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Shark Tank (Part 2): 5 Things the Show Gets Right

[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 second in a two-part series.

In Part [...]

Founder Collective: Chris Dixon’s Seed Investment Firm

Although the adventures of Chris Dixon in the world of venture capitalism might make an interesting read by themselves, the newest feather in Dixon’s cap is what caught my attention.
Dixon has founded 2 successful Internet companies in New York over the last 4 years. Dissatisfied with the venture capital market, however, he has now teamed [...]

Angel Investing: Dilution Preventive Measures (Part 3)

This is Part 3 of our quest to answer a reader’s question on dilution.
The reader writes -
How do you prevent being washed out as you keep pro-rata and the numbers get increasingly bigger?
Suppose you invest $200k for 25%. The venture then raises $5m, so to keep pro rata you do $1.25m of that round. Then [...]

Not a “One-Trick Pony” Angel Investor

Most people would define “investing” as the act of putting money into something with the expectation of getting more money out. But really, investing is about input and ROI. It doesn’t have to be only about cash. As an angel investor, you might have more to contribute to a business than just a check with [...]

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 [...]

Angel Investor’s Challenge #5: Now What?

You and a group of other angel investors have placed your trust — and your money — in a startup venture. Now what? What can you and your fellow investors do to help your company live up to its potential?
The previous articles (Challenges #1, #2, #3, #4) in this series focused on choosing an investment [...]