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seed capital from angel investors
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Ira Weiss, Hyde Park Angels (Part 3)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Can you be more specific about the process how your students work with local businesses? Ira: What I mean is that there are local startup companies that recruit our MBA students to work with them on their businesses. The local startup companies want to be part
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Ira Weiss, Hyde Park Angels (Part 2)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Could you be more specific about the fees? Ira: What I mean is that some groups may charge a carry or a management fee. We don’t do that. Our underlying legal structure is a state nonprofit and whenever we make these investments. For example, we have
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Ira Weiss, Hyde Park Angels (Part 1)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold This is the twenty-ninth interview in our series on financing for entrepreneurs. I am talking to Ira Weiss, who is the faculty director at University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Chicago Booth) and co-manager of Hyde Park Angels, an angel network that is affiliated with the
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Dick Reeves, Executive Director, Huntsville Angel Network (Part 6)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: When you invest in e-commerce companies, do they have to be located in your geographical area? Dick: That’s interesting. The one that exited here was a virtual company. One of the founders was here, one was in Boulder, Colorado, and one was up in New York
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Dick Reeves, Executive Director, Huntsville Angel Network (Part 5)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: You were telling me about two companies in your portfolio that failed, and you lost about $1 million combined on both of them. What were the reasons for their failure? Dick: Both failed for the same reason. They failed for factors that were outside of their
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Dick Reeves, Executive Director, Huntsville Angel Network (Part 4)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: What do you do for companies that you decide not to invest in? Dick: We make contacts for them. That’s probably the biggest thing we can do for them – help them understand what they need to do to make them more eligible [for funding] or
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Dick Reeves, Executive Director, Huntsville Angel Network (Part 3)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: At what stage of a business’s development do you prefer to invest? Dick: Really, anywhere from what I would call pre-seed to developmental. We’ve even invested in one expansion-stage company. Irina: How about if somebody comes with an idea on paper? Dick: No. But we have
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Dick Reeves, Executive Director, Huntsville Angel Network (Part 2)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How many pitches do you receive per month, on average? Dick: In a month, I’ll hear from 12–15 capital seekers. Irina: Out of those 12–15, how many deserve a closer look? Dick: One or two. Irina: What would be your next step of engagement with them?
