Angel Investing

Angel Investing offers the first authoritative look at this emerging form of financing, complete with stories of the investors and companies that have led the way. It is also the only comprehensive guide for the entrepreneur seeking capital and the private investor looking for a better return on investments of $ 100,000 or more.

Written by two veteran investors, Angel Investing is based on years of research, hands-on experience, and in-depth interviews with business angels, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs. It gives readers an unprecedented overview of how business angels compare with their better known counterparts, venture capitalists, covering everything from investment motivations to exit strategies. It provides the resources entrepreneurs need to secure angel investment for their growing companies. And it shows would-be angels how to buy into small firms with strong growth potential.

Entrepreneurs will learn what angel investors look for in a start-up, how to pitch their company successfully, and how to tap the billions of dollars that business angels invest in entrepreneurial firms each year. Would-be angels will learn how to connect with start-ups, what criteria to look for before committing their capital, and how to make their first investment in an entrepreneurial firm.

The book includes a resource section that features the first-ever listing of over seventy services that match entrepreneurs with investors, as well as Web sites, informational networks, and other organizations that provide strategies, advice, and investment deals.

Mark Van Osnabrugge is a management consultant at Marakon Associates, a top-tier international consulting firm. A former fellow of the Harvard Business School, lie is also the widely published author of articles about entrepreneurial finance.

Robert J. Robinson is associate professor of negotiations at the Harvard Business School and an angel investor with experience in a variety of start-up companies.