Angel Investing: Matching Startup Funds with Startup Companies––The Guide for Entrepreneurs and Individual Investors

They deliver more capital to entrepreneurs than any other source. And they often receive an incredible return on their investments. They′re angel investors, some of the most important—and least understood—players in business today. The United States has close to three million angels, whose investments in startups exceed $60 billion per year. Some of our most successful companies were funded by angels—companies like Ford, AOL, and Amazon.com. But until now, little has been written about these angels, due in part to their preference for anonymity. Angel Investors provides an inside look at who these angels are and how they operate. It also shows would–be angels and entrepreneurs how best to find each other.

Spis treści:
FINANCING OPTIONS FOR START–UP FIRMS.
Funding Entrepreneurial Firms.
Bootstrapping Internally and the Challenges to Securing Outside Finance.
Types of Outside Investors Willing to Finance Growing Firms.
THE TWO MAIN SOURCES OF FUNDING: BUSINESS ANGELS AND VENTURE CAPITALISTS.
The Value of Business Angels and Venture Capitalists.
Harnessing the Power of Business Angels and Venture Capitalist.
Understanding the Investors′ Structural and Personal Differences.
BUSINESS ANGEL AND VENTURE CAPITALIST DIFFERENCES THROUGHOUT THE INVESTMENT PROCESS.
Investors′ Motivations and Investment Criteria.
Screening the Deal and Conducting Due Diligence.
Negotiating and Forming the Legal Contract.
Monitoring the Investment.
Exiting the Investment and Realizing Returns.
ATTRACTING BUSINESS ANGEL FUNDS TO YOUR START–UP FIRM.
Valuing Your Firm.
Negotiating the Funding Agreement.
BECOMING A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS ANGEL INVESTOR.
Steps in Effectively Making Your First Investment in an Entrepreneurial Firm.
THE FUTURE OF THE BUSINESS ANGEL MARKET.
The Business Angel Market in the New Millennium.
PUTTING THE WHEELS INTO MOTION.
A ppenxix 1: A Detailed List of More than Seventy Matching Services in
the United States.
Appendix 2: Further Helpful Resourses.
Appendix 3: Writing a Winning Business Plan.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Name Index.
Subject Index.

Nota biograficzna:
MARK VAN OSNABRUGGE is a consultant at Marakon Associates, a top–tier international consulting firm based in Stamford, Connecticut. A former fellow of the Harvard Business School, he is also the widely published author of articles about entrepreneurial finance. He lives in Chicago, Illinois. ROBERT J. ROBINSON is associate professor of negotiations at the Harvard Business School and an angel investor with experience in a variety of startup companies. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

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They deliver more capital to entrepreneurs than any other source. And they often receive an incredible return on their investments. They′re angel investors, some of the most important—and least understood—players in business today. The United States has close to three million angels, whose investments in startups exceed $60 billion per year. Some of our most successful companies were funded by angels—companies like Ford, AOL, and Amazon.com. But until now, little has been written about these angels, due in part to their preference for anonymity. Angel Investors provides an inside look at who these angels are and how they operate. It also shows would–be angels and entrepreneurs how best to find each other.