Author Archive for Matthew Brodsky
Matthew Brodsky is an award-winning author and an editor for an international business magazine. He's covered extensively on topics about global finance and risk.
DON’T Follow the Leader
A recent clean-up of my inbox had me erasing invitations to nearly half a dozen social media sites, all promising that I could connect with friends and alumni in a thrilling environment or manage my online identity. (They also all had weird names as if the founders have been naming businesses based on only seven [...]
The Art of the Buyout: Or How to Collect Your Money
One of my favorite scenes of the 1983 Monty Python classic “The Meaning of Life” comes in the very beginning. In fact, the scene is technically a whole separate mini-movie unto itself. It’s about the Permanent Assurance Company, which is depicted as a boardroom full of very old, crotchety men. The gist of the story [...]
Leadership Qualities Angel Investors Should Look for in an Entrepreneur
Let’s be honest here from the outset about how I feel. I am the perfect entrepreneur for any angel investor. Yes, angel investors, if you’re out there in search of your next great startup to support, in search of your next great mad genius to give money to, I’m your man. Except that I am [...]
How to Attract Elite Entrepreneurs You Need to Succeed as an Angel Investor
It is often said that we all have the potential for greatness in us. I didn’t say that, though. To be honest, I don’t much believe that either. No offense, but I think very few among us have that greatness about us. Perhaps it can even more be said when it comes to entrepreneurs you’re [...]
Angel Investing in the Year of Ox
Let’s all celebrate, the Chinese New Year (CNY) is around the corner, the start of the Year of Ox on January 26, 2009. Besides the partying and the festivities that always accompany the CNY, though, what does the Year of Ox mean for you angel investors out there? Well, I’ve talked to my Chinese Feng [...]
Don’t Benchmark This!
Metrics are all about each individual startup. They can vary by industry and by business plan. You need to know what will drive the success of this particular new business, and how you can measure to make sure that “what” is happening. That what could involve cash on hand, income, burn rate, customers, revenues … like I said, it can vary investment to investment.
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Super Angel: Add-on Services for the Soul
My angel investor loves me for who I am, not just what my business will do for him when it comes to fruition. Cheesy, sure. A bit exaggerated. Perhaps. I’d like to think not, but I’m not one of his Facebook friends, so perhaps my personal value in my angel investor’s eyes isn’t as high [...]
What is an Angel Investor: Do You Wear a Halo?
Angel investors are crucial for these burgeoning businesses. Heck, angel investors are critical for whole economies to thrive. Yes, angel investors are that important. They fuel innovation with seed capital. They stimulate markets and economies by growing companies that can compete on the local, then the global, stage.
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"You can be anything you want to be, if only you believe with sufficient conviction and act in accordance with your faith; for whatever the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve."
-Napoleon Hill
