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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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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How to become a successful business angel

You’re wealthy and you’re ready to invest large sums of money to make a decent return –
so where do you invest your cash in 2010? Should you invest in a start-up business? Is angel investing right for you?

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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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Budget Could Swell Ranks of Business Angels

The latest Budget could well have helped create the conditions for the growth of business angel investing

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