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<p>New page: If you're an emerging firm with the subsequent excellent product, at times you need an angel on your side. A study by the University of New Hampshire's Center for Venture Research showed t...</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>If you're an emerging firm with the subsequent excellent product, at times you need an angel on your side.<br />
A study by the University of New Hampshire's Center for Venture Research showed that "angel investors" - high-net-worth men and women willing to invest in entrepreneurial companies at an early stage - shelled out far more than $18 billion into early-stage firms last year alone, compared to $304 million by venture capitalists.<br />
Finding an angel investor, nevertheless, is not an easy task. Safer Smokes Inc. is one company that understands the challenge of attracting the appropriate investors.<br />
This development-stage organization is tapping the smoking cessation industry with a distinctive tobacco-free of charge, nicotine-cost-free smoke named Bravo, which has the appearance of a standard cigarette and burns like tobacco, but is really produced 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 organizations like Safer Smokes, it may possibly be too soon to method big venture capital firms, but time to move beyond networking with family members and 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," stated Torigian.<br />
So how do firms 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 $10 billion per year, up from $6 billion just 3 years ago.<br />
Most angel investors prefer companies that are likely to show positive money flow within their initial 18 months, so getting these kinds of statistics about your industry can be an incentive.<br />
* Match the organization program objectives to the angel's danger tolerance. Investors want to know the product or service will be special and nicely-cultivated. Safer Smokes has a patented solution that company officials say will "influence the landscape of the wellness care market." [http://www.ideaangels.com/ idea angels]</div>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:13:00 GMTKaylynOrcutt113http://www.aalf.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:KaylynOrcutt113