Posts Tagged ‘Business Angel’
The 10-Minute Interview – Business Angel Stefan Glaenzer
Brett Tudor on Monday, April 5th, 2010Stefan is London-based entrepreneur and angel investor from Germany. He is the co-founder of companions.de, companionsTV, ricardo.de and myblog.de. He is also the founding investor and executive Chairman of Mendeley.com and RjDj.me and has been in the same role at Last.fm.
Where Business Angel Investors Fear to Tread
Brett Tudor on Monday, March 8th, 2010Investors in early stage and start-up businesses are known as angel investors. The tag ‘angel’ coming from their tendency to operate in the margins where venture capitalists, banks and other backers choose not to go.
They also help plug a major funding gap to get such ventures off the ground and they happen to be the kind of investors who are prepared to take a risk, rely on their instincts and invest large sums without too many hard questions asked.
At least this is the accepted view.
Angel Investors and Entrepreneurs – A Match Made in Heaven?
Brett Tudor on Monday, February 1st, 2010More than half of business angel investments fail, but why? How much of this can be put down to the innate vulnerability of start-up businesses?
Surely having an enthusiastic angel investor on board, eager to provide a timely injection of funding to ensure success should mean failure rates i.e. those leaving the business angel out of pocket come exit time should statistically be on the better side of half.
Yet this clearly isn’t the case.
Business Angels Find Safety in Numbers
Brett Tudor on Sunday, January 17th, 2010We have already established that angel investing is a risky business but one with potentially high rewards. So is it better to go it alone? Or seek the company of others?
Business Angels – What Would Warren Do?
Neil Lewis on Friday, January 8th, 2010Have 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 [...]
How to Beat the Odds on Business Angel Investments
Brett Tudor on Saturday, December 5th, 2009We are living in risk-averse times and “Cash combined with courage in a crisis is priceless” according to Warren Buffet.
But when does courage cross the line into gambling territory? Or to put it another way what if you had say, £50,000 to invest, and someone said you have a 20% chance of a return on [...]
Getting more out of your Board of Directors
Neil Lewis on Monday, November 23rd, 2009By 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 [...]
What are Business Angels really like?
Neil Lewis on Friday, November 20th, 2009Business 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 [...]
