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October's Foundation Volunteer of the Month: Steve Baggott

Angel Capital Association

Steve Baggott is a member and Board Director of Queen City Angels (QCA) in Cincinnati, Ohio. He is also deeply involved with the Angel Capital Association, where he has served on the Marketing & Membership and Education Committees. It was in this capacity that Steve first got exposed to angel investing.

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Sophistication or Discrimination? How the Accredited Investor Definition Unfairly Limits Investment Access for the Non-wealthy and the Need for Reform.

Angel Capital Association

Among those testifying were ACA Board Member and the Founder & Managing Partner, Investors of Color Network Eli Velasquez as well as David Olivencia , CEO & Co-Founder, Angeles Investors. How the Accredited Investor Definition Unfairly Limits Investment Access for the Non-wealthy and the Need for Reform.”

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How did she do it? A Q&A with Rita Hansen, Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder of Onboard Dynamics

Angel Capital Association

Each year, the Luis Villalobos Award recognizes outstanding ingenuity, creativity and innovation among startups backed by Angel Capital Association members. As a transportation fuel, it’s the cleanest alternative fuel available today, according to the California Air Resources Board. Congratulations to Rita and her team!

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

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Cincinnati, like many startup communities in the US over the past 5 years, has revitalized important regions in its urban core, created accelerators, built co-working facilities, pooled together angel capital, attracted VCs, involved educational institutions and solicited the help of important corporations in a more cohesive ecosystem.

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Kevin Learned: Entrepreneur, Teacher, Angel

Angel Capital Association

Editor’s Note – This story originally appeared in the Idaho Business Review by Sharon Fisher and reposted with permission by the Angel Capital Association. To many Idaho companies, Kevin Learned isn’t just an icon, he’s ang angel. We raised angel capital,” Learned said. “I I didn’t know the word for it.

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Onboard Dynamics Is Leading the Transition to Next Generation Transportation Fuels, Reducing Emissions, and Driving Down Energy Costs

Angel Capital Association

In 2012, Dr. Chris Hagen was working in the engineering group at Oregon State University and received a seedling award from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy (ARPA-E) within the Department of Energy (DOE). However, widespread adoption of natural gas-powered vehicles is limited by the availability of refueling infrastructure.

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Are CEO Transitions Really That Big Of A Deal?

Angel Capital Association

FIGURE 1: National CEO Transition Experience Source: The Founders Dilemma, Noam Wasserman Academic and author Noam Wasserman, perhaps best known for his 2012 book The Founder’s Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup, offers some data on the prevalence of founder transitions. How Prevalent Are CEO Changes?