Image via Wikipedia I’m sure there are potentially hundreds of reasons why you haven’t closed your angel investors yet. Now this is a blog and there is no way I can know who is going to come read this article right? So – there are no cards up my sleeves, we didn’t meet each other previously [...]
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How to Close an Angel Investor
When I set out to raise money I was passionate about my business…you have to have that burning passion because it sees you through the lonely nights when no one loves your business or you…its the fuel that keeps you going even though you are inwardly cackling to yourself with insane laughter, giggling to yourself like a sleep deprived child (probably because you are very likely to be sleep deprived through self imposed highs, lows and Titanic sized pressure….)
Quick Poll – Its All about YOU! (And always has been…)
Image by david_terrar via Flickr Here’s a quick poll…. Now I was going to set up a nice and easy to use poll and create links etc on this post… But you know what, if you can’t add your choice as a comment or send me an email via the ‘Contact’ page, then you probably [...]
How to Get Cheap Money for Your Startup (Part 2)
Here is a really quick video (about four minutes….) with ONE tip that will help you a) lock in an angel investor but most importantly b) QUALIFY them to make sure they’re ‘cheap’ money and not going to be a pain in the ass investor… Sign up for more video updates and add you comments [...]
Are you this kind of person?
So much so that I spent months looking through different sites, subscribing to different email lists and following certain bloggers. I thought I could get everything I needed from multiple sources and save myself some cash. After all, you can get nearly everything you need for free online right?
Are Angel Investors Cheap Money?
The first two companies I started began with Angel Investments — for the first start-up, where I had designed an award winning fire escape ladder, the angel’s cash allowed me to quit being a minimum waged Consultant (minimum wage when you divided my hefty salary by the 100 + hour working weeks…) and gave me the chance to pursue my passion to start and build my first business.
The Venture Capital Checklist
…But Venture Capitalists are interested in how your business can become dominant in its field, how it can be worth a significant amount of money from where you are today…in other words, how their investment could multiple tenfold, a hundred fold, a thousand fold….so when looking at your market size….consider….
Roulette or a Sure Thing?
A game of chance Maybe you’ve been to a Casino and seen a roulette wheel or perhaps you haven’t – either way, everyone is probably familiar with the game. There is a wheel with pockets and inside the pockets. Within those pockets of red and black are the numbers – from 1 to 36 and [...]
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