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If you’re going that route—here are a couple of things I would suggest: Have at least six months of personal expenses in the bank —and that’s only if you know you can at least get some angelcapital based around your connections to investors, friends, family, etc. Be deliberate in terms of what you want to get out of investors.
The simple fact of the matter is that most startups seeking angel or vc capital just don’t receive it—and that’s just anywhere. My company was not well executed enough to achieve venture capital financing—and that wasn’t the city’s fault, it was mine. You know what—it’s supposed to work like that! I was there, too.
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Let’s Talk Ops , Venture Capital Operations Association – fund operations professionals. National Venture Capital Association. New York Venture Capital Association. New York Private Equity Network. Revenue Based Financing Network Group. Draper Venture Network. NVCA Venture Capital University.
Alliance of Angels (Seattle). BELLE Capital (Michigan). Boise Angel Alliance. First AngelNetwork (Halifax). Atlanta Technology Angels. SeedStep Angels (Oklahoma). Vancouver Angels. New York Angels. Wilmington Investor Network (NC). Desert Angels (Tucson). Organization.
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By Tony Shipley, Seed the Future Campaign Chair, and Katelynne Staehnke, Director of Development, on behalf of the Angel Investor Foundation. We sincerely appreciate the many contributions our AngelCapital Association (ACA) members, Angel Groups and other donors have made and continue to make to the Seed the Future (STF) Campaign.
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