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<p>New page: If you're an emerging organization with the next fantastic product, sometimes you need an angel on your side. A study by the University of New Hampshire's Center for Venture Analysis showe...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>If you're an emerging organization with the next fantastic product, sometimes you need an angel on your side.<br />
A study by the University of New Hampshire's Center for Venture Analysis showed that "angel investors" - high-net-worth individuals willing to invest in entrepreneurial firms at an early stage - shelled out a lot more than $18 billion into early-stage companies final year alone, compared to $304 million by venture capitalists.<br />
Discovering an angel investor, nevertheless, is not an straightforward process. Safer Smokes Inc. is one particular firm that understands the challenge of attracting the appropriate investors.<br />
This improvement-stage organization is tapping the smoking cessation industry with a unique tobacco-totally free, nicotine-free smoke called Bravo, which has the look of a standard cigarette and burns like tobacco, but is actually 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 firms like Safer Smokes, it may be too soon to method significant venture capital firms, however time to move beyond networking with loved ones and friends. Angel investors to the rescue.<br />
"The challenge for raising capital in today's industry is in harnessing the courage and vision of the angel to see via to the genuine investment chance," stated Torigian.<br />
So how do organizations like Safer Smokes attract their angel?<br />
* Have a clear-cut target marketplace for your item or service. For instance, Safer Smokes is targeting the smoking cessation market place, which has sales approaching $ten billion per year, up from $6 billion just 3 years ago.<br />
Most angel investors prefer firms that are likely to show positive money flow inside their initial 18 months, so getting these kinds of statistics about your market place can be an incentive.<br />
* Match the company plan objectives to the angel's danger tolerance. Investors want to know the product or service will be unique and well-cultivated. Safer Smokes has a patented solution that company officials say will "affect the landscape of the wellness care industry." [http://www.ideaangels.com/ idea angels]</div>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:22:47 GMTKeaneVolpe712http://beta.aalf.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:KeaneVolpe712