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5 Tips for New Angel Investors

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History has shown that newly creates wealth shops the startup scene like a kid in a candy store. 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. Before you start writing checks, just spend some time with startups.

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Need Start-Up Cash? Discover 6 Unconventional Ways to Secure Funding Today

The Motley Fool

Image source: Getty Images Where do most people find the money for their startup? Partner with angel investors Angel investors are individuals who invest their own money in startups, typically in exchange for a piece of the pie (equity). No wonder entrepreneurs refer to them as angels.

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The Most Critical Startup Talent Crunch: Great Leaders at Growing Companies

This is going to be BIG.

A lot of people have talked about the need for NYC to have a PayPal--a multi-billion dollar exit that scattered on the rest of the community a bunch of experienced startup talent that scaled a company over time, as well as a host of new angel investors. It may seem like an anti entrepreneurial argument, but it's not.

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Five common misconceptions about building a startup in New York City

This is going to be BIG.

Here’s my best attempt to shed some light on the most common misconceptions about building a company here in NYC: Misconception #1: There’s no money in NYC for startups… and the money that’s here isn’t smart or experienced money. Should they work on your “real time” web startup or write code that processes a million trades a minute?

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The end or the beginning? Thoughts on the current startup environment

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"Every investor and entrepreneur knows there is something scary about the current startup economy. There is an enormous amount of angel capital available, while at the same time there is a small amount of Series A and a large and concentrated amount of late stage capital. It's actually a great situation for the ecosystem.

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Everyone is an angel investor

SuperAngel.Fund

Angel Investing isn’t about the money. It’s about everything AFTER the money… Sure, investing in high-growth startups is a great diversification play. But angel investing is never just about the money. That’s why everyone should be an angel investor.

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How I became an angel investor

SuperAngel.Fund

My entire career as an Angel Investor started because I overheard a conversation at a house party in Miami… I actually wasn’t even supposed to be there. It was 2014 and I was in town to meet with a potential investor for the PropTech company I was building at the time. I wanted to become an Angel Investor.