Should Business Angels Charge for their Services?

Paying to pitch is it a good idea or bad idea? This question stirs up a lot of anger amongst entrepreneurs and even some business angels, but business angel networks and consultants are on the whole keen to defend the idea. So who is right?

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The 10 Minute Interview – Mike Weaver CEO of Business Angel Group Beer and Partners

Beer and Partners CEO Mike Weaver has a strong belief in business angels’ ability to help stimulate economic recovery. However, Mike also believes there are no guarantees of success in angel funding and business angels should be prepared for a significant number of their investments to go “pear shaped” before they find a “star”.

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Rise of the Super Business Angels

A new breed of business angel has arrived on the scene, they’re aggressive, super agile and loaded with cash to invest.  They have already upset the picking order as they fill a niche between your average angel investor and VC firms and threaten the dominance of the latter.

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Silicon Valley of the Dinosaurs – Leaner Business Angels Replacing VCs

Has venture capitalism model of investment had its day after a decade of decline?

In venture capitalism, meaningful changes don’t take place overnight. Performance is often measured in decades. Unfortunately the results of the last decade make grim reading, not just for VCs but also for those start-ups who depend on them.

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The 10-Minute Interview – Angelsden Co-Founder Bill Morrow

Bill Morrow, Angelsden co-founder and former city banker, set up the UK speed funding pioneers in 2007 after several years researching the business angel market.

He remains a firm believer that plenty of funding exists out there for good business ideas. He also believes that most business angels will see a return on their investment inside three years…

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How business angels source investment opportunities

Businesses are starting up everyday. Many remain starved of the vital funding and help they need to grow but how does your typical business angel find those businesses, let alone invest in them?

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Should Business Angels Adopt an Aggressive VC Approach?

Anyone who watched this week’s brutal episode of Dragons’ Den may have been surprised to find Theo Paphitis talking about sticking pins in his eyes and Duncan Bannatyne behaving a bit like a spoiled toddler who’d just been handed a carrot instead of a lolly – should business angels adopt the modus operandi of the VCs in Dragons’ Den?

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