All Entries in the "Due Diligence" Category
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 more [...]
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. Slow [...]
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.
ABC’s reality [...]
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 [...]
Rob Delman of Golden Seeds: Pitch Preparation Tips for Angels
[Guest post by Rob Delman, a professional angel investor and an active member of Golden Seeds in New York. He is proud to be nicknamed the “Golden Dude” by his female forum mates.]
As an angel investor, have you ever sat in a room listening to a pitch and have had no idea what the entrepreneur [...]
Doing Due Diligence on Startup Team
Investors experienced better returns in the deals where they exercised more due diligence. Sixty-five percent of the exits with below-average time spent on due diligence reported a return that was less than their original investment. Losses occurred in only 45 percent of the deals where investors did above-average due diligence.
– Kauffman Foundation and ACEF
Ask any [...]
Investing in Incubator Companies: The How and The Why
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 professionals in China [...]
Martin Zwilling of Startup Professionals: Angel Investing ABC
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, Zwilling [...]
Research Is Key to Smart Investing
Understanding the market potential and knowing what the entrepreneur and his team may be able to bring to the table, or what they may be hiding, is important to the development of sound investing strategies. This is not to say you should assume entrepreneurs are stealthy individuals bent on tricking you into investing, but it’s [...]
Why Great Startup Ideas Fail
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 [...]
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