Let's talk about money, baby! Whether it's funding or acquihires, angels or convertible notes, debt or income, money is the topic we all looooove to talk about (and pretend not to care about). Lemme be straight with you: I love me some money. ...

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Via: UnicornFree Written by Amy Hoy I put the Amy in anomaly. Bootstrapper, product crusader, Ru

Financial acumen should surely be a given for venture capitalists, although writing this sentence feels peculiar when tech venture is today one of the worst performing asset classes in Europe. Europe's venture capital firms are being spurned by their limited partners, and most are unable to raise new funds. Many European firms have disappeared from the market, or are running as ghosts of their for ...

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Via: Urban Horizon Written by Andrew J Scott Digital Entrepreneur with an interest in writing & film. Fou

I wear two hats one as a general partner of a couple of seed stage VC funds, the other as an occasional angel investor. Wearing my angel-investing hat, I wanted to highlight an issue that I encourage founders to be careful about when pitching. ...

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Via: On Startups Written by Chris Sheehan seed/early stage VC at CommonAngels www.commonangels.com

An entrepreneur pointed out to me that some startups choose a middle ground between bootstrapping and raising institutional money: exclusively raising angel money. Comparing angel investors to VCs is relatively straightforward but there isn't much talk about startups that only raise money from angels. ...

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Via: David Cummings Written by David Cummings 10-20 tweets per week. Tech entrepreneur who enjoys family,

There is nothing inherently wrong with high valuations if everyone is aligned in exit expectations. The problem is I don't think the alignment is there in many cases. The rule of thumb in angel/vc investing (and yes, I realize they differ in a lot of ways but I'm trying to simplify) is to shoot for a 10x return on exit. ...

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Via: Gabriel Weinberg Written by Gabriel Weinberg My only regret is that I have... boneitis.

I've written before about how the very first email to an angel investor really matters, or at least to this angel investor. It's very easy to get thrown in a bucket of wannabes or bad first-timers. Here are a few of those red flags from my perspective. ...

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Via: Gabriel Weinberg Written by Gabriel Weinberg Founder, DuckDuckGo. Angel investor. Family guy.

Angel investors can be a Godsend… and not just because they can help fund your business. When I founded Mosaic, I spent a lot of time meeting with Angel investors and telling then about how my company helps photographer’s better access and store their photos.  I did too much telling and not enough listening. I was in full sales mode. I believed it was my job to convince them that Mosaic was a ...

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Via: Bostinnovation

An "elevator pitch" is a concise, well-practiced description of your startup and your plan, delivered with conviction and enthusiasm, that your mother should be able to understand in the time it would take to ride up an elevator. Everybody knows about these, but few people seem to deliver a good one. A good elevator pitch is not just for an elevator discussion. Use it in every networkin ...

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Via: Startup Professionals Written by Martin Zwilling Veteran startup mentor, executive, blogger, author, tech pro

We’ll get there, but let’s start here: I don’t believe in “angel portfolio theory,” which applies Wall Street’s favorite myth to the early stage world. According to this approach, the “smart” way to do angel investing is massive diversification, with … Continue reading → ...

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Via: Gust Blog Written by Bob Rice Optimistic skeptic, flaming moderate. Entrepreneur, technolo

Contrary to what you are seeing in the press there is simply too much money in the World at the moment; too much capital seeking too few investment opportunities. Remember the 1930s depression created more Millionaires than in any other era (ever), and now will be no different. A large amount of High net worth [...] ...

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