By Dr Smith – the Good Bad and Very Ugly

Most of the time the partnerships which form between founders and angel investors are productive but, in a few cases, I have seen it turn very destructive.

Companies that should have realized success have been held back by investor partnerships that have severely limited their potential or, in some cases, doomed them to failure…

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If personality is no guide to start-up success – what is?

Business angels will already know this in their gut, but a recent survey of entrepreneurial literature has told us, here at iBusinessAngel, that personality is no guide to success.

Various firms have been developing psychometric tests to identify the personality traits of a successful entrepreneur and it turns out, that there is no agreement on whether any of these work. So what can research tell us?

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How do you defend your business angel investment’s idea?

If your business angel investment has ideas or new products and services, then it will create value around that knowledge or Intellectual Property (IP) which you will want to defend from copying, stealing or mimicking – as far as the law will allow you.

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Business Angels – What Would Warren Do?

Have you ever asked yourself what would Warren Buffett do if he were a Business Angel?
 
Well, it might be a bit hard to ask Mr Buffett along to attend our investments seminars, so instead we have attempted to summarise the rules Warren Buffett applies to his investments to see if we can apply that to [...]

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Getting more out of your Board of Directors

By Dr. Earl R. Smith II
DrSmith@Dr-Smith.com
www.Dr-Smith.com
With many companies – particularly early-stage ones – the Board of Directors is seen as little more than a legal necessity. But it can be so much more including an important force for growth and a gyroscope that keeps things on course and sure-footed.
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I work with a lot of CEOs [...]

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What are Business Angels really like?

Business Angels come in different shapes and sizes. But are they really like? Crazy? Successful? Generous or in it for the money?
That is a question that not only entrepreneurs ask themselves, but also the Business Angels too.
Why?
Most investments that gain Angel investment will have not one single investors but a small team or committee or [...]

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Green Business Equals Danger for Greenhorns?

I am not suggesting for a moment that all Green businesses are bad investments, but I am suggesting that whenever a bubble appears or to there is much enthusiasm for an idea, that a number of the businesses ideas sold to unquestioning investors will turn out to serve the middle men far more than the money men.
As [...]

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