Topic: Angel Investing

Government Funding for Startups Really Does Exist, Uncle Sam Ponies Up $2.5B in Q3

Amid the spam, books, and late night TV infomercials promising inside information about little known government programs and free money, there actually is cash out there for your business.READ»

The Entrepreneur Way Of Life

This is an exciting time to be an entrepreneur. Why? Because everyone across the board is in the same boat.READ»

Startups: An "Alpha Male Pissing-Contest?"

Why aren't enough women seeking angel and VC money? And why aren't more women-led startups getting funded? Consider these little known facts:Women-run tech startups generate more revenue per invested capital and fail less then those ...READ»

40 + Ways to Fund Green Business

Adding 10 per day, I'll be listing 100 ways to get funding for green business. From bootstrapping to angel investors and Grants there is plenty of money to go around! Check it out!READ»

Venture Capital - Under Siege?

You may find this hard to believe, but there's some evidence that Venture Capital is facing the same kinds of threats that the big Music Labels found themselves struggling with just a few years ago. It seems that VC's, and the things ...READ»

Angel Investors More Powerful Than VCs

Entrepreneurs should know that Angel Investors are willing to be more aggressive than VCs in order to capitalize on the economic turnaround.READ»

How I Think About Seed Investing as a VC

Last week saw an explosion of discussion around seed investing, including plenty of negative comments around VCs as seed investors. While I agree that many VCs are crummy seed investors, I think there are some that are excellent seed ...READ»

Angels are Making Good Returns

My friend Marianne Hudson, who runs the Angel Capital Education Foundation for the Kauffman Foundation has released a new study saying that angels are getting an average IRR of 27% on their investments. The study consisted of 86 ...READ»

Money Clusters

Also in today's WSJ, Lee Gomes offers a solid piece on groups of angel investors, angel networks and the Angel Capital Association. Angels are being painted the new venture capitalists. What do you think? On mark? Off?READ»

What Angels Are Looking For

If you are looking for an investor and decide to work with a group or an individual angel investor you need to know what they are likely to propose for a deal structure. If you are a working with an experienced angel investor it is ...READ»

Rise of the European SuperAngel

We've been seeing Euro SuperAngels emerge for a while now. My question is: "Are we Europeans guilty again of beating ourselves over the head with a stick instead of focusing on, leveraging, and celebrating what's there?"READ»

Get VC Advice

Guidance from venture-capital pros.READ»

Serious Questions for Super Angels

In the beginning, there were angel investors. And it was good. As individual angel investors made more and more investments, they became super angels. One day a super angel woke up and thought to himself, "Gosh, I could do a lot more investments if I had a fund." And so the super angels became micro-VCs (or "institutionalized super angels").READ»

Angel Capital in Tough Times

As an entrpreneur and angel investor and prior angel borrower, I know how difficult it can be in good times, as well as bad times, to raise capital. To raise capital in this tough business climate, it takes extensive ...READ»

Works with Angel Investors that want to invest in your business

Who are these “Angels”?  Angel Investors at Initial Underwriting are wealthy investors who provide a pooled investment offer for a startup, or booming expansion of a business.  Angels typically provide their own funding and ...READ»

My Guest Post On BuzzNetworker Thanks To Help A Reporter (HARO)

A few weeks ago I signed up for this interesting free service I came across called <a href="http://www.helpareporter.com/">Help A Reporter</a>. It is supposed to allow journalists to submit queries for stories ...READ»

Back to the Garage

Silicon Valley optimists say that now is a great time to start a new business. Everything's cheap, there's surplus talent, and as the veterans will tell you, ?The tourists have all gone home.?READ»

Crib Sheet: Mozilla's Mitch Kapor, Lotus-Leafer or Berkeley Agitator?

Just how do you go about introducing Mitch Kapor? Designer of Lotus 1-2-3, founder of the Open Source Applications Foundation, first chair of the Mozilla Foundation, current chair of OneWebDay.. oh, blah, let's leave it up to his ...READ»

The Secret to Finding Venture Capital: Not "How" but "Where"

A look at the Q3 2009 venture capital funding statistics compiled by ChubbyBrain offers a data-driven view of venture investment by geography, which may help entrepreneurs with another data point as they consider the age-old question of location, location, location.READ»

Venture Capital: Don't Call It a Comeback

Venture funds may be having trouble raising new funding, but they are still investing what money they have. The third quarter of 2009 saw venture capital activity hit $6.1B, a healthy 14% increase in venture capital activity over Q2 ...READ»

• 2009 Q3 Venture Capital Activity Report

Rules for Raising Capital

Getting money isn't difficult, but getting the right money at the right time on the right terms is what matters. Here's how to do itREAD»