On the back of a successful 2009 conference that featured billionaire Sir Richard Branson and 43 other prominent speakers and business success stories, PerfectBusiness is orchestrating an even bigger event this year, The PerfectBusiness Summit 2010, to be held in Las Vegas at Palms Casino’s 2,500 seat concert theater on October 7 – 8. What [...]
SoftTech VC’s founder and managing partner Jeff Clavier knows how to pick a winner. New angels may ask: How does this super angel weed out the roses from the thorns amongst all ‘em seemingly promising web companies? To Clavier, startup executives who can’t prove their healthy team dynamics probably won’t make the cut. In a [...]
What has personality, compassion, experience, know-how, contacts, great advice, money to boot and a set of wings? An angel investor of course! We’ve been reading up on the latest Dow Jones Venture Wire insight into the growing influence of angel investors penned by Tomio Geron. Geron draws upon some anecdotes to show that modern day [...]
Sure you’ve heard about the infamous Dodd bill – probably gazillion times too many. The startup and investment community frown upon the initial bill and after much lobbying it’s announced that 2 amendments have been proposed to save the startup and investment community. Floor debates on the Dodd bill starts today. Let’s recap the amendments. [...]
Startup businesses need more than just cash in their kitty to achieve success and business longevity, according to a Harvard Business School paper into entrepreneurial funding. While it is important that seed businesses receive the necessary funding to get their operations up and running, sometimes the psychological support they receive is just as important as [...]
As an angel investor, you always have your eye out for the latest great idea that will lead to a sound investment. While all successful startups begin with a great idea, not all great ideas lead to successful startups. Before you whip that checkbook out in front of an entrepreneur, let’s look at why some [...]
Current investment opportunities for angels may seem to be limited in this downtrodden economy. After all, there may be a wealth of entrepreneurs still seeking funding, but can the market support their ideas enough to make you money? While it is true that a variety of considerations go into the decision-making process of funding a [...]
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