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Why Pre-Seed Stage Valuations are Falling
The partners at Right Side Capital Management (RSCM), a micro venture capital fund focused on pre-seed stage investments, have made an interesting observation recently about valuations of early stage...
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What’s the Best Stage for Angels to Invest?
Would-be angel investors often have many questions about getting into the world of investing in start-up companies. One of their most common questions is what stage in the development of start-ups –...
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Academic Angels Focus on Former Students
Increasingly, I have noticed that more and more entrepreneurship professors are making angel investments. That got me wondering: Do academics approach angel investing in a different way than...
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For Angels, Convertible Notes Beat SAFEs
Since accelerator Y Combinator introduced the SAFE, or structured agreement for future equity, in late 2013, they have become a popular instrument for pre-seed stage deals, particularly on the West...
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5 Reasons Angels May Have Small Portfolios
The typical angel investor has a portfolio of just seven companies, the American Angel Survey, an effort to gather information from nearly 1700 accredited investor angels, reveals. The 75th percentile...
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Are Accelerator Funds a Better Way for Angels to Invest?
I have been thinking a lot lately about the best way for angels interested in making pre-seed stage investments to put money into start-up companies. I’ve come to the conclusion that investing in...
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Distributions of Outcomes and Angel Investing
As you can see from my columns, I have lately become very interested in the economics and psychology of making and losing money from high risk investments. This week I want to recount the story of a...
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New Platform Connects Investors with Entrepreneurs on Video Conference
Sixty nine percent of U.S. entrepreneurs start their businesses at home, and cash flow trouble is the reason for 82 percent of failed businesses. One company is trying to addressed both of these...
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Thinking about Pitching your Business Idea to a VC? Be Able to Answer 8 of...
Readying your slide deck for a VC pitch? In addition to a killer presentation, you need to be able to answer some specific questions. Having raised venture capital for my first company, Wordstream...
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Give Us 5 Minutes, We’ll Give You What You Need to Know about Venture Capital...
2018 broke historic records in the world of venture capital — investors made more money, megafunds increased significantly and businesses sold for more than ever. I’m proud to say that my first...
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