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7 Entrepreneur Attributes Imply Execution Ability

After the idea, it’s all about execution. In fact, it’s not clear that even the idea is all that important. Most investors tell me that an A entrepreneur with a B idea is much more fundable than a B entrepreneur with an A idea. It’s great to be a visionary, inventor, thinker, or a dreamer, […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder , Startup Professionals
7 Apr 2013
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US Angel Groups vs. European Business Angel Networks (BANs)

There seems to be a subtle but significant operational difference between many European BANs and US angel networks.  This is an attempt to describe those differences. In general, BANs seem to have two primary focuses: (1)   Soliciting a large mailing list of potential angel investor members (and others, such as service providers) and organizing pitching […]
Bill Payne
Bill Payne , Angel Investor , Frontier Angel Fund
5 Apr 2013
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How to Set a Growth Culture in Your Startup Early

One of the big advantages of being an entrepreneur and starting your company from scratch is that you get to set the culture, which is much easier than changing the culture of an existing business. The challenge is how to do it, and how to do it right. Why not learn what you can from […]
Martin Zwilling
Martin Zwilling , Founder and CEO , Startup Professionals
31 Mar 2013
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How We Do the Due Diligence for Our Angel Investment Group

Bill Payne had an excellent post here a few weeks ago, Raising Your Hand as Due Diligence Lead for Angel Groups, which starts with a this: Through Rob Wiltbank’s ground-breaking study in 2007, angels in groups learned that collective due diligence on new deals really pays off.  The 538 angels included in this study enjoyed 2.6X […]
Tim Berry
Tim Berry , Founder , Palo Alto Software
26 Mar 2013

Convertible Debt is Bad For Angels

A couple of years ago, Paul Graham (Y Combinator) tweeted “Convertible notes have won. Every investment so far in this YC batch (and there have been a lot) has been done on a convertible note.” The truth is convertible debt has not won.  Many sophisticated angel investors and angel groups refuse to invest in convertible debt […]
Bill Payne
Bill Payne , Angel Investor , Frontier Angel Fund
26 Mar 2013
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