Essay Objective: Learn the fundamentals of new venture creation. 

Introduction: Deciding how to finance your business venture necessitates a lot of thought and planning before making critical decisions about the early phase for the business. During the early phase, business owners must put forth considerable attention towards multiple differing financing options with varying conditions that can have contractual arrangements. Therefore, entrepreneurs must review all of the financing options while learning about the conditions that must be met in order to obtain capital investment during the early stages of the business.

Deliverables: Minimum of 3 full pages required (exclusive of title and reference pages).  APA format.

Activity Details: 

Step 1: You are planning your financial strategy for your business. You are in the early stages and trying to determine the next phase of financing. Determine whether you should seek an angel or a venture capitalist. 

Step 2: The Essay will also need to include and apply: 

Definition of an angel, when they invest, and what they look for 

Definition of a venture capitalist; and what is attractive to a venture capitalist. 

High-level overview of (1) Capital Resources, (2) Assessment of External Resources, and (3) Intellectual Property.

Contrast Angel investment and financing and their preferences and compare with Venture Capitalists. 

What do angel investors provide and not provide, and also venture capitalists? 

Why is an investment more attractive for an angel but not a venture capitalist, and vice versa? 

What is attractive to both angels and venture capitalists? 

Step 3: For the conclusion paragraph state your determination whether to seek an angel or a venture capitalist. Follow up with reasons why and align with your research analysis. Please review the links provided below, containing the essay rubric, prior to proceeding: 

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

Reference:

PearsonUsheProductions (2018).Sources of Financing: Debt and Equity, Chapter 13: Section IV, Retrieved from

http://www.usheproduction.com/design/8020/downloads/4a.pdf

Barringer, B.R., & Ireland, R.D. (2012). Entrepreneurship: Successfully Launching New Ventures (4th ed., pp. 321-322). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.