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Infographic – How To Become A Social Media Marketing Specialist

Posted on May 22, 2013 by mikelebus

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Infographic – 10 Rules To A Great Startup Idea

Posted on May 22, 2013 by mikelebus

If you can check off the items below, you have a much higher chance of your startup being successful.

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Infographic – 4 Digital Marketing Trends For 2013

Posted on May 21, 2013 by mikelebus

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Angel Investment Network’s Weekly Twitter Roundup

Posted on May 20, 2013 by mikelebus

Angel Investment News:

Minnesota Angel Investor Tax Credits dry up for 2013: http://ow.ly/kYtiJ. Surely they should increase the allocation?
Top Women In Venture Capital: http://ow.ly/kYCcS
Australia’s tech startup ecosystem worth more than $100bn: http://ow.ly/kYq6o
Indian venture capital firms are doing more seed deals vs. higher value Series A funding: http://ow.ly/kYyVI
Fewer Venture Capital Dollars Invested Into US Life Sciences Companies in Q1 2013: http://ow.ly/l5F3f

Business Plans & Pitching:

13 Slides That Landed Two Founders $500,000 In 3 Months: http://ow.ly/kYeVP
6 Questions Every Business Plan Should Answer: http://ow.ly/l303H
10 Topics To Know Cold for Your Perfect VC Investor Pitch: http://ow.ly/l5HZG
5 Worst Mistakes Entrepreneurs Make When Pitching To Angel Investors: http://ow.ly/l82VZ

Fund Raising:

8 Things VCs Think About When Valuing Your Startup: http://ow.ly/l2YGw

Marketing & Social Media:

How to determine what’s working in your social media campaign: http://ow.ly/kyGLR
Infographic – The Inbound Marketing Process. Start Generating More Leads From Your Website Today: http://ow.ly/kZas1
6 Myths About Social Media Marketing: http://ow.ly/l3bP9
The 3 Biggest Mistakes Companies are Making on Social Media Right Now: http://ow.ly/l5Jfj
Infographic – How Are Small Businesses Using Social Media? http://ow.ly/l83tn

Start-Up & Entrepreneurship:

Is Your Startup Moving Fast Enough to Stay Ahead? http://ow.ly/kYqvu. Do you have any other tips?
500 Startups launches a podcast series to highlight the stories of its portfolio’s founders: http://ow.ly/kYsnN
10 Little-Known Apps That Entrepreneurs Can’t Live Without: http://ow.ly/kYM1F
The Pros and Cons of Bootstrapping Your Startup? http://ow.ly/kYy68. Have you bootstrapped a startup?
7 Things To Consider Before Selling Your Company: http://ow.ly/l35Xb
Entrepreneur Beginners Guide: 7 Steps to Live By: http://ow.ly/l30Ni
What Does it Take to be a Successful Entrepreneur? http://ow.ly/l30iz
Key Techniques From Startup Leaders Who Get-It-Done: http://ow.ly/l36cp
Triberr’s Founder on Bootstrapping, Criticism, and the Importance of Educating Customers: http://ow.ly/l5zPb

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Read anything interesting? Feel free to add links to any articles or resources you’d like to share with the angel community.

Or are you looking to raise funding? Send me a summary of your project at mike@angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk and we’ll try to help.

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Angel Investment Network’s Weekly Funding Roundup

Posted on May 17, 2013 by mikelebus

Here’s a roundup of some of the recent seed-stage and angel deals from around the world:

Movable Ink, whose technology lets clients create more relevant email marketing campaigns, raises $11M Series B funding
Coinbase, a platform to buy, use and accept the digital currency Bitcoin, lands a $5 million Series A investment
Beyond Verbal, a startup that has developed develop voice recognition software that decodes emotions, gets $2.8M seed funding
Chromatik, a digital learning platform redefining how people practice, perform and learn music, secures $5.7M Series A funding
Top5Best4You, a consumer advice meets price comparison start-up, secures seed funding
LiquidSpace, the web and mobile platform that helps everyone find on-demand office and meeting space, has raised $1.3M Series B funding
Quote Roller, a web based software that helps to create, send, organize and track business proposals, has secured $655k seed funding
Merchantry, an online marketplace technology provider, has received $7 million in Series B growth capital
GiveCorps, developer of a philanthropy fundraising platform, has closed an $822k angel funding round
GenY Medium, a social media marketing services company in Hyderabad, has received angel investment from Srinath Devireddy
Yoga Smoga, a web experience and online store for yoga-inspired athletic apparel and accessories, has received Rs 5 crore angel funding
Yekra, a digital entertainment distributor whose system matches content to viewers by genre, has raised $3M Series A funding
uParts, a web platform where auto parts are effectively identified, located and ordered, secures $2 million Series A financing
Everwise, a platform that uses predictive analytics to make the best match between mentee and mentor, raised ~$1 million seed funding
Zoobean, a site that makes it easy to find children’s books that are recommended and curated by parents, raises $500,000 seed funding
RingDNA, which offers intelligent telephony for companies to improve sales, marketing & support performance, raises $1.9M seed funding
To-do list app Any.DO has secured $3.5M seed funding led by Genesis Partners
Greentoe, an online marketplace which lets people name their own price for electronics & other items, has raised angel funding
Foodem, an online marketplace targeting the wholesale food industry, has closed $600,000 seed funding
EyeVerify, the first ‘eyeprint’ solution for mobile users to verify their digital identity, has closed $2.3M Series A funding
Hukkster, which tracks your favorite products online and lets you know when they go on sale, attracts $2 million seed funding
TransferWise, a peer-to-peer currency exchange, has closed $6M Series A funding round led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures
AbilTo, which delivers behavioral health programs to help adults overcome mild and moderate depression, completes $3M Series A funding
PriceBaba, a Mumbai, India-based startup that is developing a shopping intelligence engine, has raised seed funding
Drone startup Airware has raised $10.7M Series A financing led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from Google Google Ventures
Berlin-based product comparison platform company VERSUS IO has secured $2.8M Series A funding
Tech Cocktail, a site that covers startup news and also organizes community events, has raised $2.5 million funding
Skift, which reports and curates travel news and market data from the travel industry, has raised $1.1M seed funding

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Have you managed to raise capital for your company? We always love to hear from entrepreneurs who manage to get funded.

Or are you looking to raise funding? Send me a summary of your project at mike@angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk and we’ll try to help.

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Infographic – How Are Small Businesses Using Social Media?

Posted on May 17, 2013 by mikelebus

Which social media sites are small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) using for business?

Facebook (as usual) leads the way, with 19 percent of SMEs favouring this platform, ahead of LinkedIn (14 percent), blogs (13 percent) and Twitter, with the latter being used by just 4 percent of these firms.

While 81 percent of small businesses see the value of using social media as a business tool, just 25 percent spend 6-10 hours per week on social media, and 14 percent don’t separate personal and professional updates on these channels.

This data comes courtesy of an infographic via Sage UK, who collated results from several sources to produce this visual as part of their small business guide to social media.

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Thanks to Norton Rose for hosting our pitching event in London last night!

Posted on May 16, 2013 by mikelebus

This was the view from the terrace #bestviewinlondon

And these were the goodie bags we put together for our investors. Thanks to all the companies that gave us something to put in them. Much appreciated!

A huge thanks to everyone involved – Norton Rose, the pitchers, the investors and the AIN staff!

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Angel Investment Network’s Weekly Twitter Roundup

Posted on May 13, 2013 by mikelebus

Angel Investment News:

83% of technology start-ups in the UK anticipate positive business conditions in 2013: http://ow.ly/kFQ31
UK tech firms reliant on support from angel investors: http://ow.ly/kOYhG
Who Is Tech’s Most Inspiring New Founder? SV Angel’s Ron Conway, David Lee, And Brian Pokorny Name Names: http://ow.ly/kOXIj
New South African venture capital fund to give little guy a lift: http://ow.ly/kR7P0
The Top Ten In Venture Capital Today – Midas List: http://ow.ly/kRlaM
Venture capital fundraising falls in China in Q1 2013: http://ow.ly/kRl1o
10 Indian-Americans made it onto Forbes’ Midas Touch list of the best dealmakers in venture capital: http://ow.ly/kTxag
India’s start-ups lacking guardian ‘angels’: http://ow.ly/kRfVq .

Business Plans & Pitching:

Full presentation: Top 10 Investor Pitch FAILS from SpringBeta! http://ow.ly/kP5tm

Fund Raising:

Josh Felser, the founder of Grouper and Freestyle Capital, talks about entrepreneurship and investing: http://ow.ly/kNAdl
Startup tips – How to win investors: http://ow.ly/kOZ7F
10 Entrepreneur Comments That Kill Investor Deals: http://ow.ly/kP2Un
European startups – Here’s how to (not) raise capital in the US: http://ow.ly/kP63f
4 Things Your Startup Needs to Attract Venture Capital: http://ow.ly/kR7pk
5 Venture Capitalism Myths Busted: http://ow.ly/kRdQP
How To Raise Money From A Venture Capitalist: http://ow.ly/kRlrG
Investors offer tips to young businesses at summit: http://ow.ly/kTwBK
Launching a Startup — How Much Money Do You Really Need? And From Who? http://ow.ly/kTwpu

Marketing & Social Media:

7 Ways to Improve Your Social Media Engagement: http://ow.ly/kNApw
How to permanently bootstrap your startup: http://ow.ly/kP7H7
8 ways to incorporate customer feedback into your startup’s strategy: http://ow.ly/kP8eS
9 Steps to Entrepreneur Real Social Media Results: http://ow.ly/kPaiZ
How to Use Pinterest Analytics – 6 Metrics Worth Measuring: http://ow.ly/kPsF7
LinkedIn Tips: 10 Ways to Get the Most Out of Your Network: http://ow.ly/kR9z9

Start-Up & Entrepreneurship:

3 Simple Principles of Naming Your StartUp: http://ow.ly/kFPMO
How A Startup With No Revenue Can Be Worth A Billion Dollars: http://ow.ly/kOZlV
5 Lessons in Turning an Idea Into a Reality from Leah Busque, founder of TaskRabbit: http://ow.ly/kOZZx
How Memebox Bootstrapped to Become a $1 Million Company: http://ow.ly/kPb0a
5 Tips for Entrepreneurial Success from Andy Yang, Managing Director at Extreme Startups : http://ow.ly/kOZMf
3 Ways to Find Your Perfect Board of Advisors: http://ow.ly/kP4JO
Tech Startups That Turned Down $100 Million Buyout Offers: http://ow.ly/kP6pQ
What Every Entrepreneur Can Learn From Y Combinator Without Actually Going: http://ow.ly/kP7mq
7 Opportunities to Save on Startup Expenses: http://ow.ly/kR9f7
The 6 Books That Actually Saved Our Startup: http://ow.ly/kReh5 .

To stay updated, come follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/angel__network or register for our blog at http://www.angelinvestmentnetwork.net/wp-login.php?action=register.

Read anything interesting? Feel free to add links to any articles or resources you’d like to share with the angel community.

Or are you looking to raise funding? Send me a summary of your project at mike@angelinvestmentnetwork.co.uk and we’ll try to help.

Infographic – The Inbound Marketing Process. Start Generating More Leads From Your Website Today

Posted on May 13, 2013 by mikelebus

Posted in Marketing & Social Media, Start-Up & Entrepreneurship | Tagged blog marketing, blogging, digital marketing, digital marketing strategy, e-marketing, Facebook, Google Plus, Google+, Linkedin, marketing, MySpace, online marketing, online marketing strategy, PR, public relations, search engine marketing, search engine optimisation, SEO, social media, social media marketing, social media strategy, Twitter, video marketing, web marketing, web marketing strategy, website marketing, YouTube | Leave a comment

Infographic – 18 Great Tips For Facebook Page Posts

Posted on May 13, 2013 by mikelebus

Mike Maghsoudi, co-founder of Post Rocket, a website dedicated to Facebook marketing, recently posted a great infographic with brief but useful tips for Facebook Page posts.

Posted in Marketing & Social Media, Start-Up & Entrepreneurship | Tagged blog marketing, blogging, digital marketing, digital marketing strategy, e-marketing, Facebook, Google Plus, Google+, Linkedin, marketing, MySpace, online marketing, online marketing strategy, PR, public relations, search engine marketing, search engine optimisation, SEO, social media, social media marketing, social media strategy, Twitter, video marketing, web marketing, web marketing strategy, website marketing, YouTube | Leave a comment

Infographic – 10 Rules To A Great Startup Idea

Angel Investment Network’s Weekly Funding Roundup

Thanks to Norton Rose for hosting our pitching event in London last night!

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