A queston that many entrepreneurs often question themselves is ‘which investor is the best match for me?’. In his latest blog, Peter Cowley discusses how he believes an entrepreneur can find the right investor for their company.
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As an angel looking to invest, what are the timing considerations?
We all know that the successful start-up to exit journey is most dependent on the founders.
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As regular readers know, I am primarily motivated by enjoying and assisting many entrepreneurial journeys. However, angel investing would not be financially sustainable, which is a useful attribute for most things in life, if we didn't at least break-even.
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Alan and I have just returned from my annual visit to the Angel Capital Association conference (ACA, which is an angel trade body equivalent to EBAN within Europe or the UKBAA), and I want to explain some of the differences between the UK and the USA.
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From experience, even on a successful exit, founders find it tough – not just the stress of the process but what to do afterwards – having a boss for the first time in years or leaving immediately or soon into unemployment (albeit with some cash).
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This month’s Invested Investor thoughts focuses on whether you are born an entrepreneur or you develop into one. Peter Cowley explores his thoughts around the topic, delving into his own experiences to understand whether it was nature or nurture that led to the launch of his 14 start-ups…
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Peter Cowley founded Camdata, an electronic engineering, product design and turnkey development company, in 1984. To date, Camdata has delivered over 17,000 products and revenue of more than £16 million. Now a tech entrepreneur, angel investor and speaker…
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In part two we continue William Tunstall-Pedoe’s journey. William discusses his exit from Amazon, his involvement with Toronto based incubator, Creative Destructive Lab and what drove him to be a successful invested investor with over 50 investments with Cambridge Angels and Octopus Investments. He offers us an insight into his passion for big impact, deep tech. You can hear more by listening to his podcast …
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In part one we are fascinated to learn how the hugely successful, artificial intelligence entrepreneur, William Tunstall-Pedoe developed anagram-generating AI to solve cryptic crosswords and how he was inspired to become the sole founder of the Cambridge based, start-up Evi in 2005. You can hear more by listening to his podcast …
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