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Challenges and Rewards for Angel Investors

One of the most common questions we get is: What are the biggest challenges and rewards of angel investing? High net worth individuals become angel investors for a number of reasons, but the opportunity to work with entrepreneurs and provide guidance to founders is typically high on the list. In this video, angel investor Chenoa Farnsworth explains why, interestingly, […]
Hillary Keller
Hillary Keller , Senior Marketing Manager , GUST INC.
21 Oct 2015
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Raising Capital as a First Time Founder

A year ago, in mid September 2014, I walked out of a Starbucks in San Francisco with the very first check from an angel investor for Glassbreakers. Though it was only $5,000, it was enough to prove to myself and my co-founder, Lauren Mosenthal, that we could actually fundraise for our startup. We already had […]
Romain Debordeaux
Eileen Carey , Co-Founder & CEO , GlassBreakers
5 Oct 2015
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18 Ways to Make Your Financial Model Stand Out to Investors

  The median investor looking at your proposal is in her 40s. Her eyes are going, not to mention her brain. I look at a lot of spreadsheets and analytic reports, and way too many are difficult to read and therefore hard to understand. In an effort to make my life easier, I’ve summarized here […]
Romain Debordeaux
David Teten , Partner , ff Venture Capital
28 Sep 2015
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The Startup Failure Rate Among Angel-Funded Companies

With all the news about hundred-million-dollar rounds and billion-dollar valuations, it can be hard not to look at the world of entrepreneurship and angel investing as a thrilling ride that only has one stop: success. But to be a successful entrepreneur or serious angel investor, you must have a realistic understanding of the startup failure rate and internalize […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
17 Aug 2015
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Need Funding? 2015 Is A Strong Year For Startups

2015 is shaping up to be a strong year for the startup and early stage investor ecosystem. Total startup funding applications are up across the globe and in multiple sectors, especially in the United States where the surging New York City tech industry is leading a nationwide growth in new startups. Coming out of the second quarter of the […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
30 Jul 2015
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