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Book
Summary:
Angel Investing: The History, The Definition, The Trends is also first book of
the Learn to Be an Angel Investor series. To begin, do you know where the term
“Angel” comes from? It comes from the early 1900's practice of wealthy
businessmen investing in Broadway productions. Being the "sponsor" of a show
carried prestige and potentially big returns that could be reinvested if the
show was successful. Today’s Angels strive to continue their track record by
offering expertise, experience, contacts and money, to help companies to which
they relate succeed and grow. This introduction to Angel Investing covers some
basic background about the history of Angel Investing, the market in which you
plan to invest, the wide range of players, and the kind of money that’s involved
in this high stakes investment game. |
Rave Reviews:
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"Karen brings incredible insight"
"I’ve known Karen since she joined the board at Access Centers of Atlanta.
As we work to build companies, then and now, she brings incredible insight to
the funding process and wise counsel to the businesses on how to ready their
companies to attract angel investment. It is exciting to see her bring
that insight and experience to the market to educate new angel investors on the
funding process."
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[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Donald Jacobs
Advisory Board Active Capital
(formerly ACE Net)
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"NBAI has become the most Active Investor
Group In the Southeast."
"I've been involved in Angel Investing since the early 90's. We had an active
thriving investor community in the late 90's like everyone else, everywhere
else.
When many investors abandoned the early stage equity investment market for real
estate or "safer" investments, Karen put together an education program and a
community for investors that had the wealth to be angel investors but just
weren't familiar with the wealth creation potential of angel investing. It
has been exciting to see the changes and the growth of the angel investor
community here as a result."
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[5 of 5 Stars!]
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A.J., Private Investor
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"I've been studying wealth creation
strategies and had heard about "angel investing". This book was great. It was
easy to read and took a lot of the mystery out of "angel investing". I'm looking
forward to reading the full volume of books and getting started with
diversifying my portfolio with this investment strategy."
Jim Bock
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"I had heard from many of my business associates about investing and I wanted
to learn all the secrets they knew. In Karen's book "Angel Investing" I learned
all I wanted to know and more about finding the right type of investing.
GREAT BOOK!"
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Sharon Hill
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"Confidence to trust her with my business:
NBAI,
The Network of Business Angels and Investors"
"I started working with
Karen in 2001. She has been a true student of angel investing and has been a
great help to me and my organization. Recently, Karen took over
the day to day operations for my 10 year old angel investor membership
organization. I am very optimistic about the direction she will
be taking The Network of Angels and Investors. I think this
ezine is a great first step for new investors that want to be a part of a
sophisticated investor organization, and even provides insight to those
investors who don't consider themselves "new" but want to continue their
education and want to know more about the perspective and experience Karen
Rands brings to the angel investor community.
Jerry Martin, Founder and Organizer,
NBA&I, Network of Business Angels and Investors,
www.nbai.net
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"I'm glad she is sharing her experience"
As an Angel
Investor, I have enjoyed investigating opportunities with Karen
and working with her through the funding process. Karen's approach is to find the
opportunity that is right for both the investor and the
company. She then becomes a partner in this melding process to
ensure success for all parties. I'm glad she is finding a way to
pass along her valuable experience to others through this online
course.
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Frank Koperda,
President NextGen Datacom Inc.
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"Wow! You’re
amazing..."
With your
mentoring, I feel confident to invest in start-up companies and I
now have the knowledge to become a leading Angel Investor.
Thank you so very much, Karen! Your knowledge is AMAZING!"
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[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Matt Bacak
Frontier Marketing International |
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 About
The Author
Karen Rands is the founder of Kugarand Holdings ,LLC,
kugarandholdings.com. She
received her Economics Degree from
Emory
University
and her MBA from
University of
Florida. After leaving a
successful corporate management job at a high-tech company to scratch her
entrepreneurial itch, she quickly realized there was a severe
education gap. Investors seeking to embrace a wealth creation
strategy that included private equity investment had little options to learn how
to be an angel investor.
Likewise, companies seeking capital to grow lacked knowledge of how to
attract investors and to qualify for loans.
Over the past 6 years she has developed a rapidly growing and successful
consulting practice serving entrepreneurs, the LAUNCH Funding Network,
launchfn.com,
by connecting them with capital and resources. Further she
acquired the long established Network of Business Angels & Investors
nbai.net
and turned it into the most active angel group in the Southeast and
is poised for expansion in to other markets in coming months. Through her
publishing house, KYRMedia.com,
she is sharing her knowledge of what works for the investors and the
entrepreneurs and developing the curriculum necessary to educate a new
generation of savvy Angel Investors and wise entrepreneurs through the education
materials offered exclusively through KYRMedia. You get to be a
part of that wave.
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