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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>If you are an emerging company with the next fantastic item, occasionally you need to have an angel on your side.<br />
A study by the University of New Hampshire's Center for Venture Investigation showed that "angel investors" - high-net-worth individuals willing to invest in entrepreneurial firms at an early stage - shelled out much more than $18 billion into early-stage organizations last year alone, compared to $304 million by venture capitalists.<br />
Locating an angel investor, however, is not an simple activity. Safer Smokes Inc. is one particular company that understands the challenge of attracting the appropriate investors.<br />
This improvement-stage firm is tapping the smoking cessation marketplace with a unique tobacco-free, nicotine-totally free smoke named Bravo, which has the appearance of a traditional cigarette and burns like tobacco, but is actually produced 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 too soon to approach huge venture capital firms, however time to move beyond networking with household and pals. Angel investors to the rescue.<br />
"The challenge for raising capital in today's market place is in harnessing the courage and vision of the angel to see through to the actual investment opportunity," stated Torigian.<br />
So how do organizations like Safer Smokes attract their angel?<br />
* Have a clear-cut target market for your item or service. For example, Safer Smokes is targeting the smoking cessation marketplace, which has sales approaching $ten billion per year, up from $6 billion just three years ago.<br />
Most angel investors favor companies that are likely to show positive money flow inside their very first 18 months, so having these kinds of statistics about your marketplace can be an incentive.<br />
* Match the organization plan objectives to the angel's threat tolerance. Investors want to know the item or service will be unique and properly-cultivated. Safer Smokes has a patented solution that firm officials say will "affect the landscape of the well being care industry." [http://www.ideaangels.com/ setting up a business]</div>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 03:24:23 GMTStrayerKim411http://beta.aalf.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:StrayerKim411