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Funding a New Business For Dummies
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Funding a New Business For Dummies

by Marc R. Butler, Eric Butow
April 2024
Beginner content levelBeginner
352 pages
7h 46m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 9

Demystifying Angel Investors

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Understanding the roles of angel investors

Bullet Learning what angel investors look for

Bullet Knowing how to find and pitch to angel investors

Do you know the name Mike Markkula? If it wasn’t for him, we wouldn’t have Apple — no Mac computers, no iPod, no iPhone, none of that. Markkula was the original angel investor at Apple Computer, Inc., in 1977.

Not only did Markkula provide critical early funding to launch the Apple II computer, he provided managerial support for founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Jobs even convinced Markkula to join Apple as its first chairman and second CEO.

In popular culture, angels are bright, luminescent winged creatures. Though angel investors don’t have wings, they are guiding lights of the startup world because they help startup companies and founders. (Hey, that’s you!) Angel investors support firms financially in exchange for ownership stock or convertible debt.

How Angels Help You Fly

Angel investors play a far bigger role than just supplying capital. They are growth catalysts, risk-takers, mentors, and connections to the proverbial movers and shakers in your industry. If you find a particularly ...

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