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天使团体在行动:资助早期创新

Angel Groups in Action: Funding Early Stage Innovation
课程网址: http://videolectures.net/mitworld_debate_angels/  
主讲教师: Daniel Roach; Jeffrey Sohl; James Geshwiler; Edward B. Roberts; Jerry Schaufeld
开课单位: 新罕布什尔大学
开课时间: 2013-09-03
课程语种: 英语
中文简介:
拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生(Ralph Waldo Emerson)写道:“每个人都在思考未来的自我中的天使。”在这些小组成员中,这句格言可能更像这样:“经验丰富的企业家作为天使投资者思考未来的自己。” 首先,概述:Jeffrey Sohl表示,无论是在集团内部还是作为个人,这位天使投资者在2004年都为48000家企业注入了225亿美元。相比之下,同年达成的3000笔左右的风险投资交易总额为209亿美元。虽然天使投资者“往往在5万至100万美元的范围内运作”,比一般的风险投资交易要低得多,但天使对启动新业务至关重要。天使以耐心著称。这是因为“天使是经验丰富的商人,知道建立一家公司需要多长时间才能取得实际成果,”Ed Roberts说。但他说,重要的不仅仅是它们在早期阶段的重要性。天使们“做生意不仅仅是为了投资回报……他们想参与的不仅仅是金钱。他们想与企业家建立密切关系。” Jerry Schaufeld描述了天使投资者“有能力和意愿承担非常早期交易的风险”,以及这如何激励他们“为运营和建设这些公司贡献经验”。James Geshweller经营着一群志同道合的天使投资者,他说,“成为一名企业家很难。当你的朋友、配偶和家人可能都在说你为什么要这样做,为什么要创办一家公司时,你知道这个行业里你尊敬和尊敬的人会说,‘你做的事情足够好,我可以给你开支票’,这是一个巨大的心理验证。”
课程简介: Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “Every man contemplates an angel in his future self.” Among these panelists, the aphorism might move more along these lines: “The experienced entrepreneur contemplates his future self as an angel investor.” First, the overview: Whether acting within a group, or as an individual, the angel investor in 2004 was responsible for pumping $22.5 billion into 48,000 ventures, according to Jeffrey Sohl. This compares to the 3,000 or so venture capital (VC) deals made in the same year, totalling $20.9 billion. And while the angel investor “tends to operate in the $50,000 to $1 million range,” quite a bit less than the average VC deal, angels are essential for jumpstarting a new business. Angels are known for patience. That’s because “angels are experienced business people and know how long it takes to build a company to the point of tangible outcome,” says Ed Roberts. But it’s not just their early stage significance that counts, he says. Angels are “in business not solely for the sake of return on investment…They are people who want to participate in more than money. They want to get into the act of a close relationship with an entrepreneur.” Jerry Schaufeld describes angel investors’ “ability and willingness to reach into the risk of an extraordinarily early deal,” and how this motivates them “to contribute their experience into running and building these companies. James Geshwiler, who runs a group of like-minded angel investors, says, “It’s hard to be an entrepreneur. To know that someone you respect and look up to in the industry says, ‘You’re doing something good enough for me to write you a check,’ that’s a huge psychological validation at a time when probably your friends, spouse and family are saying why are you doing this, why start a company?”
关 键 词: 资助创新; 风险投资; 投资者
课程来源: 视频讲座网
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