Rich: Okay, just so we can wrap up and sort of summarize this, what I’m hearing you say for the angel investment marketplace is that they need to have patience. It’s a different environment over there, and you need to be aware of the company’s legal structure. Anything else you would like to add that [...]
You just read another story on how quickly certain angels invest and you’re secretly admiring their ability to make decisions on the spot. Now you’re thinking: Due diligence is SO yesterday – screw it and close more deals already! Do what you want; you’re investing your own money, not ours. But first, check out our [...]
Talk with experienced angel investors, and you’ll realize that unless they have a trusted syndication partner across the border, proximity still matters. True, tech advancement and the falling cost of communication might have enabled investors to invest farther from home, but the effect might not be as significant as we think. After all, trust and [...]
* This is not legal advice. Consult with your lawyer. Should angel investors care about Private Placement Memorandum (PPM)? Antoine Brand, a reader of Venture Hype, wondered. Since it’s a question asked by many an entrepreneur, we decided to look at both sides of the table and examine the role PPM plays in an investment [...]
* This is not legal advice. Consult with your lawyer. Antoine Brand asks – What is a private placement memorandum? Should Angel Investors be concerned if the company doesn’t have one? Since many an entrepreneur has asked the same question, why don’t we look at both sides of the table and examine the role it [...]
This is a guest post by Christopher Grey, a contributor to TheStreet.com and the co-founder and CFO of CapLinked. Grey was a senior executive and partner in private equity, finance, and banking for 15 years. He was directly involved in the origination and management of billions of dollars of debt and equity investments. Other members [...]
Back in April, we met a patent attorney through Greg George, who suggested we do a post on intellectual property (IP). 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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