Some angel investors are in it solely for the money; others are motivated to give back to the community. If you’re the type that wants to do good to the society, take a close look at research park startup companies in your region — they just might be the treasures you’ve been looking to add [...]
He’s brought incubation advisement to Russia. He’s helped Washington University rank first nationally in the number of licensed technologies. He’s greased the wheels for tech collaborations and business incubation development throughout the state of Indiana. And he’s acted on behalf of the National Business Incubation Association (NBIA) and presented an intensive training program to incubation [...]
When it comes to startup advice for tech entrepreneurs, twitterati StartupPro (a.k.a. Martin Zwilling) will probably pop up your mind. Over the past 30 years, Zwilling has led technical business transformations, held a wide range of tech management roles, as well as done due diligence and funding analysis for investors. Though he does little investing, [...]
In a recent rant by Jason Calacanis, he raged about angel groups that charge entrepreneurs a fee up to US$6,000 for the opportunity to pitch. The main argument for a shark-fee-based pitching system is to cover costs and weed out frivolous entrepreneurs. The rationale is that if an entrepreneur is serious enough to pay thousands [...]
If you’ve been on Twitter, or if you’ve been following Venture Hype on Twitter, you should’ve heard about The Perfect Pitch Competition with Sir Richard Branson. We’d been tweeting frantically about the competition and so did you. More than 1,000 entrepreneurs from all 50 states, plus an additional 8 countries, entered the contest for an [...]
If you’re an active angel investor who frequently brings more than just money to the table, founding a business incubator to add more structure in mentoring and growing startup ventures could be your thing. Why? According to National Business Incubation Association (NBIA), incubators might reduce the risk of small business failures, which means you’d have [...]
Angels Rob Hayes of First Round capital, Jeff Clavier, and early Googler-turned-angel Aydin Senkut recently shared their views on the state of angel investing. These angels back consumer Internet companies, with recent activity in personalized medicine and cloud-based ideas. Hayes also highlighted the key to ultimate investment success is the character and history of the [...]
According to Kauffman Foundation, angel investors participating in organized angel groups achieved an average of 27% annual return — the highest return among long-term equity investments, comparing favorably to early-seed VC investing (21.2%, Thomson Venture Economics), later-stage VC investing (14.4%, Thomson Venture Economics) and the stock market (8.22%, S&P Index). Investing with a group can [...]
Entrepreneurs might have a great idea but can’t always get it in front of the right people with the right money. On the other side of the equation, angel investors like you long to hear good pitches of great ideas that fit within your narrow scope or specialty. PerfectBusiness.com (which bills itself as “the path [...]
What better way to learn about investing in tech ventures than to tap into the perspectives of an angel group chairman who’s also a 38-year veteran in the tech industry? This week, Venture Hype caught up with Bill Warner, chairman of the Triangle Accredited Capital Forum (TACF) and managing partner of Paladin and Associates. Prior [...]
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