PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ramon P. DeGennaro
TI  - Angel Investors: <em>Who They Are and What They Do; Can I Be One, Too?</em>
AID  - 10.3905/jwm.2010.13.2.055
DP  - 2010 Jul 31
TA  - The Journal of Wealth Management
PG  - 55--60
VI  - 13
IP  - 2
4099  - https://pm-research.com/content/13/2/55.short
4100  - https://pm-research.com/content/13/2/55.full
AB  - Angel investors go by many definitions. By all definitions, however, angel investors act as informal venture capitalists and collectively invest billions of dollars in thousands of entrepreneurial projects annually. Despite their importance to small businesses and entrepreneurs, angel investments have received comparatively little attention from investment managers and writers. This article describes the advantages and disadvantages of angel investing and suggests ways for investors to extract the maximum benefits—both pecuniary and nonpecuniary—from angel investing.TOPICS: Wealth management, real assets/alternative investments/private equity