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5 Tips for New Angel Investors

This is going to be BIG.

Over the course of the lifetime of a new angel investor, they'll do 70% of all of the angel investments they'll ever make in year one. 2) Network with as many other angel investors as possible. Investors with industry expertise are invaluable in helping disruptive startups cross the chasm.

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Top 3 Ways Fed Rate Cuts Could Make Your Small Business More Profitable

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Greater appetite for risk-taking by investors When the Fed cuts interest rates, this makes it harder for investors to earn yield with safe assets like money market funds, CDs, and savings accounts. This could include buying stocks in publicly traded companies, or investing in small businesses.

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Billionaires Are Buying These 2 Cryptocurrencies Hand Over Fist

The Motley Fool

With cryptocurrency emerging as a stand-alone asset class, a growing number of billionaires are now hunting for potential investment opportunities. NYSE: BLK) , which manages over $10 trillion in assets. Based on his experience as a tech entrepreneur and angel investor, he's well-positioned to discuss the benefits of Ethereum.

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Why Investor Titles are Important

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It used to be that the only people who could even get into angel rounds were high net worth individuals that could write at least $25,000 checks—so if someone said they were an angel investor, you could assume this was their minimum check size.

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Could Fed Rate Cuts Make It Easier to Start a Business? 3 Reasons Why

The Motley Fool

More appetite for risk from investors As part of the overall "easy money" effect of Fed interest rate cuts, some small businesses might have an easier time raising money from investors. When interest rates go down, that means the best savings accounts and money market accounts are no longer paying such high APYs.

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Resal Raises $9M in Funding

FinSMEs

Backers included Derayah Ventures Fund, Al-Wafrah AlThanya Investment Company, Venture Souq FinTech Fund, ADDiriyah Asset Management, Nomad Holdings, Bugshan Investment Group, and several family offices, along with other angel investors.

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10 Wednesday AM Reads

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The Sinaloa Cartel Is Controlling Water in Drought-Stricken Mexico : “Water is now a valuable asset for us, and as it becomes more scarce, the more we will fight to make sure we have enough,” a cartel operative told VICE World News. thru the company’s sale to Yahoo; angel investor Etsy + Tumblr.