Questions on angel investors who provides capital for a business start-up.
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Where can I find samples of good one page executive summary for a business plan?
We are applying for angel investment for our startup and looking for some samples of one page executive summary. Please share if you are aware of any.
Thanks,
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Checklist of things for presenting for Angel Investment
What things should an entrepreneur have noted, ready to present an investment opportunity to an Angel Investor?
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Do angels/venture capitalists expect you to invest your own capital?
I recently talked with some nice retired business people about startups. They gave me some great help but one thing that they said stuck out and I wanted to confirm or deny it.
I was told that the ...
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Can I start writing to angel's today?
Angels are really busy that they will receive lots of proposals every minute. They formally look at the preface and decide whether to proceed further or to drop the proposal. My company is in seed ...
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Is collateral a criteria for angels or just the idea?
The World's richest people like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Pages, Warren Buffet and these people who are ruling the World once upon a time they don't have enough money to start a company but ...
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Points to be mentioned while writing to angels
I am about to start writing to Angel investors about my project. Can anybody tell me what are the bullet points to be included while writing to Angels.
Should I follow any steps while writing to ...
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Fair equity in this scenario?
I'm looking for opinions on what you would expect the equity distribution to be in this scenario:
Person #1: Came up with the idea, left his job 1 year ago & went unpaid for 6 months, filed ...
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Will an angel investor be turned off by the founders not wanting to quit their day jobs just yet?
....my co-founder and I are working on a SaaS product and there is a chance we may seek an angel investment. Do you think us wanting to keep our day jobs for 3-6 more months will be a turn-off to ...
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What to be aware of, careful of when getting an angel investor
I recently started an LLC with a friend and we developed and manufactured a product, but we really need an investor. We do have a rich friend and he wants to invest, but we don't have a good idea on ...
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how do you protect your idea when going to a venture capital company?
I have an online idea that requires a lot of IT. I am the marketer and can implement on that front but do not have the IT experience or know-how. I would like to find a venture capital company that ...
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How to summarize shares of angels repeating investments?
Provided I raise a first investment from angel on X valuation, then raise another one from same angel on X+Y valuation, what would be the total amount of percentage the angel will have of the company?
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In a seed round, should startups try to raise large amounts venture capital, or stick with angel investors?
There are different opinions on this question among VCs and other authorities in the tech and startup communities. (see: Fred Wilson, Chris Dixon, Brad Feld). Should startups try to raise as much ...
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Age of founder > brick wall (in front of?) angel investors/vc's
Legally speaking it isn't a problem that i'm seventeen years old, in my country it is allowed to start a business at 16+. A cantonal judge removed some other boundaries so that I'm now fully ...
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What does it mean to get angel funded? Is it giving away a %?
When I read about a company getting angel funded, what does it mean?
Is it a company selling a % of their company in exchange for seed money?
Is there any interest involved?
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How much equity to share with a seed investor, who wants to offer the money as a loan to the company?
I found an investor, who is ready to invest seed capital ( about $ 100,000 )into the company. But she wants to invest it, in the form of a Loan ( payable back with an interest rate slightly better ...
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What happens when I issue shares and nobody buys them?
After launching the prototype and getting some pretty exciting customer feedback over the last six weeks, we want to raise a little investment money.
We're talking with several organizations so far. ...
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I have a static prototype, can I get angel investment?
I have a static prototype for a very promising company. The prototype is not dynamic, just made to show how the site works. I need an investment to actually develop the functionality and get some ...
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Founder stocks and Employee pool
Is it common to issue equity to CEO as Preferred stock but other co-founders as Common stock?
When setting up a 20% employee pool, it is common to have terms that the unissued equity will be issued ...
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Do Angel Investors get paid before a successful exit?
We have a new startup and are trying to meet with some potential angel investors. We were asked if we have a ROI schedule. I thought that investors get paid only when the company has a successful exit ...
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What do you do when your Angel turns out to be a Devil?
Investor are in it for one thing, profit. That's okay if both the founders and the investors profit. What do you do when the "Angels" who have been funding your work kick out the founders and the ...
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How long to wait for investing?
I'm the tech guy and doing a lot of technical development for the startup.
How long does one wait around for the business people to get funding from VC's and Angels? is there a ballpark of how long a ...
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How to run a party angel round without a lead investor?
I have been able to get significant interest from a good number of well suited angels for my business, after many months of looking for folks who grok my industry.
But now, it's the middle of the ...
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Popularity of restricted stock?
Several newbie questions for restricted stocks...
Is it common for seed fund to invest in restricted stock?
Is it common to issue restricted stock to cofounder?
Is it common to turn option to ...
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Share value based on 5 year cash flow projection
I am about to embark on raising money. I am reasonably sure that I have constructed an accurate but very conservative 5 year plan.
If the cash flows are to be believed, I will now have to pin a value ...
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Approached by investors from overseas
What types of things do I need to consider if I get approached from a venture fund overseas? I had an early-stage venture fund from Germany contact me looking to learn more about our startup and what ...
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What are the best ways of advertising a new green-technology product to angel investors
My company recently completed development of a new highly innovative commercial green-technology product. The product has two versions - for commercial and residential use. I need help of an ...
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My sales person (independent, not employee) wants to be an angel investor
I started a surveillance technology company in May 2010. Since the beginning, we have been working with a person that has been in the security industry for quite a while. He was providing some input, ...
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Getting Funding for a Tech Startup in Florida
I'm well aware of the vast sums of VC money in the Bay Area, Seattle, and even Boston. I'm located in the Tampa, FL area and am starting my business here. I'm willing to move the business after a ...
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What has been your experience with VC/Angel Investor funding?
Have you taken VC money or angel investor funding for your enterprise? At what stage? What has been your experience so far?
I know Joel advises against it and hasn't used VC money so far, and I ...
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Sharing a list of angel investors
I've been aggregating a list of angel investors in the Boston area and I'm up to 180 or so now from around the area. The list includes links to Twitter pages, LinkedIn pages, and their investing ...
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Looking for investment while still working full-time
I had it in my head (since I need my salary to pay my bills) that I would continue working full-time until either a) the business earned enough that I could quite or more likely b) we secured seed ...
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Structuing Equity Sale in Early Tech Startup
I have a few Angel investors, and a meeting next week with serveral VCs (brought to the table by the primary Angel), and I am trying to put together the equity sale package to present to everyone (VCs ...
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Angel investor group has funded a similar but not identical startup?
So I was thinking of finding a connection to an angel group, but as it turns out one of the funded companies in there portfolio is a similar (but not direct) competitor. The platform / idea is close, ...
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Who are angel investors? How do they work out with start ups?
I have started a small software firm. Of course we need some funding. That's where I heard about angel investors. I would like know about angel investors and how start-ups normally work with them. ...
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25% for angel investor for 20k$
These days I am in process of raising 20k$ for my project (a facebook application), that requires at least 30k$ (10k of which I am able to come up with myself).
When negotiating with an angel investor ...
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How to earn VC/Angel Investor financial and technical talent support?
More specifically, has any of you managed to convince both financial support, and getting additional technical talent to support the expansion of a startup concept/prototype? If so, where and how did ...
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Why so few “minority-owned” start-ups?
A study by the Center for Venture Research at the University of New Hampshire has just released their study on 2010 Angel Investment. By definition this money went to start-ups.
Buried in the study ...
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Is it ok to present a different pitch deck than I emailed?
I just finished a pitch deck (11 slides, with 25 slide appendix), knowing that I'll often be emailing the deck to investors to read. So it's mostly text. I'm pretty sure that if I present at a live ...
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Investors looking at my site
So my friend came to me with a web idea a couple months ago. A few weeks back, I came around to it, and thought it would be awesome. I made the entire site in 3 weeks. It's now able to be tested ...
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What does a seed money deal look like?
I have a personal contact that has shown interest in giving me seed money for a start-up. I am getting my package together to pitch the concept, and have virtually no idea what the investment deal ...
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What can you share about your experience raising capital?
I'm currently raising capital for our startup and I have my first meeting with an angel investor next week. We are have achieved product/market fit, are ready to launch and are looking for $1.5 ...
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How to find and approach Angel investors when you have no substantial connection to them
My network of people around me is almost nil. I am currently developing a software application. My partner and I are looking to find funding to hire a couple developers to finish our product and get ...
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How to find Angels in my area
I would like to locate an Angel in the Jacksonville, Fl area to pitch my idea to. Although getting funded would be great right now I am just looking for someone to critique my pitch so that I can work ...
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With a BBA in Accounting + background in additional field area, would it be easier to find international angel investor?
I have a business degree along w/16 yrs Accounting experience as well as being an artist. I would like to open a company in a busy tourist area (international) selling only a customized local product ...
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Does all money invested by VC/Angels go to the company's use or to founder's pocket?
Let's say when a one-founder company owns 100% share. He sells 20% to a VC for $1m. Does this $1m go to the company for its expansion, or founder's pocket, or just a percentage of this money goes to ...
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How to get introductions to investors?
All over the internet, the consensus seems to be that when you are looking for funding it is important to approach angels or VCs through an introduction from someone they know, rather than cold.
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term sheet vs convertible note
I have been talking to the people in angel circles and it seems that everyone takes only term sheets; and convertible notes are almost like an insult.
My questions is: when I can start offering ...
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How complete should my business plan be before I approach investors?
I know there are a number of business plan questions already, but my question applies to a specific aspect of the process.
As my partners and I are researching and developing our plan, I've been ...
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Angel Investment Negotiation
my partner and I are creating a start-up and I was wondering if anyone could give me some advice about negotiating with an angel investor. The start-up is a social networking website for pets. We have ...
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Where do you find startup capital?
I'm in the early steps of putting together a business plan. When it's finished, I'm definitely going to need to secure funding. How do you go about finding potential investors?
Tips to consider on ...
