[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. [...]
[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 [...]
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 [...]
If you’ve been on Twitter, or if you’ve been following Venture Hype on Twitter, you should’ve heard about The Perfect Pitch Competition with Sir Richard Branson. We’d been tweeting frantically about the competition and so did you. More than 1,000 entrepreneurs from all 50 states, plus an additional 8 countries, entered the contest for an [...]
Talk abounds in the industry as to what you should look for in a quality pitch. Entrepreneurs seek out this information as they understand the pitch can make or break the deal when it comes to raising funds from angels. Not all entrepreneurs are diligent enough to prepare a winning presentation however, and can take [...]
Time is elastic: It seems to expand or contract according to some mysterious law that we don’t understand: At a red light, a minute takes FOREVER. (I know, I get stuck at them all the time as if a higher power is conspiring against me). But if you were starting up a company and looked [...]
Entrepreneurs are nothing if not passionate about their idea and the anticipation of launching a company based on that idea. As an angel investor, you want to see that excitement, but not at the expense of proper planning. After all, consumers won’t buy passion and you can’t use it to gauge profits and losses. Even [...]
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