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Celebrating 2023 Accomplishments and Looking Ahead to New Opportunities

Angel Capital Association

Incredible Organizational Change, Growth and Advocacy: a Look at the ACA Success and Goals For 2024 Despite the volatility brought about by the pandemic, economic uncertainty, market fluctuation, bank failures and a myriad of other difficulties, the ACA has powered through to continue to be the voice for the art and science of angel investing.

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Deploying Angel “Human Capital” To Enhance Outcomes and Returns

Angel Capital Association

defining the termsheet, the capital staging strategy, the post money) and establishing the approach to proper governance. To see what our data told us, we looked at 105 portfolio companies that had been with us for at least 18 months from our initial investment, including both active companies and exited portfolio companies.

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Should every startup get funded?

This is going to be BIG.

Too many entrepreneurs start out their business endeavors with an investment pitch. That’s the thing—startups in the initial stages need advice, feedback, and guidence a lot more than they need money upfront. If you just looked at it just as an investment, you could undoubtedly find more money elsewhere, cheaper.

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Case Study: The Dan River Region Ecosystem Development

Ecosystem Builder Hub

What advice the initiators have for other ecosystems looking to hire a professional ecosystem builder. In doing this work, there has been a significant amount of investment of both funds and time in moving entrepreneurship activities forward. Advice for replication in other ecosystems. Eva talks about the early days.

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How to Kick Start Your Community’s Startup Scene

Both Sides of the Table

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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Startups Can Avoid Significant Liability by Heeding Wage and Hour Laws

Angel Capital Association

Keeps a place of business and invests in facilities, equipment, and supplies. Is original and creative in a recognized field of artistic endeavor and produces a result that depends primarily on the invention, imagination or talent of the employee; and. Advertises in electronic and/or print media. Carries insurance. Pays their own expenses.

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The Search: Finding Your Angel Collaboration Platform

Angel Capital Association

The Search: Finding Your Angel Collaboration Platform The Angel Capital Association, in concert with Jeffrey Lang of the Desert Angels and ACA’s proud partner Dealum , has published this informative interview on one of 2023’s most important topics in the angel investment space: angel group collaboration.