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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>If you are an emerging organization with the next fantastic item, occasionally you need 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 men and women prepared to invest in entrepreneurial organizations at an early stage - shelled out far more than $18 billion into early-stage organizations final year alone, compared to $304 million by venture capitalists.<br />
Locating an angel investor, however, is not an simple task. Safer Smokes Inc. is one organization that understands the challenge of attracting the appropriate investors.<br />
This improvement-stage business is tapping the smoking cessation market with a distinctive tobacco-cost-free, nicotine-free of charge smoke referred to as Bravo, which has the look of a classic 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," mentioned Puzant C. Torigian, chief executive officer of Safer Smokes.<br />
For businesses like Safer Smokes, it may be also soon to strategy large venture capital firms, however time to move beyond networking with family and buddies. 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 via to the real investment opportunity," mentioned Torigian.<br />
So how do firms like Safer Smokes attract their angel?<br />
* Have a clear-cut target market place for your item or service. For example, Safer Smokes is targeting the smoking cessation industry, which has sales approaching $ten billion per year, up from $6 billion just 3 years ago.<br />
Most angel investors favor organizations that are likely to show positive cash flow within their very first 18 months, so getting these sorts of statistics about your marketplace 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 exclusive and nicely-cultivated. Safer Smokes has a patented remedy that company officials say will "influence the landscape of the health care business." [http://www.ideaangels.com/ idea angels]</div>RaileyKammerer706