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<p>New page: If you are an emerging business with the subsequent great product, occasionally you want an angel on your side. A study by the University of New Hampshire's Center for Venture Study showed...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>If you are an emerging business with the subsequent great product, occasionally you want an angel on your side.<br />
A study by the University of New Hampshire's Center for Venture Study showed that "angel investors" - high-net-worth folks prepared to invest in entrepreneurial firms at an early stage - shelled out more than $18 billion into early-stage businesses last year alone, compared to $304 million by venture capitalists.<br />
Locating an angel investor, nonetheless, is not an straightforward activity. Safer Smokes Inc. is 1 organization that understands the challenge of attracting the right investors.<br />
This development-stage company is tapping the smoking cessation marketplace with a special tobacco-cost-free, nicotine-totally free smoke referred to as Bravo, which has the appearance of a conventional cigarette and burns like tobacco, but is in fact made from lettuce fibers.<br />
"Bravo lets you smoke your way out of the tobacco habit steadily," mentioned Puzant C. Torigian, chief executive officer of Safer Smokes.<br />
For organizations like Safer Smokes, it could be also soon to method significant venture capital firms, yet time to move beyond networking with family and friends. Angel investors to the rescue.<br />
"The challenge for raising capital in today's market is in harnessing the courage and vision of the angel to see via to the real investment opportunity," stated Torigian.<br />
So how do companies like Safer Smokes attract their angel?<br />
* Have a clear-cut target market place for your item or service. For instance, Safer Smokes is targeting the smoking cessation industry, which has sales approaching $ten billion per year, up from $6 billion just three years ago.<br />
Most angel investors favor organizations that are likely to show positive cash flow inside their 1st 18 months, so getting these types of statistics about your marketplace can be an incentive.<br />
* Match the enterprise strategy objectives to the angel's danger tolerance. Investors want to know the product or service will be exclusive and well-cultivated. Safer Smokes has a patented resolution that company officials say will "affect the landscape of the wellness care industry." [http://www.ideaangels.com/ ideangels]</div>Tue, 01 May 2012 16:50:21 GMTCohanCarothers524http://beta.aalf.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:CohanCarothers524