http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com Relevant news and information for angel investors as well as entrepreneurs seeking investments from angels and VC's. Tue, 02 Feb 2010 20:28:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I am fortunate to work with one of the best online marketing teams in the country. As a result, we get people almost daily asking us if we can help their company with it's online marketing efforts. However, we have been reluctant to do consulting because we go after a project ... http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2010/02/02/the-launch-of-growth-partnercom/% If I were to write a post with tips for Start-ups, I don't think I could get much better than Neil Patel''s recent post - 10 Business Mistakes That Will Nearly Break You… Literally. The first 5 are especially spot on. My favorite: 2. Get Out of Your Cave Do you have ... http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2009/12/29/tips-for-start-ups/% John Tozzi has a post on Business Week's Small Biz blog regarding the trend of an increase in angel funds. I think one reason for this trend is a result of some angel investors who are excited by the idea of investing in startups, but are not able to dedicate ... http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2009/10/12/passive-vs-active-angel-investing/% One of my favorite books, "Founders at Work", has inspired a speaker series. If you are in the New York area, be sure to check it out. You get to hear the stories of a variety of founders and what they did to succeed. It is great to hear stories about ... http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2009/09/24/founders-at-work-speakers-series/% For the third time in as many weeks, I have come across an entrepreneur with great software but is struggling to monetize it. The problem is that a lot of software targeted at consumers is starting to become cheaper and cheaper to the point of where people have access to an ... http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2009/06/08/monetizing-beyond-advertising-and-freemium/% A buddy recently sent me this email from a colleague of his... --- DO YOU HAVE THE NEXT GREAT MONEYMAKING IDEA? We are currently on the search for entrepreneurs, inventors, businesspersons, dreamers, promoters, creators, innovators, etc. If you feel you have a lucrative business idea but just can't seem to secure the ... http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2009/05/14/entrepreneurs-big-thinkers-and-dreamers/% Quicksprout posts some great resources for Entrepreneurs in his posting titled Entrepreneurs Handbook. I Plan to follow the Bill Clinch Trial http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2009/05/11/entrepreneur-handbook/% Frank Peters has a great podcast on early exits with an interview of Basil Peters. Basil talks about some reason why it may disadvantageous to receive large sums of VC money. http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2009/04/23/early-exits/% The WSJ did a brief A post on angel funding. It includes 3 tips when looking for angel funding: Angel investors can be an option for start-ups with the potential to earn high profits. Expect close scrutiny. Many angels are former entrepreneurs and like ... http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2009/01/16/wsj-on-angel-funding/% Gigaom has a post discussing Lookery's recent round of funding that was raised entirely from Angel's. Lookery's CEO, Scott Rafer (former CEO of MyBlogLog), talked about 5 reasons why getting angel investing is better than VC money: 1) Focus. "Angels can concentrate on the individual strategy of your company, rather ... http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2008/09/30/8-reasons-why-angel-money-is-better-than-vc/%