 • 2022 From a Startup Equity Seller’s to an Equity Buyer’s Market

Angel Capital Association

Greater governance role for limited partner Boards of Advisors. The recovery following the Internet bubble collapse of 2000 similarly took three years. It is unclear if VCs will agree to these terms, but LPs believe they now have more leverage. A return to higher valuations is usually triggered by a stronger IPO market.

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