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6 Tips for Entrepreneurs to Successfully Pitch to Women Angel Investors

StartupNation

According to the Angel Capital Association (ACA), there has been a big increase in women who are members just in the last few years. Female membership in ACA was at about 11% in 2016, and now five years later, the membership in ACA is closer to 25%, according to Sarah Dickey, membership director for the Angel Capital Association.

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5 Types of Investors for Startups

StartupNation

Angel investors are individuals with an earned income that exceeds $200,000 or who have a net worth of more than $1 million. They are found across all industries and are useful for entrepreneurs who are beyond the seed stages of financing but are not yet ready to seek out venture capital. Perfect your pitch.

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Startup Investing: The New Trend in Alternative Assets

Onevest

Wikipedia notes that “in 1996 there were about 10 angel groups in the United States. In a report on startup investing and “How the Rich Invest” Forbes notes that the Angel Capital Association counted more than 330 active angel groups in North America as of 2013. There were over 200 as of 2006.”

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Should every startup get funded?

This is going to be BIG.

First off all, not every company is right for equity financing—and many other companies would be better off starting without it. I can’t tell you how many companies I’ve run into where the inability to get financing, or the lack of interest in it, led them to building better companies. Step one: Ask for money.

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Alternative VC Tech Stack: Chisos structured finance

David Teten VC

We’re fortunate to interview William Stringer, Founder of Chisos Capital , a structured finance company. Chisos is a structured finance company that provides startup and brand capital to entrepreneurs, athletes and creatives. My background is finance, investments and operations. Q: What’s your background?

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Why I Angel Invest

Angel Capital Association

I learned something new with each pitch deck, each conversation with a Founder, each term sheet, each stock purchase agreement, each follow on financing, each exit event… Of course I expected that by angel investing I would learn about angel investing. A lot of new things.

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Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City

This is going to be BIG.

It’s often some combination of the idea not being big enough to sustain a venture exit or the company just not being appropriate for venture financing. My company was not well executed enough to achieve venture capital financing—and that wasn’t the city’s fault, it was mine. I was there, too.

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