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<p>New page: If you're an emerging firm with the next excellent item, at times you require an angel on your side. A study by the University of New Hampshire's Center for Venture Analysis showed that "a...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>If you're an emerging firm with the next excellent item, at times you require 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 people prepared to invest in entrepreneurial businesses at an early stage - shelled out a lot more than $18 billion into early-stage firms last year alone, compared to $304 million by venture capitalists.<br />
Discovering an angel investor, however, is not an easy process. Safer Smokes Inc. is a single firm that understands the challenge of attracting the correct investors.<br />
This improvement-stage company is tapping the smoking cessation market place with a unique tobacco-cost-free, nicotine-free smoke called Bravo, which has the appearance of a conventional cigarette and burns like tobacco, but is truly made from lettuce fibers.<br />
"Bravo lets you smoke your way out of the tobacco habit steadily," said Puzant C. Torigian, chief executive officer of Safer Smokes.<br />
For organizations like Safer Smokes, it may possibly be also soon to method significant venture capital firms, yet time to move beyond networking with family members and pals. Angel investors to the rescue.<br />
"The challenge for raising capital in today's marketplace is in harnessing the courage and vision of the angel to see via to the true investment opportunity," said Torigian.<br />
So how do firms like Safer Smokes attract their angel?<br />
* Have a clear-cut target marketplace for your product or service. For example, Safer Smokes is targeting the smoking cessation marketplace, which has sales approaching $10 billion per year, up from $6 billion just three years ago.<br />
Most angel investors prefer businesses that are most likely to show positive money flow within their initial 18 months, so getting these kinds of statistics about your industry can be an incentive.<br />
* Match the organization program objectives to the angel's risk tolerance. Investors want to know the product or service will be special and well-cultivated. Safer Smokes has a patented answer that organization officials say will "have an effect on the landscape of the wellness care market." [http://www.ideaangels.com/ idea angels]</div>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:36:55 GMTKetchumWestphal976http://beta.aalf.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:KetchumWestphal976