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Profiting From Promising Startups: Improving the Odds (Part 2)
Angel investing is risky and potentially very rewarding. You already know that. Even if your primary intention is to encourage the entrepreneurial spirits in your community, it’d be nice to make money from your “semi-charitable” investments too. If you don’t expect to make money, you’re a philanthropist, not an angel investor.
Why are some investors more [...] -
Profiting From Promising Startups: Improving the Odds (Part 1)
You’re wealthy and wired. You just read Become an Angel Investor in 2010: An HBS Framework and 2010: The Ultimate Buyers’ Market for Investor. You’re getting antsy. You’re ready to invest in a startup. You’re ready to tap into your Rolodex and pave the road to success for any startups that cross your desk.
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Write a Check To Women in Tech
Not long ago “women” and “technology” meant a secretary with a typewriter composing her boss’s memo.
Times have changed.
Now, not only are women running businesses, they are starting them. And they aren’t sticking with cosmetics or flowers or anything else traditionally “female.”
Ning was co-founded by a woman. So was Flickr, which was bought by Yahoo in [...] -
Shark Tank (Part 2): 5 Things the Show Gets Right
[Guest post by Brant Bukowsky, the founder of GrowthPartner.com -- a firm that provides angel investment and online marketing expertise to emerging companies. A serial entrepreneur, Bukowsky and his team have built three Inc. 500 companies in the last five years. He blogs at Angel Investment Journal.]
This is the second in a two-part series.
In Part [...]
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Shark Tank (Part 1): 5 Things the Show Gets Wrong
[Guest post by Brant Bukowsky, the founder of GrowthPartner.com -- a firm that provides angel investment and online marketing expertise to emerging companies. A serial entrepreneur, Bukowsky and his team have built three Inc. 500 companies in the last five years. He blogs at Angel Investment Journal.]
This is the first in a two-part series.
ABC’s reality [...] -
Founder Collective: Chris Dixon’s Seed Investment Firm
Although the adventures of Chris Dixon in the world of venture capitalism might make an interesting read by themselves, the newest feather in Dixon’s cap is what caught my attention.
Dixon has founded 2 successful Internet companies in New York over the last 4 years. Dissatisfied with the venture capital market, however, he has now teamed [...] -
Thealzel Lee of VANTEC: Backing Life Sciences Companies
What’s it like to back a life sciences company? What should investors expect before investing in the bio/health sectors? Who’s entitled to be called an “angel investor”?
These are some of the questions Thealzel Lee will answer in this interview.
Lee is the senior partner of Rocket Builders, a management consulting firm that sponsors Vancouver Angel Technology [...] -
Angel Investing: Dilution Preventive Measures (Part 3)
This is Part 3 of our quest to answer a reader’s question on dilution.
The reader writes -
How do you prevent being washed out as you keep pro-rata and the numbers get increasingly bigger?
Suppose you invest $200k for 25%. The venture then raises $5m, so to keep pro rata you do $1.25m of that round. Then [...] -
Angel Investing: Dilution in a Down Round (Part 2)
A reader recently asked about dilution and we decided to answer it in 3 parts. Part 1 looks at dilution in an up round; this part examines dilution in a down round; and Part 3 goes over some of the measures you can take to minimize the impact and likelihood of dilution.
Here’s the question:
How do [...] -
Angel Investing: Dilution in an Up Round (Part 1)
A reader writes –
How do you prevent being washed out as you keep pro-rata and the numbers get increasingly bigger?
Suppose you invest $200k for 25%. The venture then raises $5m, so to keep pro rata you do $1.25m of that round. Then it raises $15m. Eventually it gets hard to follow you money and you [...] - All Recent Articles »
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Angel Investing: Dilution in a Down Round (Part 2)
A reader recently asked about dilution and we decided to answer it in 3 parts. Part 1 looks at dilution in an up round; this part examines dilution in a down round; and Part 3 goes over some of the measures you can take to minimize the impact and likelihood of dilution.
Here’s the question:
How do [...] -
Angel Investing: Dilution in an Up Round (Part 1)
A reader writes –
How do you prevent being washed out as you keep pro-rata and the numbers get increasingly bigger?
Suppose you invest $200k for 25%. The venture then raises $5m, so to keep pro rata you do $1.25m of that round. Then it raises $15m. Eventually it gets hard to follow you money and you [...] -
Term Sheet: What Da Heck Is Liquidation Preference (Part 2)
In Part 1, we answered Judd Aston’s question on liquidation preference by illustrating how it protects investors’ downside. What isn’t as obvious is that it also prevents the founders from selling early at investors’ expense.
Before you click away thinking that you got a lawyer and you don’t need to understand the terms, check out what [...] -
Term Sheet: What Da Heck Is Liquidation Preference (Part 1)
Judd Aston writes -
I was asking my lawyer about liquidation preference and he bombarded me with legal jargon. Fifteen minutes later I still had not a clue what he had told me. So my question is what is liquidation preference? Some examples would be great.
Bravo. You obviously understand the benefits and convenience of understanding the [...] - More from What Da Heck Does It Mean »
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Shark Tank (Part 2): 5 Things the Show Gets Right
[Guest post by Brant Bukowsky, the founder of GrowthPartner.com -- a firm that provides angel investment and online marketing expertise to emerging companies. A serial entrepreneur, Bukowsky and his team have built three Inc. 500 companies in the last five years. He blogs at Angel Investment Journal.]
This is the second in a two-part series.
In Part [...]
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Thealzel Lee of VANTEC: Backing Life Sciences Companies
What’s it like to back a life sciences company? What should investors expect before investing in the bio/health sectors? Who’s entitled to be called an “angel investor”?
These are some of the questions Thealzel Lee will answer in this interview.
Lee is the senior partner of Rocket Builders, a management consulting firm that sponsors Vancouver Angel Technology [...] -
Angel Investing: Dilution Preventive Measures (Part 3)
This is Part 3 of our quest to answer a reader’s question on dilution.
The reader writes -
How do you prevent being washed out as you keep pro-rata and the numbers get increasingly bigger?
Suppose you invest $200k for 25%. The venture then raises $5m, so to keep pro rata you do $1.25m of that round. Then [...] -
2010: The Ultimate Buyer’s Market for Investors
No doubt, 2009 was a year of dieting and fat-trimming for startups. But those that have conquered the financial tsunami will come out a lean, mean, revenue-ramping machine.
“2010 should be the ultimate buyers’ market for investors with cash to spend because entrepreneurs who tightened their belts last year cannot do so indefinitely,” Steve Fredrick and [...] - More from Picking Winners »
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Shark Tank (Part 2): 5 Things the Show Gets Right
[Guest post by Brant Bukowsky, the founder of GrowthPartner.com -- a firm that provides angel investment and online marketing expertise to emerging companies. A serial entrepreneur, Bukowsky and his team have built three Inc. 500 companies in the last five years. He blogs at Angel Investment Journal.]
This is the second in a two-part series.
In Part [...]
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Shark Tank (Part 1): 5 Things the Show Gets Wrong
[Guest post by Brant Bukowsky, the founder of GrowthPartner.com -- a firm that provides angel investment and online marketing expertise to emerging companies. A serial entrepreneur, Bukowsky and his team have built three Inc. 500 companies in the last five years. He blogs at Angel Investment Journal.]
This is the first in a two-part series.
ABC’s reality [...] -
Angel Investing: Dilution Preventive Measures (Part 3)
This is Part 3 of our quest to answer a reader’s question on dilution.
The reader writes -
How do you prevent being washed out as you keep pro-rata and the numbers get increasingly bigger?
Suppose you invest $200k for 25%. The venture then raises $5m, so to keep pro rata you do $1.25m of that round. Then [...] -
Bruno Bensaid: “Startups need cash, then value. No cash, they die.”
Whether you visit news sites or flip open the newspaper, you’ll see that Chinese entrepreneurs and the state of economy in China are garnering some serious ink. To learn more about China’s angel investing scene and general investing practices, Venture Hype got in touch with Shanghai-based investor Bruno Bensaid.
Bensaid is the founder of MobileMonday Shanghai, [...] - More from How to Value a Startup »
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2010: The Ultimate Buyer’s Market for Investors
No doubt, 2009 was a year of dieting and fat-trimming for startups. But those that have conquered the financial tsunami will come out a lean, mean, revenue-ramping machine.
“2010 should be the ultimate buyers’ market for investors with cash to spend because entrepreneurs who tightened their belts last year cannot do so indefinitely,” Steve Fredrick and [...] -
Investors of Tomorrow: What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?
Are you smarter than a 5th grader? While this phrase has become a wildly popular game and game show, it is also an interesting segue into a recent post in The Business Insider.
Daniel Schultz, DFJ Gotham’s co-founder and managing director, set out to try and explain venture capital to his son’s 5th grade class. To [...] -
The Attraction of Social Gaming
Run a farm. Join a Mafia family. Become a vampire, play poker, or open a restaurant.
Seems like you can do just about anything you want in the vast universe of social gaming.
Social gaming, those simulated games populating social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace, are everywhere, and their popularity is growing every day. Despite [...] -
Silicon Valley Ready to Make a Comeback?
There are few throughout the global economy who have been able to escape the impact of the recession. Amidst the branch closings, market losses, cutbacks and reorganizations, one bright light is shining on the horizon – the revival of Silicon Valley. For angels seeking new investment opportunities, excitement just might be brewing.
Hot Deals Emerging
BBC News’ [...] - More from Perspectives »
