Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Randy Williams, Founder and CEO, Keiretsu Forum (Part 5)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Randy: I think we’re very interactive, a very gracious community, and we care deeply about the entrepreneurial community and we want to give them as much information as possible for future success. And it’s not easy making the forum and if you do the math, if only

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Randy Williams, Founder and CEO, Keiretsu Forum (Part 4)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: So, let’s talk about how entrepreneurs can reach Keiretsu Forum. Randy: The best way, if they’ve never been to Keiretsu Forum, is to go online. We have a very simple process to apply, and then what happens is we then introduce them to a committee that

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Randy Williams, Founder and CEO, Keiretsu Forum (Part 3)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Randy: So, getting back to our revenue model, it’s membership, renewals, and then we rely on sponsors to help us grow and underwrite our employees. Finally, we charge an administrative fee for companies to present, and that fee – in smaller chapters it’s less and in robust

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Randy Williams, Founder and CEO, Keiretsu Forum (Part 2)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How do these local chapters operate? Randy: They have great autonomy, but conversely, they enjoy the structure and the model that we’ve developed over the past ten years. It started off in the East Bay of Northern California. Keiretsu Forum started in September 2000, and the

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Randy Williams, Founder and CEO, Keiretsu Forum (Part 1)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the fifth interview in our series on seed financing and angel investing. Our guest today is Randy Williams, founder and CEO of Keiretsu Forum, a growing angel network that currently has 850 investors in 19 chapters around the world. The forum has made 265 investments

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Forbes Column 2010: Calling All Angel Investors

We need to nurture entrepreneurs a lot more. Read how in this week’s Forbes column, Calling All Angel Investors.

Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Malvern D. Lusky, Individual Angel, Houston Angel Network (Part 5)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What is your preferred investment type? Malvern: I usually receive preferred stock but have also done straight stock or LLC deals. Irina: Do you do debt financing? Convertible? Non-convertible? Terms? Malvern: Most of my deals are preferred stock deals or a combination of preferred or common

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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Malvern D. Lusky, Individual Angel, Houston Angel Network (Part 4)

By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How many companies do you have under your belt that you’ve invested in? Malvern: I’ve currently got seven. Irina: That’s a pretty good number for an individual investor. They keep you busy, right? Malvern: Right. Irina: What is the typical valuation of a company you invest

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