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Chapter 7: Most Important Lessons about Getting Angel Investment
Having spoken with hundreds of founders winning and failing to win angel investment, there are a couple of clear trends that come up repeatedly. Many founders want to skip right to blasting countless angel investors with emails, or they spend the majority of their time designing and re-designing their pitch
Chapter 6: Angel Fundraising Logistics
Okay, now you know how to identify angel investors, vet, prioritize, and meet with them. There are a lot of questions about logistics that you might still have, such as how to take in the investment, how to track connections, and what’s the best way to email them. This chapter
Chapter 5: Connecting with Angel Investors
After you have qualified your angel investor leads and prioritized those with the highest likelihood of investing, it’s time to reach out to them. This is usually the part where founders get most intimidated and confused about what to do. Fear not, however! I’ve got some actionable and effective tactics
Chapter 4: Qualifying and Prioritizing Angel Investor Leads
Fundraising is sales, and as any good salesperson will tell you, the first step in the sales process is qualifying or vetting leads. In other words, it’s deciding, based on pre-determined criteria, how likely a lead is to buy what you are selling. You can either spend 10 hours trying
Chapter 3: Finding Prospective Angel Investors
How and where to find angel investors that are likely to write your startup a check? This chapter is all about identifying prospective angel investors. Chapter 5 is focused on ways that you can get on their radar. In my experience, it’s best to think of this process in these
Chapter 2: Different Kinds of Angel Investors
Not all angel investors are the same. In fact, there is an incredible amount of variety among angel investors. Some angel investors are one-off investors that invest based on how much they know and trust you. Other angel investors make dozens of investments per year and are very sophisticated. Still
Chapter 1: Create a Realistic Plan and Timeline for Your Angel Fundraise
The biggest mistake that I see founders make is not giving themselves enough time to raise money from angel investors. Nine times out of ten founders with whom I have spoken severely underestimate how much time it will take them to identify and connect with angels, built rapport, and get
How to Find Angel Investors – An Uber Detailed Guide
How and where to find angel investors? How to reach out to angel investors? How to pitch angel investors? Most founders don’t know where to start. That’s why I wrote this in-depth guide to answer these and other important questions for those of you looking to raise money from angel