Horse vs. Jockey? How stage of funding process and industry experience affect the evaluations of angel investors

Venture Capital

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 241-267

  Mitteness, Cheryl R ^a   Baucus, Melissa S ^b   Sudek, Richard ^c  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

angel investor; funding stages; investment criteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866161418     PISSN: 13691066     EISSN: 14645343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691066.2012.689474     Document Type: Article

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