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The right investors for the right stage

If you are looking for an outside investor, you need to know how they see you. Different types of investors look for startups at different levels of maturity. If your startup is at the wrong stage for the investor you are approaching, fishing for money is a waste of time for both of you. For instance, […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
22 Nov 2011
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Who’s The Real Competition?

Perhaps the most misunderstood topic in the world of startup investing is the question of who the competition is and isn’t.  And angels get this wrong just as often as entrepreneurs do. Of course, we’re all familiar with the inevitable pitch slide on the topic, which features some sort of grid or circle image with […]
Bob Rice
Bob Rice , MANAGING PARTNER , Tangent Capital
18 Nov 2011
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Valuations 101: The Risk Factor Summation Method

The Risk Factor Summation Method is the fifth methodology for estimating the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies we have described in recent posts. Readers may have noted that both the Scorecard Method and the Dave Berkus Method considered a narrow set of important criteria for investment in arriving at a pre-money valuation. The Risk Factor Summation Method, described by the Ohio […]
Bill Payne
Bill Payne , Angel Investor , Frontier Angel Fund
15 Nov 2011
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Do Angel Investors Care About University Degrees?

There is a stream in entrepreneurship lore that the entrepreneur doesn’t need or want education, a fire fed by legendary dropouts Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, etc. Why waste your time studying? Just do it; or so it goes. So how do angel investors fall on this question? Does the degree add credibility? Is it worth […]
Tim Berry
Tim Berry , Founder and CEO , Palo Alto Software
15 Nov 2011
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Jack and the Startup Bean Stalk

If only there was a single idea that could make any startup succeed, huh? Well, it does exist: a business seed that, planted and watered, will grow to the sky. And you can have it without even giving me a gold coin. Here it is: enable your users to thrive by using your product in […]
Bob Rice
Bob Rice , MANAGING PARTNER , Tangent Capital
14 Nov 2011
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