Title: How to Find You Angel Investor
Author: Michael V. Captan
Reference: http://money.cnn.com/feb282006
Presenter: Darren Bloun
So you just started your business and our waiting for the angel to come and give
you money. Well maybe that angel is not just a day dream. Many companies
such as Google, Amazon.com, Apple, the Body Shop, Kinko's, and Starbucks all
got their starts with the help of angel investors, as did current rising stars
such as Digg, LinkedIn, and Simply Hired
What are angel investors? They come in man forms. Google got it's "heavenly" cash
from Sun Microsystems when it's co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim was so impressed
with Larry Page and Sergey Brin's work that he wrote them a check for 100,000
dollars. Although you might not get that kind of on the spot check writing,
parents, and friends are also good "angels." They might like
what your doing and, out of love, give you a check to get you on your way to
success.
To make your number of potential "angels" much wider it helps to have
strong marketing strategies in place that makes the company seem like they are
doing good for the world or at least for them. Helping others helps your
self, so always take the chance to help out one fledgling business and then maybe
when you are hurting for cash they will think of helping you.
