Angel Investment Network Blog

A picture from the white board at Ryan Spoon’s presentation on creating early stage pitch decks (primarily focused on the seed round).

Please take this for what it’s worth: just one investor’s opinion. As is true with everything – the best answer is “it depends”. It depends on your background, your company, your raise, and your audience.

Angel Investment News  

• Proposed startup visa would be a boon to Silicon Valley: https://bit.ly/gkBS1O
• Investments to Rise on Pent-Up Demand in India: https://bit.ly/dJWpDo
• Angel investment jumps 14% in 2010 in US: https://bit.ly/fUpugr
• Microsoft offers $1 lakh to Indian start-ups: https://bit.ly/fin4SC
• Startup America wins $400 million in Commitments: https://bit.ly/fGna4E
• Investment Strategies: Should You Become an Angel Investor? https://bit.ly/eyUNve

Business Plans & Pitching

• The Anatomy of a Winning Business Plan: https://bit.ly/frb240
• Your Elevator Speech… Still Working On It? https://bit.ly/hM2UY0
• 7 Business Tips for Making a Workable Business Plan For Small Business: https://bit.ly/gqOia3

Fund Raising

• What Investors are Looking for…. https://bit.ly/hnC7rE
• How to Master the Art of the Funding Deal: https://bit.ly/i0a4jE
• When it Comes to Raising Capital from Angel Investors, is the Securities Act in Violation of Our Freedom of Speech? https://bit.ly/gAr6Y0
• Capital Raising Strategies Series: Angel Investors: https://bit.ly/f6X9YR
• The Hackers Guide to Investors: https://bit.ly/fBJ4vl
• Starting Up the Start-Up: Approaching the Angel Financing Round: https://bit.ly/eVgROh
• The Top 4 Reasons Angels Make the Investment: https://bit.ly/i87mQy

Marketing & Social Media

• 7 Tips To Make Your Blog More Personal: https://bit.ly/hRhfsB
• Social Media for SEO vs. Customer Engagement: https://bit.ly/f6OLQJ
• Report: Social media marketing goes mainstream: https://bit.ly/fWPV5d
• Small Businesses Benefit Most From Social Media, Study Reveals: https://bit.ly/eTXcZ3
• 7 Social Media Concepts Average Users Don’t Really Know About: https://bit.ly/gJ9dJy
• Why Walmart Spent $300 Million On A Social Media Startup: https://bit.ly/hXXtHH

Start-Up & Entrepreneurship

• 5 Awesome Companies That Emerged From Crappy Ideas: https://bit.ly/ffRsgc
• Microsoft Works With Startup America Partnership to Support Entrepreneurs: https://bit.ly/gizpx0
• The 100 Rules For Being An Entrepreneur: https://bit.ly/g8uLFK
• 11 Startup Lessons From A Successful Female CEO: https://bit.ly/ghgiEF
• 13 Things You Must Do Every Week As A Startup CEO: https://bit.ly/e6V5wZ

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