Angels and Entrepreneurs - Softcover

Harrison, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1907722599 ISBN 13: 9781907722592

Publisher: Ecademy Pr Ltd / New Planet Books, 2011

Synopsis

The standard reference for people considering Angel investing! This book gives an overview of a typical business funding cycle, where to find suitable opportunities, facts that a Business Angel should initially review for pre-selection, what an Entrepreneur should look for in a Business Angel, what due diligence the Business Angel should carry out before investing, what should be in the Shareholder Agreement, how does the Business Angel achieve an exit, the chances of a successful exit, Business Angel investing statistics, two case studies of Angel investments made by the author based on an actual successful exit and an unsuccessful exit, three check lists and two flow charts.

About this title

From the Author

This book has been written in a down to earth, easy to read language, and highlights practical tips from my own experience of angel investing.

From the Back Cover

"A good Business Angel is like a demanding parent, an investor is more like a lazy Banker"Winton G. Rossiter, Chairman and Managing Director of JazzyMedia and Weight Wins."Jonathan Harrison is one of the shrewdest Angel Investors that I know. I have worked with him on a number of deals both large and small and we have made and lost money together; fortunately much more than the latter. If you want to learn about Angel Investing from one of the masters of the art, I can do no better than quote Gordon Gekko from Wall Street II: "BUY THIS BOOK!""Richard Poulden, Deputy Chairman of Sirius Minerals Plc, Dubai."Jonathan Harrison was our seed capital investor in UK Explorer and provided consistent support, advice and encouragement, found us an outsourced accountant and contributed to the management reporting. In view of his past business experience, he also assisted us with the successful trade sale".Richard Stubbs, Head of Equities - Investments, TOWER, New Zealand."Jonathan Harrison is a rarity, a senior finance person with business flair, yet common sense person. It's typical of Jonathan Harrison's character that he's endeavoured to help others by sharing his experiences. He's truly an angel on the side of the entrepreneurs".Professor Michael Mainelli, Executive Chairman, Z/Yen Group Limited."I have had the pleasure of being seated on several Boards with Jonathan Harrison over the years. He is always most attentive, looking at the big picture while focusing in on the importance of the minutiae. He is the consummate fiduciary with an even keel".Jeffrey W. Michel, Southwood Partners Inc., USAJonathan Harrison is a Chartered Accountant and a Fellow of the Institute of Directors with experience in quoted and unquoted companies. Previously he spent 16 years at Intercontinental Hotels Corporation, USA, (now UK based IHG plc.) where he held various executive financial roles covering Europe, Middle East and Africa. He also managed the financial integration of Grand Metropolitan Hotels Limited into Intercontinental Hotels.He has acquired and sold companies, completed an MBI and successful exit, listed two companies on AIM and one on Plus. He is currently NED of Canadian mineral exploration company, Fundy Minerals Limited and a start-up USA social penny arcade company, Affinity Arcade Corporation.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ecademy Pr Ltd / New Planet Books
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1907722599
• ISBN 13: 9781907722592
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 104