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angel investor

A person who invests his or her own money in a startup company. An angel investor is generally not a member of a bank, venture capital firm or other financial institution that also makes such investments. Angels are typically private individuals.

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No references found			Professor Bill Bygrave from Babson College, one of the founders of GEM, noted that "throughout the world, would-be entrepreneurs reported greater difficulty in obtaining financial backing for their start-up activities, especially from informal investors - families, friends, and strangers. Entrepreneurial perceptions high in Mideast -- report by Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) Regardless, you will need to use some of your own assets for your startup -- not only do you need a thorough, convincing plan to find formal or informal investors, anyone who is willing to buy into your idea will want to see that you have put assets at risk as well. Controlling Risk when Starting a Business by K. MacKillop / Business community They identify several specific areas of research: * the characteristics of investors in new ventures: the company creator and his team, informal investors (business angels), and formal investors (venture capital). The development of entrepreneurial finance research by Pare, Jean-Louis; Redis, Jean; Sahut, Jean-Michel / International Journal of Business			influent stream Influenza influenza epidemic influenza epidemic of 1918–19 influenza vaccine influenza virus Influenza, Animal influenzal meningitis influenzal pneumonia influx INFN INFO Info BASIC Info Select infobahn Infobase infobot InfoCard Infogate infoglut infographics infomediary infonesia InfoPath infopreneur Informal Investors informate informatics Informatics Corporation Information Information Algebra Information and Communication Technology Information Appliance information architect information architecture information assurance information bit information broker Information Builders Information Bureau of the Communist and Workers Parties information card Information Carrier information center information channel Information Computing Center information content information engineering Information Engineering Facility information feedback system information float information flow			Informal Baltic Sea Group Informal Business Training Trust Informal Complaints and Public Inquiries Branch Informal Composite Negotiating Text Informal Conference of Informal Confidential Voting Interview Informal Contractor Performance Assessment Reporting System Informal Cross-Border Trade Informal Design Overview Informal Design Review Informal deviance Informal Dispute Resolution Informal Dispute Settlement Informal Eating Out Informal European Theatre Meeting Informal Exclusion Informal Exclusion Informal Experts' Group on Business Mobility Informal File Transfer Protocol area Informal Forum of International Student Organisations Informal FTP Area Informal Gathering of World Economic Leaders Informal Group of Developing Countries Informal Group of RTD Liaison Offices Informal Investor Informal Investor Informal Investors Informal Learning Environment Informal Learning Opportunities in the Workplace Informal Local Governance Institutions Informal Mobile Podcasting and Learning Adaptation Informal Northern Thai Group Informal Pacific ATC Coordinating Group Informal Performance Assessment Report Informal Physical Evaluation Board Informal Qualification Test Informal Rate Agreement Informal Reading Inventory Informal Regional Functional Analysis Seminar Informal Resolution System Informal Science Education and Out-of-School Time Symposium Informal Sector Service Center Informal Sector Training and Resources Network Informal Security Policy Model Informal settlement Informal settlements Informal South Pacific ATS Informal speech Informal speech Informal Tanker Operator's Safety Forum Informal Test Problem Report Informal value transfer system

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angel investor (redirected from Informal Investors)

angel investor
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