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 [...]
Thanks to the Bin 38 fiasco and the Valley’s hyperactive angel investing activities of late, industry participants were taken aback by the pessimistic findings in the angel market analysis report [PDF] for the first and second quarter of 2010, offered by the Center for Venture Research (CVR). Methinks it could be a “Chicken Little” threat [...]
Got ambitions for risks and high-payoff investments? Allocate a portion of your investable capital to angel investing, a form of alternative investments that offer high risk, high return opportunities. William S. Podd, executive director of Landmark Angels, suggests, “Angel investing, with its historical high risk/high reward strategy, can provide an opportunity for significant returns for [...]
Quick Notes Venture capital investing is up 41% in the 1st quarter this year vs. a year ago Number of startup acquisitions is at an all time high Quantity and quality of acquisitions are good 14 to 15 IPOs in 1st quarter, compared to 18 IPOs in the last 2 years Quality of IPOs – [...]
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 [...]
THE ANGEL INVESTOR MARKET IN 2009: HOLDING STEADY BUT CHANGES IN SEED AND STARTUP INVESTMENTS The Center for Venture Research at UNH has released a report [PDF] on the angel investor market in 2009. The report indicates that angels haven’t significantly decreased investment activity. But they’re committing fewer dollars due to lower valuations and a [...]
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 [...]
Not long ago “women” and “technology” meant a secretary with a typewriter composing her boss’s memo. Times have changed. Now, not only are women running businesses, they are starting them. And they aren’t sticking with cosmetics or flowers or anything else traditionally “female.” Ning was co-founded by a woman. So was Flickr, which was bought [...]
We’ve looked at the stats and prospects of iPhone, iPod Touch, and App Store in Investing in iPhone Startups (Part 1): The Prospects. The numbers are encouraging and the downloads are downright inspiring (3 billion and growing with no end in sight). BUT, barriers to entry is low and there are heaps of other issues [...]
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