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<p>New page: If you are an emerging business with the next fantastic item, sometimes you require an angel on your side. A study by the University of New Hampshire's Center for Venture Analysis showed t...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>If you are an emerging business with the next fantastic item, sometimes 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 folks prepared to invest in entrepreneurial businesses at an early stage - shelled out a lot more than $18 billion into early-stage businesses final year alone, compared to $304 million by venture capitalists.<br />
Obtaining an angel investor, nevertheless, is not an simple activity. Safer Smokes Inc. is one firm that understands the challenge of attracting the right investors.<br />
This improvement-stage firm is tapping the smoking cessation market with a exclusive tobacco-free of charge, nicotine-totally free smoke referred to as Bravo, which has the appearance of a conventional cigarette and burns like tobacco, but is really created from lettuce fibers.<br />
"Bravo lets you smoke your way out of the tobacco habit steadily," stated Puzant C. Torigian, chief executive officer of Safer Smokes.<br />
For firms like Safer Smokes, it might be also soon to method large venture capital firms, however time to move beyond networking with family and close 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 by means of to the actual investment opportunity," said Torigian.<br />
So how do businesses like Safer Smokes attract their angel?<br />
* Have a clear-cut target market for your product or service. For example, Safer Smokes is targeting the smoking cessation market, which has sales approaching $ten billion per year, up from $6 billion just 3 years ago.<br />
Most angel investors prefer businesses that are most likely to show positive cash flow inside their first 18 months, so getting these types of statistics about your industry can be an incentive.<br />
* Match the enterprise 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 answer that firm officials say will "have an effect on the landscape of the wellness care industry." [http://www.ideaangels.com/ ideangels]</div>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 17:09:03 GMTMonteroDragon319http://beta.aalf.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:MonteroDragon319