What is an Angel Investor?
According to Wikipedia ~ “An angel investor or angel (known as a business angel or informal investor in Europe), is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity. A small but increasing number of angel investors organize themselves into angel groups or angel networks to share research and pool their investment capital.”
Here are SIX Articles on the topic which will help you find Angel Investors and Get them Interested in Your Business Ideas:
How to Find an Angel Investor – 5 Tips for Finding an Angel Investor for Your Business By Susan Ward, About.com ~ “Is there a small business that hasn’t needed more capital at some stage of development? And is there a small business owner who hasn’t thought of an angel investor as an ideal source of the capital he or she needs? But finding an angel investor isn’t like finding a clam on the beach; the search is more similar to finding the pearl. Here are some tips for finding an angel investor.” MORE…
Angel Investing Cheat Sheet on the Women Entrepreneur blog at Simon ~ “Essentially what are they really looking for? They want to know you have a good idea with some serious commercial value; they want to know you have the right team in place to run this company successfully; they want to know you have an effective plan to get your product out there in the market and they want to know that you have the potential to give them some great returns for the risk they would be undertaking, with your venture.” MORE…
Securing Angel Investors by Tim Berry ~ “Angel investors are a wide range of different investors, not as formally established as venture capitalist firms, and not as homogenous a group either. An angel investor might be a successful business person, a wealthy individual, a group of professionals such as doctors or dentists, or a local investment club, or somebody else completely different. Your angel might be a rich uncle.” MORE…
10 Questions Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors Are Going To Ask by Ben Yoskovitz ~ “When raising money from venture capitalists or angels, you’ll want to meet as many as possible. They won’t all invest, but each time you pitch, you get better. Each time you pitch, you get asked different questions, get different opinions and ideas. It’s worth it to pitch as many people as you can, as often as you can. Wil Schroter says it perfectly; pitch everyone, all the time.” MORE …
Be sure to check out the Angel Investor Directory at Inc. Com “Finding the right angel investor could help you get your start-up off the ground. Angel-investor networks are a good place to start looking for funding. These national and local groups of angels meet — formally or informally — to discuss deals and learn about the best new business opportunities.” MORE…
And another Great list which includes 100 Grants, Loans (including Angel Investors) and Scholarships can be found at WE Magazine for Women
To learn more about Angel Investing and other Timely Topics on Growing Your Business, be sure to sign up for the “Grow a Million Dollar Business” Summit taking place September 18-20, 2008.
