{"id":7104,"date":"2008-04-23T10:55:43","date_gmt":"2008-04-23T10:55:43","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2015-01-28T12:25:07","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T12:25:07","slug":"how-angel-investors-get-their-wings","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/amchamchile.cl\/en\/noticia\/how-angel-investors-get-their-wings\/","title":{"rendered":"How Angel Investors Get Their Wings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--:es--><span>Backing entrepreneurs with good ideas can be a moneymaker for these daring investors who go where venture capitalists fear to tread.<br \/>\n<!--break--><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/magazine\/content\/08_17\/b4081112242665.htm?campaign_id=rss_smlbz\" target=\"_blank\">BusinessWeek<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Not only can John Reid claim to have been visited by angels, he is one. The 61-year-old entrepreneur founded his Parkers Prairie (Minn.) medical-device company, AbbeyMoor Medical, in 1997 with seed money from so-called angel investors. Such people invest in promising startups too young and raw to attract the attention and money of professional venture capitalists. Reid has also helped fund several early-stage ventures, on his own and with fellow angels.<\/p>\n<p>The credit crunch and economic downturn have some angels feeling skittish. But others see opportunity: Studies show that the best time to start a business is when the economy is down. That&#8217;s because entrepreneurs with good ideas will find cheaper land, labor, supplier contracts, and other ingredients that go into starting a business. Angels that back such ventures can earn impressive long-term returns\u2014one study cites a rate of return of about 27%, on average, or 2.6 times the investment in 3.5 years. The risks, of course, are steep. Still, 258,200 angels pumped $26 billion into 57,120 ventures last year, according to the University of New Hampshire&#8217;s Center for Venture Research.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<!--:--><!--:en--><span>Backing entrepreneurs with good ideas can be a moneymaker for these daring investors who go where venture capitalists fear to tread.<br \/><!--break--><br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/magazine\/content\/08_17\/b4081112242665.htm?campaign_id=rss_smlbz\">BusinessWeek<\/a><\/p>\n<p> Not only can John Reid claim to have been visited by angels, he is one. The 61-year-old entrepreneur founded his Parkers Prairie (Minn.) medical-device company, AbbeyMoor Medical, in 1997 with seed money from so-called angel investors. Such people invest in promising startups too young and raw to attract the attention and money of professional venture capitalists. Reid has also helped fund several early-stage ventures, on his own and with fellow angels. <\/p>\n<p>The credit crunch and economic downturn have some angels feeling skittish. But others see opportunity: Studies show that the best time to start a business is when the economy is down. That&#8217;s because entrepreneurs with good ideas will find cheaper land, labor, supplier contracts, and other ingredients that go into starting a business. Angels that back such ventures can earn impressive long-term returns\u2014one study cites a rate of return of about 27%, on average, or 2.6 times the investment in 3.5 years. The risks, of course, are steep. Still, 258,200 angels pumped $26 billion into 57,120 ventures last year, according to the University of New Hampshire&#8217;s Center for Venture Research. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><!--:--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Backing entrepreneurs with good ideas can be a moneymaker for these daring investors who go where venture capitalists fear to tread. BusinessWeek Not only can John Reid claim to have been visited by angels, he is one. 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