Where Angels Meet: Finding Angel Investors for Your Business
I am currently writing a success story article for WomenHomeBusiness.com based on the interview I made with Jenny Lefcourt, one of the founders of WeddingChannel.com and now Bella Pictures.
Of Jenny's various accomplishments, one of the things that amazed me was how seemingly easy she got WeddingChannel.com off the ground when she was in her early 20s and in school. Jenny was then an MBA student at Stanford University when she and her friend joined in a business plan competition in her school. One of those who heard her presentation was an associate of a Silicon Valley venture capital firm. The person liked what he heard, and the venture capital firm gave her funding. WeddingChannel.com soon became one of the top online businesses in the wedding niche!
But for those of us who are not Wharton or Stanford graduates who hobnobs with venture capitalists and investors, where and how do we get their attention? The March 2006 issue of Business 2.0 Magazine lists some of the places where you are most likely to meet an angel investor, and these are:
- Angel Capital Association www.angelcapitalassociation.org
- Angel's Forum www.angelsforum.com
- Band of Angels www.bandangels.com
- Common Angels www.commonangels.com
- Keiretsu Forum www.k4forum.com
- Launchpad Venture Group www.launchpadventuregroup.com
- New World Angels www.newworldangels.com
- New York Angels www.newyorkangels.com
- Prairie Angels www.prairieangels.org (charges $125 to submit idea)
- Robin Hood Ventures www.robinhoodventures.com (charges $250)
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