Description
They deliver more capital to entrepreneurs than any other source.And they often receive an incredible return on their investments.They're angel investors, some of the most important--and leastunderstood--players in business today. The United States has closeto three million angels, whose investments in startups exceed $60billion per year. Some of our most successful companies were fundedby angels--companies like Ford, AOL, and Amazon.com. But until now,little has been written about these angels, due in part to theirpreference for anonymity. Angel Investors provides an inside lookat who these angels are and how they operate. It also showswould-be angels and entrepreneurs how best to find eachother.
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About the Author
MARK VAN OSNABRUGGE is a consultant at Marakon Associates, a top-tier international consulting firm based in Stamford, Connecticut. A former fellow of the Harvard Business School, he is also the widely published author of articles about entrepreneurial finance. He lives in Chicago, Illinois. ROBERT J. ROBINSON is associate professor of negotiations at the Harvard Business School and an angel investor with experience in a variety of startup companies. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
Reviews
"This is the best research on the angel capital market that I'veseen. It should be read by every serious researcher in smallbusiness finance as well as students in classes in entrepreneurialfinance, but it is also a must read for every entrepreneur whoneeds additional equity financing."--Robert E. Berney, chiefeconomist, U.S. Small Business Administration
"Angel Investing is the definitive resource on an emerging newsource of capital and talent. Van Osnabrugge and Robinson haveassembled valuable information for entrepreneurs seeking capitaland angels seeking startups."--Peter S. Cohan, author, Net Profitand The Technology Leaders
"Anyone interested in raising capital for a new enterprise shouldread Angel Investing to better understand the changing role ofventure capitalists and the emergence of business angels as agrowing source of risk capital and sound advice."--Ned Heizer,founder and first chairman, National Venture CapitalAssociation
"this book will be of interest to potential investors,entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and institutional investorseverywhere..."(Chartered Secretary, March 2001)
"The book is sensibly and logically structured, backed byexhaustive research with generous and helpful attribution to otherspecialists in the field." (Start Your Own Business, February2001)
"...an interesting and informative book..." (M2 Communications, 12June 2001)
Book Information
ISBN 9780787952020
Author Mark Van Osnabrugge
Format Paperback
Page Count 448
Imprint Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 694g
Dimensions(mm) 237mm * 163mm * 38mm
To learn more about this book, visit its website.
About the Author
MARK VAN OSNABRUGGE is a consultant at Marakon Associates, a top-tier international consulting firm based in Stamford, Connecticut. A former fellow of the Harvard Business School, he is also the widely published author of articles about entrepreneurial finance. He lives in Chicago, Illinois. ROBERT J. ROBINSON is associate professor of negotiations at the Harvard Business School and an angel investor with experience in a variety of startup companies. He lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
Reviews
"This is the best research on the angel capital market that I'veseen. It should be read by every serious researcher in smallbusiness finance as well as students in classes in entrepreneurialfinance, but it is also a must read for every entrepreneur whoneeds additional equity financing."--Robert E. Berney, chiefeconomist, U.S. Small Business Administration
"Angel Investing is the definitive resource on an emerging newsource of capital and talent. Van Osnabrugge and Robinson haveassembled valuable information for entrepreneurs seeking capitaland angels seeking startups."--Peter S. Cohan, author, Net Profitand The Technology Leaders
"Anyone interested in raising capital for a new enterprise shouldread Angel Investing to better understand the changing role ofventure capitalists and the emergence of business angels as agrowing source of risk capital and sound advice."--Ned Heizer,founder and first chairman, National Venture CapitalAssociation
"this book will be of interest to potential investors,entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and institutional investorseverywhere..."(Chartered Secretary, March 2001)
"The book is sensibly and logically structured, backed byexhaustive research with generous and helpful attribution to otherspecialists in the field." (Start Your Own Business, February2001)
"...an interesting and informative book..." (M2 Communications, 12June 2001)
Book Information
ISBN 9780787952020
Author Mark Van Osnabrugge
Format Paperback
Page Count 448
Imprint Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc
Weight(grams) 694g
Dimensions(mm) 237mm * 163mm * 38mm
