All Entries in the "Due Diligence" Category
Angel Investment Process: Where Do IP Attorneys Come In
Back in April, we met a patent attorney through Greg George, who suggested we do a post on intellectual property. Law? IP? *yawn* Before you doze off, wait! This patent attorney happened to be McGarry Bair’s (@McGarryBair) Tom Williams (@RealGTom), who’s fun, witty, and enthusiastic – not your typical lawyer. In fact, McGarry Bair isn’t [...]
IP Mistakes Startups Make That Could Jeopardize Your Angel Investment
In Part 1 of the interview, Implications of IP for Angel Investors, patent attorney Tom Williams (@RealGTom) of McGarry Bair (@McGarryBair) provided a summary of various forms of intellectual property (IP) and explained how IP produces money-making opportunities. Here, he’ll talk about several common mistakes startups make, provide an overview on IP insurance, and point [...]
Tom Williams of McGarry Bair: Implications of IP for Angel Investors
As an angel, you play with your own money and make bets on your dime. You take calculated risks and take precaution steps to reduce known risks. That’s how you protect your investments and improve the odds of success. Product risk is one of the investment risks inherit in angel investing. You want to reduce [...]
HBS Study: Angel Backed Companies Less Likely to Kick the Bucket
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 [...]
Investing in SaaS Ventures (Part 5): The 5 Cs of SaaS Finance
This is the final installment of a series on Investing in SaaS Ventures. Which was born from a question and suggestion from a dear reader, Taliba M. Taliba is a new angel investor who’s ready to make her second investment. She wants to place a bet on a SaaS startup but feels that she can’t [...]
Investing in SaaS Ventures (Part 3): Monetization Models
A reader, Taliba M., said she wants to place her bet in a SaaS startup but she isn’t familiar with SaaS companies. She asked how she should go about it and we suggested some ideas. Read Effective Ways to Invest in the Unknown for our complete response and the purpose of this series. (Obviously, you’re [...]
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 [...]
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. Whoa. [...]
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. [...]
Rob Delman of Golden Seeds: Due Diligence Tips for Angels
In Part 1 of the interview, Rob Delman, managing director of Golden Seeds New York, told us the benefits of investing in women-led ventures, shared his lessons learned and pointed out a critical term in a term sheet that many might have overlooked. Today, Delman the “Golden Dude” talks more about due diligence, an area [...]
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