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Interesting Finding on Angel Investments in 2009
Much like the majority of the economy, angel investments have felt the crunch of 2009. In fact, according to a University of New Hampshire Center for Venture Research analysis, The Angel Investor Market in Q1Q2 2009: A Halt in the Market Contraction, total investments are down 27% over the first half of 2008. The interesting [...]
Be a Shark or an Angel, Your Choice
In a recent rant by Jason Calacanis, he raged about angel groups that charge entrepreneurs a fee up to US$6,000 for the opportunity to pitch. The main argument for a shark-fee-based pitching system is to cover costs and weed out frivolous entrepreneurs. The rationale is that if an entrepreneur is serious enough to pay thousands [...]
In Startup Land, the Old Could Strike Gold
In the United States – unlike many other countries – as people age, they are often disregarded as being “out of it” or “too old to keep up with new technology.” This stigma runs rampant through the culture of this country, ignoring the value that years of experience can actually bring to a situation or [...]
Quick Facts: How Successful Angels Invest
An engaging reader, Jim Flower, recently shot us an email and suggested the following topic: Flying under the radar. Investing in companies that will never get really big, but have the potential to make a few people financially very happy. I think it’s a great topic. It sounds legit and seems worth considering. Before I [...]
VCs Finding Seed Financing More Attractive
There was a day not long ago when a venture capitalist wouldn’t even look at a deal if all the entrepreneur was seeking was a minimal investment to get the company off the ground. Such investments were too small to consider and hardly worth their time. While this may have posed a problem for the [...]
Angels, You Rock
Investing can be a fickle thing; full of uncertainty and heart-pulsing ups and downs. For venture capitalists (VCs), an investment choice can make the difference between having a high powered job and losing one. For angel investors, the move is much more personal as angels invest their own money with no one to answer to [...]
Mind the (Angel VC) Gap
In the area of angel investing, there can be a fine line between the amount of money an angel is willing to invest and the amount of money that generally enters into VC territory. It is quite understandable that an enthusiastic entrepreneur in front of an angel with an open check book would push for [...]
Angels Look to Promises of 2009
Current investment opportunities for angels may seem to be limited in this downtrodden economy. After all, there may be a wealth of entrepreneurs still seeking funding, but can the market support their ideas enough to make you money? While it is true that a variety of considerations go into the decision-making process of funding a [...]
Got Game? Online and Mobile Gaming Proving to be Recession-Proof
In looking for new investing opportunities, it is often difficult to separate the fads of the moment from those with true growth and profit potential. In the area of video gaming, failures and successes have both been recounted, but overall analysts consider this industry recession-proof. [1] So, what is driving this thriving industry? After all, [...]
Investing on a Cloud? Latest Industry Release Could Send Profits Skyward
When the Rolling Stones sang the lyrics that ordered people off of their cloud, the band was way ahead of their time – they just didn’t know it. Now, the world of cloud computing and virtualization is offering significant investment
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