Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money and Having Fun Investing in Startups

Index

ACA. See Angel Capital Association (ACA)

Accelerator Demo Days, 62–63, 164, 165

Accelerators, 164–165

Accelerator stage of startups, 50

Accel Partners, 193

Accredited Investor:

defined, 10, 16

verification of, 201–202

Acqui-hire, 40, 148, 154, 155

Acquisition of company:

as exit scenario, 148, 151, 153–155

as financial stage, 52–53

valuation and, 105–106

Advising startups, 178

Age of entrepreneurs, 70–72

Airbnb, 165

AirMedia Live Internet Broadcast Network, 81

Alternative asset returns, 4

Amazon, 11, 105, 180

American Express, 193

American Research and Development Corporation (ARDC), 196

Amount invested:

average, 7–8

determining, 95–96

Andreesen, Marc, 177

Andreesen Horowitz, 177

Angel Capital Association (ACA):

board of director compensation, 143

chairmen, 95

Design2Launch and, 39

entrepreneurial experience of members, 27, 168–169

fees, 185

holding time, average, 104

investment amount per member, average, 96

as national federation of professional angel groups, 180

summit, annual, 182, 187

training offered by, 182

Angel groups:

about, 16, 179–180

advantages of, 7–8, 179

application fees, 185

entrepreneurs, working with, 183–184

in entrepreneurship financing ecosystem, 168–169

finances, internal, 185–186

financial stages of startups and, 51

future of, 186–187

investment per company, average, 9

operation of, 180–183

pitches, typical number of, 9

proprietary deal flow, 59–60

regional, 251–253

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