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Should you pay to pitch an angel group? What the data says

Should you pay to pitch an angel group? What the data says

By Jevon MacDonald on March 14, 2013

We have seen a pretty amazing wealth of information about financing models and structures come to light in the last 10 years. It wasn’t that long ago that VC and Angel financing were dark arts which few entrepreneurs understood. We have always worked hard to demystify startup financing on StartupNorth and have done a long series of articles which was focused […]

Posted in Business | Tagged angel investors, Canada, Entrepreneurship, StartupNorth, startups

If not an Angel Network, then what?

If not an Angel Network, then what?

By Jevon MacDonald on February 20, 2013

David posted a pretty in-depth piece on the First Angel Network this week. This followed an awesome discussion on TechVibes about angel groups over the weekend. The structure and funding model for First Angel Network were a pretty big surprise to me when I moved to Halifax 3 years ago. Frankly it is pretty easy for us […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Angel investor, angel investors, Angel Network, AngelList, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, StartupNorth, startups | 1 Response

Less boardrooms, more dinner tables.

Less boardrooms, more dinner tables.

By Jevon MacDonald on January 3, 2013

People have become really good at pitching. The art has turned in to a bit of a science and if you do ever find yourself in front of a room of people it is par for the course for you to “nail it”. The pitch, it seems, is dead media. It’s time to stop obsessing with […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Angel investor, angel investors, investors, StartupNorth, startups

Year One Labs — The Perfect “Incubator”?

Year One Labs — The Perfect “Incubator”?

By Jevon MacDonald on March 30, 2011

I abhor the term “incubator”. I remember in fifth grade when our teacher brought in a chicken incubator to show us how chickens are born. We waited and waited and waited a while longer still. All the little Chickens were dead, it turned out. We weren’t quite sure why but most of us thought that […]

Posted in Business | Tagged angel investors, Canada, Entrepreneurship, incubator, Montreal, Quebec, startups

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