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Where can I find a list of Angels who are also impact investors?

The two leading impact investing angel groups in the US are Investors Circle(http://gust.com/angel-group/inve…) and Toniic (http://gust.com/angel-group/toniic). *original post can be found on Quora @ http://www.quora.com/David-S-Rose/answers *
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
1 Sep 2013
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Where can I find data relating to Angel Investment?

Unfortunately, none of this data exists. Period. The reasons are (a) there is no such thing as an “average” angel investor, and (b) there is currently no way to track the activities or record of individual investors. That said, the rough ranges would be as follows: Individual angel investors receive anywhere from zero to 50 […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
29 Aug 2013
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Good Advice, Bad Advice, Land Mines on a Path to Heaven

Having just read James Altucher’s Ultimate Cheat Sheet for Starting and Running a Business, I’m fascinated by a collection of bold, very well written, and remarkably unambigious advice, most of it great, some of it terrible. The effect is like a path to heaven with hidden land mines. Read it, but don’t believe it. Think about […]
Tim Berry
Tim Berry , Founder , Palo Alto Software
27 Aug 2013
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Would You Be Able To Deal With A Startup Failure?

If your first startup fails, you are about average. Most entrepreneurs fail on at least one attempt. Investors agree that an entrepreneur who has never failed probably hasn’t pushed the limits. What investors look for is not that you never fail, but that you learn from the failure, maintain a positive attitude, and work with […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
25 Aug 2013
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Are convertible notes typically issued along with stock in Series A?

“Series A” is a shorthand way of referring to what is typically the first institutional round of investment in a company, made in the form of purchasing Convertible Preferred Stock. A “Convertible Note” is a loan to the company, in which the principal (and often the interest earned to date) converts into Convertible Preferred Stock, typically at […]
David S. Rose
David S. Rose , Founder and CEO , GUST INC.
25 Aug 2013
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