Comments on: Give Entrepreneurs 5 Minutes

By: The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype

The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 22:14:10 +0000

Ideally, the entrepreneur could learn from investors' feedback so he can improve his pitch and has a higher chance of success when presenting to another investor.

By: TheCrimson

TheCrimson — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:51:47 +0000

We'll it's the risk they are willing to take and I guess this entrepreneurs should accepted that fact. Entrepreneurs even though they have the character and the idea but if it's not impressive enough for an angel then they have to go to another investor.

By: The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype

The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:40:01 +0000

It’s the norm in the investment community. Investors receive many, many plans and pitches on a monthly, even daily, basis. It’s a given that many companies will fail within 5 years. Seasoned investors must select companies that appear most promising based on what they know at that time.

This doesn’t mean that companies that had passed the filter would become successful and those that hadn’t would fail. Some companies ended up succeeding even though they failed to attract investors.

What entrepreneurs need to understand is -- investors aren't psychics; even the most seasoned investors wouldn’t know at the outset which company would become a winner. To increase the chance of getting their investment back, they pick only those that seem to have high potential. Read this, if you want to understand the reason behind how investors invest.

By: The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype

The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:40:01 +0000

By: antoreen

antoreen — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:25:54 +0000

The last three lines within the ‘P.S.’ are disheartening really. It is hard to digest. If it really happens that ‘before even cracking the cover’ ‘75% of investment proposals’ is rejected by the angels, I am sure, some of the jewel entrepreneurs with exceptional vision and potentiality to perform great tomorrow or day-after tomorrow may unfortunately bite the dust which is a great loss for all who are in the arena.

By: Be a Shark or an Angel, Your Choice | Venture Hype

Be a Shark or an Angel, Your Choice | Venture Hype — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:02:41 +0000

[...] investment guidelines and look at the text or video submissions you receive. You can quickly tell who’ve done their homework and followed your criteria. Weed out those who haven’t. No need to put a ridiculous price tag to help make this [...]

By: The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype

The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:29:30 +0000

It's sad that some new angels got burned in their first angel investment and decided to never do it again. That's why education is essential — read Venture Hype.

Sorry, hard to resist.

By: Brian Javeline

Brian Javeline — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:32:23 +0000

I think there should be a clear distinction as to “angel”. Are we talking an individual? Are we talking a group of individuals operating as an “angel group”? Are we talking an early stage VC who likes to say they do “angel” investing but rarely really does so? This word has changed dramatically and I think many of them use it too lightly for many different reasons. Any person looking for capital should not just gravitate to the word “angel” since it is almost like looking at software and hearing the words “internet”. I get asked this all the time, and this comes from someone who has raised “angel” money from 5 different people in 3 states and 2 countries to help bring http://www.MyOnlineToolbox.com to market. And by the way, we have won a 2008 Dell Top 10 Innovator Award and a recent 2009 Forbes America's Most Promising Award. Any angels out there interested to further discuss?

By: tongyun

tongyun — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:02:42 +0000

That's a pretty scary combination when neither the entrepreneur nor the angel investor knows what they are doing. I have to wonder how many new angels get into the game and end up losing it all because they haven't done their homework because they are just so excited to get into the game.

By: The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype

The Hyper Team @ Venture Hype — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 13:07:31 +0000

You’d be surprised by the number of entrepreneurs who blast out “offers” without even trying to find out whether the investors are familiar or interested in the industry. Seasoned angels get annoyed immediately. Angels who invest in such clueless founders are undoubtedly new to the investing game. Not only is the budding investor’s money in danger, the founder will likely suffer the consequences of not doing her homework. Just imagine — she’s selling control and equities of her company to an investor who has no idea what he’s doing.