The Invested Investor: The new rules for start-ups, scale-ups and angel investing

by Peter Cowley

Overview

Do you see angel investing as much more than just putting up the money?

 

Are you willing to risk your money and work hard, even though you know the chances of success are slim?

 

Or are you looking for investors in your company who will provide real engagement and expertise as well as funds?

 

This book is for angels and entrepreneurs want to understand some of the potential pitfalls of angel investing and how to avoid them – or at least lessen their impact.

 

So if you want to help entrepreneurs build successful businesses, or if you are an entrepreneur who wants to build successful relationships with angel investors, read on.

 

Written by Peter Cowley with help from many angels and entrepreneurs, this book includes plenty of anecdotes about failures (and successes) and lessons learnt, the hard way.

 

Described as a readable reference book, it can be read in one sitting, yet contains guidelines and checklists to help angels and entrepreneurs on their journey from first meeting to eventual success or demise.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781916407916
Publisher:	The Invested Investor
Publication date:	10/01/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	242
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Peter Cowley, a Cambridge university technology graduate, founded and ran a dozen businesses in technology and property over the last 35+ years. He has a portfolio of over 65 angel investments with 4 good exits and several failures, and was UK Angel of the Year in 2014. He is chair of the Cambridge Angels and President of the European Business Angel Network. He has mentored hundreds of entrepreneurs and is on the board of eight startups. He formed and runs Martlet - a Corporate Angel, investing (currently £7M) from the balance sheet of Marshall, a £2.5bn revenue Cambridge engineering company. He is a fellow in Entrepreneurship at the Judge Management School in Cambridge and has been a chair and treasurer of seven charities. With his son, Alan, Peter is sharing his and others' experience and anecdotes in order to educate angels and entrepreneurs by publishing The Invested Investor.