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Should every startup get funded?

This is going to be BIG.

” Fred Wilson seconded that opinion , citing that “We need more entrepreneurship, not less.” ” I’m all for more entrepreneurship, but I think it’s a slippery slope to tie together funding an increased number of companies with a better innovation landscape or even a better economic.

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Angel Capital Association and Linqto Partner on Linqto Learning: Educational Opportunities for Investors

Angel Capital Association

The ins and outs of Equity Compensation May 11 th , 2023 Speakers: Joe Wallin , Partner, Angel Capital Association Registration link: [link]. Discover why AI is critical for all industries, how space factors into entrepreneurship, and how to make bets in the next 20 years with so much change upon us. Registration link: [link].

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The Angel Capital Association's Response to Current Events

Angel Capital Association

The Angel Capital Association stands for social justice, equal opportunity, and social mobility through the power of entrepreneurship. By: Pat Gouhin, Chief Executive Officer We are deeply saddened and disturbed by the senseless deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and too many others.

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Global Entrepreneurship Congress Aims to Fuel Healthier Ecosystems

Angel Capital Association

By: Linda Smith, ACA Chair Emeritus This November, the Global Business Angels Network (GBAN) Annual Meeting will participate as part of the global effort to unify people and ideas to rebuild our economies by empowering healthier entrepreneurship ecosystems around the world.

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ACA-Supported Startup Act to be Reintroduced to Congress this Week

Angel Capital Association

SECTION 1 Incorporates entrepreneur support as one of the functions of state workforce boards SECTION 2 Explicitly makes entrepreneurial skills programs eligible to receive funds SECTION 3 Provides specific options to include entrepreneurship within career services offerings SECTION4 Establishes parameters for multistate DOL research study to inform (..)

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The Angel Capital Association Appoints a New Dean of Faculty for the Ann and Bill Payne ACA Angel University Program

Angel Capital Association

For Immediate Release Overland Park, KS (February 27, 2023) The Angel Capital Association is delighted to announce that Sonu Mirchandani , Faculty and Entrepreneur Program Director for the College of Business and Technology at East Tennessee State University, has been appointed Dean of Faculty for the Ann and Bill Payne ACA Angel University.

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"Money is Local, Impact is Global" for Angel Investing

Onevest

Luni will be a panelist on Onevest’s upcoming webinar with the Angel Capital Association on Impact Investing on Wednesday, April 8th. This post was originally published on the blog of Michael “Luni” Libes. Read the original post here. Register Here. Luni is a 20+ year serial entrepreneur, (co)founder of six companies.