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

ISBN-13: 9780787952020 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 448 str.

Mark Van Osnabrugge; Mark Van Osnabrugge; Robert J. Robinson

Opis

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.

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Recenzje

"This is the best research on the angel capital market that I′ve seen. It should be read by every serious researcher in small business finance as well as students in classes in entrepreneurial finance, but it is also a must read for every entrepreneur who needs additional equity financing."––Robert E. Berney, chief economist, U.S. Small Business Administration

"Angel Investing is the definitive resource on an emerging new source of capital and talent. Van Osnabrugge and Robinson have assembled valuable information for entrepreneurs seeking capital and angels seeking startups."––Peter S. Cohan, author, Net Profit and The Technology Leaders

"Anyone interested in raising capital for a new enterprise should read Angel Investing to better understand the changing role of venture capitalists and the emergence of business angels as a growing source of risk capital and sound advice."––Ned Heizer, founder and first chairman, National Venture Capital Association

"this book will be of interest to potential investors, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and institutional investors everywhere..."(Chartered Secretary, March 2001)

"The book is sensibly and logically structured, backed by exhaustive research with generous and helpful attribution to other specialists in the field." (Start Your Own Business, February 2001)

"...an interesting and informative book..." (M2 Communications, 12 June 2001)

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.

Appenxix 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.

O autorze

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.

Blurb

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.