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		<title>Paying Angel Investors</title>
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				<title><![CDATA[You can offer investors promisso]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[You can offer investors promissory notes with a set interest rate payable back over a specified time frame or you&#160;may want to consider&#160;offering&#160;them revenue sharing in which case they will be entitled to a % of your companhy profits.
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				<title><![CDATA[Advisor Garage:
I agree with yo]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Advisor Garage:
I agree with your point about getting a referral or introduction. In fact, from our our experience and our client`s) about 75%&nbsp; of all the investments&nbsp;in early stage companies comes from people within&nbsp;2 degrees of ]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[As for finding Angel investors -]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[As for finding Angel investors - many people I know who have gone through the startup joy ride often find angels through friends of friends.&nbsp; Its true that there are websites like GoBig Networks and ours (]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[I work for a company called Frih]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[I work for a company called Frihet Holding LLC and we are angel investors. We do our investing slightly different then most. Our invesment strategy is to do a business valuation to see what the business is worth, then decide how much to invest into that]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[247Nurses:
I am sorry to hear a]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[247Nurses:
I am sorry to hear about your experience. 
First of all, finding investors is part art and part science.
Secondly, in early stage situations, the entrepreneur (founder, inventor) is key to acquiring capital and must be]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Where do you find Angel Investor]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Where do you find Angel Investors and I have attempted three times thru someone that requires to have ROI and then I spent 3 to 4K and they declined but kept the money because of thier time to analyze my business plans and conversation thru email. I think [...]]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[
Thanks for all the info, every]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[
Thanks for all the info, everyone.&nbsp; If I understand you correctly, 10x the investor`s original offer is more than fair? So I`d be saying, in effect, "For every dollar you invest, you can expect 10 in return?"
And t]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[The 10x is a specific result you]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[The 10x is a specific result you might get, not somehitng that can be promised.&nbsp; You crunch the most accurate numbers you have and estimate a future value.&nbsp; How much of that value are you ready to give an investor for his contribution today?&n]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Thanks for all the info, everyon]]></title>
				<link>http://www.startupnation.com/community/orca/topic/Paying-Angel-Investors.htm</link>
				<description><![CDATA[Thanks for all the info, everyone.&nbsp; If I understand you correctly, 10x the investor`s original offer is more than fair? So I`d be saying, in effect, "For every dollar you invest, you can expect 10 in return?"
And then I could then just ulti]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Great advice all around. In my e]]></title>
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				<description><![CDATA[Great advice all around. In my experience, angels want equity and the possibility of a high rate of return ... they`re looking for 5x or 10x. ]]></description>
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