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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>If you're an emerging company 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 Study showed that "angel investors" - high-net-worth people willing to invest in entrepreneurial businesses at an early stage - shelled out much more than $18 billion into early-stage firms final year alone, compared to $304 million by venture capitalists.<br />
Locating an angel investor, however, is not an straightforward activity. Safer Smokes Inc. is a single firm that understands the challenge of attracting the right investors.<br />
This development-stage organization is tapping the smoking cessation industry with a special tobacco-free of charge, nicotine-free smoke called Bravo, which has the look of a traditional 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," said Puzant C. Torigian, chief executive officer of Safer Smokes.<br />
For businesses like Safer Smokes, it could be too soon to approach large venture capital firms, yet time to move beyond networking with family and close friends. Angel investors to the rescue.<br />
"The challenge for raising capital in today's industry is in harnessing the courage and vision of the angel to see by way of to the true investment opportunity," said Torigian.<br />
So how do businesses 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 market, which has sales approaching $10 billion per year, up from $6 billion just three years ago.<br />
Most angel investors favor companies that are most likely to show positive money flow within their very first 18 months, so having these types of statistics about your market place can be an incentive.<br />
* Match the business strategy objectives to the angel's risk tolerance. Investors want to know the product or service will be special and well-cultivated. Safer Smokes has a patented solution that organization officials say will "impact the landscape of the wellness care market." [http://www.ideaangels.com/ idea angels com]</div>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:30:22 GMTJoseyBojorquez883http://www.aalf.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:JoseyBojorquez883