Gust

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Many local angel investment groups work with a local event that creates the illusion of a business pitch contest, awarding investment to the winner. Startups and investors discover each other, and the community wins because the event becomes visible evidence of new business and new jobs locally. Local media cover it.

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investing investment angel investing pitching 79

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Most early-stage entrepreneurs who have worked with me (either as an angel or as a seed VC) know that I don’t rely at all on the social proof of other investors. Tags: Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis Term Sheets. When I’m in, I’m in. rings true to me.

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financing finance advice VC 286

Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 3, 2022

Crowdfunding Crowdfunding is taking a small loan or capital from a large number of investors/individuals at the same time to invest in the business. Angel investment Angel investors are individuals with extra cash in hand. They look for businesses that have the potential to grow and invest their money accordingly.

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pitching VC investing investment 93

Don Dodge

APRIL 6, 2015

Angel investing in tech startups is a gut wrenching and risky business. Most of them lose, but sometimes you invest in a “unicorn” and make 100 times your money or even more. Robert Morris, another co-founder, was a professor at MIT. None of the local VC firms invested. They got their initial funding of $1.2M

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incubation angel investing pitching venture capital 40

Gust

DECEMBER 27, 2011

I’ve had startup founders tell me that it’s only about the color of the money, but I disagree – particularly if you are desperate. Here is the inverse, sometimes called reverse due diligence, describing what you should do to validate your investor before signing up for an equity partnership.

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entrepreneurs peer-to-peer networking investing 119

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I gave him the same advice I give nearly all over-worked, control-freak, do-everything-yourself startup founders: “Your number one priority isn’t any of these things. When you think about the success that is Silicon Valley, the unfair advantage is not just the huge amounts of available venture capital.

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communities VC innovation entrepreneurs 317

David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

This is part of a series on building your career in venture capital: Reading list for working in private equity/venture capital , including all of the major online communities, programs, and educational options for people studying VC. How to get a job in venture capital. How to find a job as a VC scout.

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VC venture capital accelerator ventures 128

TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

As for Barrica, she now sits on both sides of the table – in addition to being an entrepreneur, she is angel investing and raising a fund. Our conversations indicated that things are opening up: There are more funding sources to leverage, and convincing investors is easier than it used to be.

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