Archive for the 'Angel Investment Articles' Category

Selecting The Right Employees and Building Strategic Partnerships Wisely

December 28 2009 No Commented

Karen Rands, during her Compassionate Capitalism show will engage her featured guests on a topic important to all start up and growing companies. When a start-up founder realizes he or her needs to build a team, bring on expertise to compliment their own skills how can they identify those people, confirm they will enhance their [...]

The Legal Side of Raising Capital with Bernard Coleman of Womble Carlyle

December 28 2009 No Commented

Bernard Coleman of Womble Carlyle, a highly regarded law firm, will share the legal side of successfully raising capital and how to avoid legal and civil liabilities from failing to do so maintain your exemption to SEC registration as private offering.  www.wcsr.com
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Check out these investment websites: Karen’s twitter page: @Karen_Rands, www.kugarandholdings.com, www.launchfn.com, www.nbai.net, www.kyrmedia.com, [...]

Passive vs Active Angel Investing

December 28 2009 No Commented

John Tozzi has a post on Business Week’s Small Biz blog regarding the trend of an increase in angel funds. I think one reason for this trend is a result of some Angel Investors who are excited by the idea of investing in startups, but are not able to dedicate the time to be an [...]

Founders at Work Speakers Series

December 28 2009 No Commented

One of my favorite books, “Founders at Work“, has inspired a speaker series. If you are in the New York area, be sure to check it out. You get to hear the stories of a variety of founders and what they did to succeed.
It is great to hear stories about success since, at the very [...]

In Pitching to Angel Investors, Preparation Tops Zeal

August 26 2009 No Commented

The New York Times posted a great article on finding Angel funding.  Our four favorite takeaways are from Ted Ray of FlyRight:

“Have a product on the market. Nothing speaks more loudly than revenue coming in.”
“Do not ask other people for money unless you have spent your own.”
“The business plan you show to potential investors [...]

Is It Possible to Converge Technology In Business: Conversation with Faisal Hoque of BTM

August 26 2009 No Commented

Compassionate Capitalist, Karen Rands, interviews the CEO & Founder, Faisal Hoque, of BTM Corporation. BTM will be presenting at the upcoming NBAI Investor event, so this is a sneak peek of this exciting company.
BTM is forging an entirely new space in the technology sector: Business Technology Convergence & Management. With strong sales, a growing pipeline, [...]

Alternative sources of Early Stage Capital for Entrepreneurs

August 26 2009 No Commented

Karen Rands interviews Financial Guru, Joe Donovan of Cape Securities about Alternative Ways to Secure Early Stage Capital for high potential companies. This show will benefit both Entrepreneurs and Investors because often times an investor wants to invest in a company but doesn’t have the liquidity to make the investment. We’ll explore options accredited [...]

Top 75 Angel Investor Groups in the US – NBAI on the list!

June 8 2009 No Commented

The Network of Business Angels & Investors (NBAI) made the Inc Magazine top 75 angel groups in US. NBAI is making great plans as they continue to expand their small business investor membership in Atlanta
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Ray Stuart: Taking Communications to the Next Level!

June 8 2009 No Commented

Karen interviews Ray Stuart of Market Solutions Unlimited, a company that offers satellite and communications capabilities for unstable platforms. www.marketsolutionsunlimited.com
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Check out these investment websites: www.kugarandholdings.com, www.launchfn.com, www.nbai.net, www.kyrmedia.com, www.myvirtualangelworld.com, www.entrepreneurblogspace.com and www.dothedeal.org
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Monetizing Beyond Advertising and Freemium

June 8 2009 No Commented

For the third time in as many weeks, I have come across an entrepreneur with great software but is struggling to monetize it.
The problem is that a lot of software targeted at consumers is starting to become cheaper and cheaper to the point of where people have access to an amazing amount of great, free [...]