Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 3, 2024

Angels often make their first real impact post-investment by helping a portfolio company develop a “real” Board, by insisting on documented processes, key metrics and measures and a more rigorous approach to corporate oversight and accountability. In the latter case, returns improved by 20%. with an average of 5.7

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The level and quality of their involvement can ultimately help determine a company’s success or failure. Angel investors. Angel investors are individuals with an earned income that exceeds $200,000 or who have a net worth of more than $1 million. Related: Why Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors Look at Teams, Not Ideas.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

If you read this blog often you'll know that I'm a huge fan of First Round Capital. Josh and Howard began co-investing as angels and in 2005 they started a $10 million fund. Howard states the most successful angel investors are the ones who can place many small bets, increasing the possibility of hitting a home run.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

Successful strategies involve distributing newsletters, promotional offers, product updates, or free tools—all hyper-tailored to the needs and interests of the recipient. B2B email marketing is a tactic for promoting products or services to business-to-business customers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2018

I always tell founders … “An investors job is to deploy capital and make a return. If engagement wanes you either need to move that VC to a lower priority or you need to find ways to improve on any of these dimensions (obviously points 2 & 3 might mean you’re meeting the wrong person in the firm). these are simply guidelines.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Rather than reinvent the wheel, I would point readers to Martin Kleppmann’s useful blog post with graphs illustrating the effects of a valuation cap on entrepreneurs, seed investors and later-round (typically VC) investors. (The cap is irrelevant if the next equity financing is at a valuation below the cap amount.)

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

These are angels and VCs. I have a blog post on that, fundraising advice for founders raising for the first time. Investors are expecting to see a return on their investment, and most business aren't successful. There's a lot of blogs out there now on Medium and elsewhere where you can just learn.

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