Angel Investors


Recent Angel Investors Articles

Elevator Pitch: StorageByMail

StorageByMail lets customers ship away their clutter to a storage facility. Can it get $1.3 million from investors?  Read more

Elevator Pitch: Smackages

Smackages gives women free makeup samples online. Can it get $1 million for its own makeover?  Read more

Elevator Pitch: Lifesta

Lifesta lets people resell their unused Groupon coupons. Can it raise $1.5 million?  Read more

Things Are Looking Up

Nolan Bushnell is optimistic about the economic prospects for 2011. Here is his take on banks, tax cuts, and start-ups.  Read more

How to Raise Start-up Capital in 2011

It's a brave new world out there for start-ups seeking funding. With banks still hesitant, and VC's being choosy, what's your strategy going to be?  Read more

How to Raise $10 Million in One Day

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: ...  Read more

Elevator Pitch: Keen Guides

Keen Guides makes iPhone travel apps for the hearing impaired. Can it get $1.2 million to cover more cities?  Read more

Elevator Pitch: ShopKeep

ShopKeep makes point-of-sale software for small businesses. Can it raise $1 million from investors?  Read more

How to Write a Promissory Note

Raising money from family or friends is easy capital. Just be sure to follow basic but important lending guidelines when making a binding agreement to pay it...  Read more

How to Pitch to Angel Investors

You may have sheer minutes to impress private investors, with success or failure hinging on how clearly and confidently you can deliver your presentation.  Read more

Elevator Pitch: Shustir

Shustir combines e-commerce with social networking. Can it raise $500,000 from investors?  Read more

The E-mail Heard 'Round Silicon Valley

Each day, Inc.'s reporters scour the Web for the most important and interesting news to entrepreneurs. Here's what we found today: ...  Read more

How to Meet Angel Investors

The most effective way to get set up with people who will invest in your fledgling business is to actively and creatively seek them out.  Read more

Etsy’s Angels Cash In

Most of the shares sold in the e-commerce site's latest round of fund-raising were held by early investors. That's good news.  Read more

Congress Considers Federal Tax Credit for Angels

Angel investors would get a 25 percent credit for backing a business that's already qualified for a federal research and development grant program for small ...  Read more

Brock Blake, CEO of Funding Universe 

The CEO of Funding Universe answers questions on raising capital from banks, angel investors, and local venture capital firms.  Watch video

Elevator Pitch: DivotCard

The DivotCard offers customers discounted golf rounds. Can it raise $1 million from investors?  Read more

How Incubators Speed the Start-up Process

Initiatives such as Y Combinator in San Francisco and TechStars in Boulder, Colorado, provide more than just funding.  Read more

A Tax Cut for Angels

How states such as Ohio, Wisconsin, and Minnesota give angel investors (and start-ups) a break.  Read more

Elevator Pitch: Closet Couture

Closet Couture wants to be the Facebook (and eBay) of fashionistas. Can it stitch together $1 million?  Read more

Death of the Elevator Pitch

Is the elevator pitch extinct? New York City VC Mark Peter Davis says it is. Writing on the Read more

Hiring Advice from The Onion

How to interview a job applicant. For Steve Hannah, CEO of The Onion, this is what he's trying to get at: "Can you do the job, and would I enjoy wo...  Read more

Reid Hoffman Likes Facebook's Like Button

Reid Hoffman says the social networking site's move to spread across the Web will be good for almost all online start-ups.  Read more

Elevator Pitch: Nixle

Nixle helps police send text-message alerts to local residents. Can it raise $7.5 million?  Read more

Steve Jobs Takes on Adobe

Steve Jobs takes aim at Adobe . In a sign that Apple founder Steve Jobs has returned to his familiar role as spokesperson for his company, Jobs has ...  Read more