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Are You Ready to Raise?

This post is part of the Entrepreneurial Education Series, which brings together successful, influential entrepreneurs and investors to teach entrepreneurs everything they need to know about early-stage investment through events, articles, videos, and more. If you are interested in learning more about raising a round, save the date for “Early Stage Investment 101” on June […]

March 24, 2015 By Alida Miranda-Wolff
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The Ultimate Investor Meeting Toolkit

This post, the Ultimate Investor Meeting Toolkit, is part of the Entrepreneurial Education Series, which brings together successful, influential entrepreneurs and investors to teach entrepreneurs everything they need to know about early-stage investment through events, articles, videos, and more. If you are interested in learning more about raising a round, save the date for “Early […]

March 13, 2015 By Alida Miranda-Wolff

Building the Perfect Pitch

This post is part of the Hyde Park Angels Entrepreneurial Education Series, which brings together successful, influential entrepreneurs and investors to teach entrepreneurs everything they need to know about early-stage investment through events, articles, videos, and more. If you are interested in learning more about raising a round, save the date for “Early Stage Investment […]

March 10, 2015 By Alida Miranda-Wolff

Hyde Park Angels & 1871 Entrepreneurial Education Series

Hyde Park Angels is bringing together successful, influential entrepreneurs and investors to teach you everything you need to know about early-stage investment. Attend all four programs and walk away with a thorough understanding of the early-stage investment cycle from start to finish or pick and choose programs to supplement existing knowledge. In either case, you […]

March 3, 2015 By Alida Miranda-Wolff

What You Gain When You Bootstrap

This post is part of the Hyde Park Angels Entrepreneurial Education Series, which brings together successful, influential entrepreneurs and investors to teach entrepreneurs everything they need to know about early-stage investment through events, articles, videos, and more. If you are interested in learning more about whether to raise a fund, register for “Are You Ready […]

February 24, 2015 By Marketing Hyde Park Angels

Hyde Park Angels Teams up with 1871 and The Wall Street Journal to Launch Entrepreneurial Education Series

Chicago, IL– February 17–Hyde Park Angels is launching a four-part early-stage investment education series for entrepreneurs of all levels in collaboration with partner 1871 and series sponsor The Wall Street Journal.The Entrepreneurial Education Series will consist of four panels headed up by the best and brightest entrepreneurs and investors in the Midwest, which will be […]

February 18, 2015 By Alida Miranda-Wolff

Identifying the Right Metrics to Measure Traction

This post is part of the Hyde Park Angels Entrepreneurial Education Series, which brings together successful, influential entrepreneurs and investors to teach entrepreneurs everything they need to know about early-stage investment through events, articles, videos, and more. Like market size, traction is a term that gets thrown around in investment and entrepreneurial circles all the […]

February 10, 2015 By Alida Miranda-Wolff

5 Signs You Should Crowdfund

This post is part of the Hyde Park Angels Entrepreneurial Education Series, which brings together successful, influential entrepreneurs and investors to teach entrepreneurs everything they need to know about early-stage investment through events, articles, videos, and more. If you are interested in learning more about whether to raise a fund, register for “Are You Ready […]

February 3, 2015 By Alida Miranda-Wolff

Public Good Software Raises $1.6M to Revolutionize Online Philanthropy

Chicago, IL — January 27, 2015 — Public Good Software, Inc. is expanding its revolutionary online donations marketplace, PublicGood.com, with $1.6M in seed funding from an A-list of Chicago and Silicon Valley angel investors. Chicago’s Hyde Park Angels; Firestarter Fund; Matt Mullenweg, founder of WordPress; Chuck Templeton, founder of OpenTable; Mike Sands, former COO/CMO of Orbitz and current CEO […]

January 30, 2015 By Alida Miranda-Wolff

Is Your Business a Venture?

This post is part of the Hyde Park Angels Entrepreneurial Education Series, which brings together successful, influential entrepreneurs and investors to teach entrepreneurs everything they need to know about early-stage investment through events, articles, videos, and more. Before you begin the long, complicated quest for investment, you need to make sure it’s the right decision […]

January 27, 2015 By Michael Sachaj