Angel Questions

I'm going to start raising funds for my company soon. I already have more than a prototype website and can take payments, but still need to get a little more development complete. I'm undecided on...

Venture Capital Angel Investors Seed Funding

asked Feb 15 '12 at 17:59

Anagio
293 points

I see lots of investor hunters or finders on the web, but who can you trust? For instance many want a fee upfront to introduce you to 10 or 20 qualified leads. This is mostly done via phone and...

Venture Capital Angel Investors

asked Feb 6 '12 at 06:28

Msw
21 points

I have developed my SAAS on a shoestring budget and I have just made it production ready so I am now looking for ways to market it to my customer base. I, however, do not have the funds available...

Marketing Angel Saas Investors Seed Funding

asked Jan 2 '12 at 23:38

Tim
670 points

As far as I understand, when the next round happens, the startup emits new shares that are sold to new investors under newly negotiated valuation. Does this lead to the previous investor's shares...

Funding Angel Investors Seed Funding Dilution

asked Jan 7 '12 at 01:28

Fedd
8 points

My startup received a Terms Sheet from an investor and my co-founder and I are trying to figure out if they are saying that they are going to want 30% of our profits at the end of every year or if...

Legal Angel Investment Term Sheet

asked Dec 9 '11 at 10:04

Tom Delaney
16 points

My webapp is gaining traction, being passed around and written about in various countries around the world (it's nice seeing viral loops in action, I must say :) ). And because I'm in the file...

Angel Business Plan Investors

asked Dec 13 '11 at 00:52

Itai Sagi
337 points

I guess what I meant to say is; Has there ever been a startup that started small then became successful on its own, instead of having a large financial backup beforehand? If so, may I ask for a...

Getting Started Success Angel Website Investors

asked Dec 4 '11 at 23:32

Propeller
134 points

I am just curious about vesting as against 3 things - Dilution, a Co-founder leaving, a co-founder getting fired Please assume a 2-man team with the equity split among the founder & CEO (A)...

Equity Termination Angel Vesting Dilution

asked Nov 15 '11 at 00:23

Rokstr Dli
36 points

Just because I didn't make 250k a yr ago why cant I be considered an angel if I was short like 20k but made it this year? Also, where can I invest, because most places dont want to deal with...

Angel Investors

asked Nov 20 '11 at 09:09

Cappy
26 points

This is a little complicated, but I have an interested group of angels asking for how much for 10%-20% of my company. I have no clue what to tell them, or what my valuation is. It is a B2B Saas...

B2B Angel Saas Investors Valuation

asked Nov 12 '11 at 09:21

Amanda
16 points

All, This is a case with a friend of mine who is a first-gen entrepreneur and close to cutting a deal with Angels for a funding of $400K. But before I ask you his question, here is the situation,...

Co-Founder Equity Angel

asked Nov 13 '11 at 13:46

Rokstr Dli
36 points

Would it be wise to bring our Angel to the VC-pitch? The Angel would make a good impression. He is definetely better at pitching than everyone in the team. But what impression would it make, if...

Venture Capital Pitch Angel

asked Oct 31 '11 at 21:45

Tim
16 points

I am almost finish with my Web application. I was thinking to go to California and present it to angels. Is it a good place to find angels? I is there places I should go to meet people that can...

Location Angel Investors

asked Oct 19 '11 at 05:31

Jean Nicolas Boulay Desjardins
162 points

What things should an entrepreneur have noted, ready to present an investment opportunity to an Angel Investor?

Venture Capital Angel

asked Oct 5 '11 at 22:05

Richard
44 points

We are applying for angel investment for our startup and we're working on putting together our one page executive summary. What is the typical flow/format of an executive summary?

Funding Angel Business Plan Seed Funding

asked Oct 6 '11 at 07:05

Gagan
150 points

I recently talked with some nice retired business people about startups. They gave me some great help but one thing that they said stuck out and I wanted to confirm or deny it. I was told that the...

Finance Venture Capital Angel

asked Oct 4 '11 at 09:05

David Mokon Bond
234 points

I am about to start writing to Angel investors about my project. Can anybody tell me what are the bullet points to be included while writing to Angels. Should I follow any steps while writing to...

Angel Business Plan

asked Sep 16 '11 at 03:08

Gimp
427 points

The World's richest people like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Pages, Warren Buffet and these people who are ruling the World once upon a time they don't have enough money to start a company...

Angel

asked Sep 17 '11 at 05:44

Gimp
427 points

I recently started an LLC with a friend and we developed and manufactured a product, but we really need an investor. We do have a rich friend and he wants to invest, but we don't have a good idea...

Angel Investors

asked Sep 8 '11 at 03:06

Mike D
16 points

....my co-founder and I are working on a SaaS product and there is a chance we may seek an angel investment. Do you think us wanting to keep our day jobs for 3-6 more months will be a turn-off to...

Funding Venture Capital Angel Seed Funding

asked Sep 12 '11 at 16:51

Dmurtagh
157 points