Investor Meeting Highlights - March
March 22, 2018
Our monthly SWO Angels Investor Meeting was held in our regular meeting space at the MVP Lab in the Convergence Centre on Western University’s Discovery Park.
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Moving Canada Forward: What Canada's Budget Means for Investors and Business
March 6, 2018
On February 27, 2018, Minister of Finance Bill Morneau presented the 2018-2019 federal budget in the House of Commons.
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Improving Syndication for Angel Investing
February 28, 2018
At SWO Angels, we reviewed our strategic plan late in 2017. We identified two key drivers for 2018:
- How do we better serve our investor members?
- How do we better serve entrepreneurs seeking investment?
Character Matters Lunch 'n Learn Highlights
February 23, 2018
Yesterday, we had a very compelling presentation from Dr. Crossan summarizing her and her colleagues’ research “Character matters: Character dimensions’ impact on leader performance and outcomes”.
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Common Legal Pitfalls in Angel Investing
February 21, 2018
Angel Investors are often experienced businesspeople with a great eye for good ideas and talented founders. However, they are usually not lawyers with experience in some common legal pitfalls facing young companies. The following is a brief overview of some of the major legal issues that are encountered by angel investors in start-up companies.
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Investor Meeting Highlights - February
February 15, 2018
Today, we held our monthly SWO Angels’ Investor Meeting, hosted by the Canadian Centre for Product Validation in their beautiful facility.
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Investing Outside Conventional Markets: Angel Investing vs. Venture Fund Investing
February 14, 2018
Often, high net worth individuals looking to make their first foray into investing outside of conventional markets (the stock market or real estate), may have a financial advisor unfamiliar with angel and venture capital investments. This article is meant to help guide where these investment opportunities fit into a portfolio, what kinds of people would be interested in each, and how these sources are essential to fostering innovation in the Canadian economy.
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Motivation and Mentoring in Angel Investing
February 6, 2018
In preparing to write about this topic, I found that much has been written and is available online, with varying conclusions:
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Presentation Basics
January 25, 2018
A natural output of our Angel group’s screening process is coaching entrepreneurs on their presentation content. Last year, we moved them from a recommended 20-minute presentation to 15 minutes and will be moving forward with another reduction to 10 minutes as part of a revamped process coming online in the next couple of months.
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Investor Meeting Highlights - January
January 19, 2018
Yesterday morning, we had an amazing turnout for our January Investor meeting. In addition to 20 investor members and several sponsors and community partners, three guests were also present to experience first hand our core activity in action as they considered membership.
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