What every angel investor wants you to know : an insider reveals how to get smart funding for your billion dollar idea /
Brian Cohen and John Kador.
- xix, 228 pages ; 24 cm
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword / by Ben Silberman, Founder and CEO, Pinterest -- Introduction -- Angel investing is a contact sport -- Early stage investing and why angels are your new best friend -- Let's get to know each other -- What I'm looking for in an entrepreneur -- What I look for in the pitch -- Every business starts with a belief -- Investor raising vs. money raising -- Don't hurt the ones that love you -- Going belly to belly with your customer -- Due diligence and do diligence -- Accelerators, incubators, and crowdfunding -- It's all about teammanship -- Getting to no is just as important as getting to yes -- Iterating the startup -- Baking in the exit from the beginning -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix -- About the authors -- Notes -- Index.