Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 26, 2023

ACA members and groups enjoy unprecedented education and networking opportunities, brought to them by the trusted authority in angel investing. 2023 promises to be another exciting year, with new educational opportunities, additional networking and community building events.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Check your state’s agencies such as those for economic development and others for programs, as well as seek out information on licenses, permits, regulations, and incentives that may be required to start a business. Accelerators are programs run by a range of organizations and funders to assist the best startup applicants they choose.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 14, 2012

They don't have a stake in it--and by not actively putting themselves out there as a source of capital, they're not in the information flow. The currency that VCs deal in that's just as important as any other is information. They carry with them information about patterns of success, pitfalls, best practices and trends to look for.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 3, 2024

As the experience of one leading angel group powerfully illustrates , the difference in returns for portfolio companies having a Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN) member on the Board was 7x higher than lacking a CTAN Board member. Board seats increase an angel group’s information and its ability to contribute to positive outcomes.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

We are delighted to provide this complimentary resource courtesy to community ecosystem builders to assist you in the planning and implementation of a new community angel fund or network. Help us create a powerful network of entrepreneurs, investors and community resources so that we can continue to support economic growth.

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Impact Hub

OCTOBER 7, 2023

These complementary pillars leverage Impact Hub’s extensive network of over 100 communities across the globe to accelerate learning across diverse realities. The global network inspires local ecosystems with the latest innovations while connecting them to a broader international context.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Not everybody can do ecosystem building; it’s a talent that is developed through experience and education, connections and networking. Outside-the-box measurement and practical metrics are, in fact, needed across the board to better inform our work and support our communities, especially those that have historically been left behind: .

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

I wish the small business ecosystem had something equivalent to the angel investor networks that support technology startups. Silos breakdown the flow of information between actors in an ecosystem and in turn, more difficult for an entrepreneur to navigate. Dealing with resistive funders, however, is our biggest challenge.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Armed with this wealth of first-hand information, the local entrepreneurial allies and business owners themselves split up into working groups to think creatively how to best address the identified barriers. The results of this community-informed process were two pilot programs that will launch in the spring of 2020. .

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Armed with this wealth of first-hand information, the local entrepreneurial allies and business owners themselves split up into working groups to think creatively how to best address the identified barriers. The results of this community-informed process were two pilot programs that will launch in the spring of 2020.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

Eva Doss, President and CEO at The Launch Place, elaborated, “We had multiple organizations in the region that were providing specific services to entrepreneurs and small businesses: business counseling, seminars, workshops, investment capital, pitch competitions, networking events, etc. Defining long-term success in ecosystem building.

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Founders Coop

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

By making corporate funders, and not startup founders, their primary customer, Techstars built a centrally-controlled sales- and operations-driven culture that made startups the product, not the customer. This model wouldn’t have grown as quickly, and would have required much greater selectivity in the markets in which it operated.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

I asked them to treat me like a funder. The more metrics that we can collect about ecosystems the more we will be able to make informed decisions and provide targeted support as ecosystem builders.” They described social improvement and positive outcomes – but nothing that was tangible. Buddy Palmer. Ellen Bateman.

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Angel Capital Association

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Early angel investors included leading ACA member groups Keirestu, Tech Coast Angels, and Central Texas Angel Network (CTAN). “We One investor can quickly become 20 if you’re networking with the right groups and angels.” Every round of funding was oversubscribed. Several angel investors, including an M.D. Access the full report here!

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This is going to be BIG.

JULY 8, 2019

Being unwilling to listen to that is foolish, because it’s good information—and it’s networking 101. but in the end you should know exactly who your best few hundred (or more) potential networking leads are, and follow them. Can you imagine them talking about it later at a networking event?

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David Teten VC

MARCH 14, 2023

Q: I imagine you periodically have people joining not because they have cash to invest and want to lock it up in an illiquid, high-risk investment, but because they want to network with angels. How do you assess if someone is joining for the right reasons?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

you can build that with your personal peer network. A Good Mentor Being a founder of startup is a lonely experience because you’re constantly faced with hard decisions that need to be made with incomplete information and many of the decisions can be very consequential and you have limited people from whom you can get input.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

Scouts are typically hired because they are well-networked and credible in an industry, geography, and/or community that a VC is focusing on. This role helps augment the candidate’s profile with personal branding, networks, track record, dealflow, and industry best practices. HOW TO GET A SCOUT ROLE. Solo GP Training. Calm Company. “We’re

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Forward Cities

JUNE 17, 2022

Functions and Responsibilities Strategic Leadership Overseeing the design, delivery, and oversight of equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem engagements, including holding all department team members accountable for designated deliverables; Equipping communities to grow more equitable entrepreneurial ecosystems, prioritizing community-informed programmatic (..)

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Forward Cities

JUNE 17, 2022

Program Delivery & Management.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

Note that I specifically am excluding from this analysis the firms that help investors access investment funds, e.g., CAIS , Context365 , iCapital Network , OurCrowd , Palico , PrimeAlpha , Trusted Insight. Elite networks. Suggestion: make very public your red lines as to who can participate in the network, at what level.

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