Vicinity Views
News, education and insights on investing in public offerings through the Vicinity platform and private early-stage offerings with VentureSouth.
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Burn Baby Burn
Not to start out the insight on a down note, (or a bang?) but I want to emphasize the critical importance in business of…
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The SMB’s Survival Guide For The End Of The World
70% of small businesses are worried about financial hardship because of prolonged closures and 58% worry about permanently closing. Raising capital is the #1…
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Location Location Location
As promised last week, we’re coming back to visit the success metric of profit margin. Profit margin is a very common ratio used to…
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Profit Margin
As promised last week, we’re coming back to visit the success metric of profit margin. Profit margin is a very common ratio used to…
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What the Barefoot Prophet of WeWork Missed About the Power of “We”
Imagine, for a second, an ultra-successful CEO who walks around barefoot and preaches on the “power of we.” Are we talking about a cult…
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Just Ask
Instead of worrying about your intellectual status, adopt the approach of asking a lot of questions. And while the only dumb question might be…
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What I learned from Oprah & Baker Mayfield About Building a Legacy
What do you think when you hear the word legacy? Your children, your business, Legacy Federal Credit Union? It’s ok, me too. “Legacy” gets…
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The Commonalities Between Squirrels and Investors
Here in the Upstate, tis the season for countless Eastern Gray Squirrels to busily bury, unbury, rebury and even lose track of diligently harvested…
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The Different Types of Reg CF Offerings Explained
Looking to learn more about Regulation Crowdfunding? Read this article and discover some of the most popular reg cf offerings.
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How Community Involvement Changes Your Life
Have you ever seen a group of young men singing Disney songs while swinging a sledgehammer at a cement parking lot? It’s quite a…
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The Move to Microinvesting
Apps like Acorns have brought the phrase “micro investing” on the scene with their approach of rounding up to the next dollar whenever you…
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Top 3 Ways to Promote your Crowdfunding campaign
So you did it! You launched an investment crowdfunding campaign and you’re going all-in on a local legion of microinvestors and brand ambassadors. Now…
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What are the benefits of being the lead investor?
There are many benefits to being the lead investor in a round, we’re going to touch on a few advantages that we’ve realized by…
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What does it mean to be the lead investor?
One struggle that entrepreneurs, individual angels, and even small cooperatives of angels frequently face is finding a lead investor. Time and time again, entrepreneurs’…
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Angel taxes: the Section 1045 rollover deadline extension
June has been busy at VentureSouth so blogging has been light, but we hate to leave gaps between posts about taxes so here’s a…
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Sidecar funds primer: Where can I learn more?
As a final post in this series, here are a few places where you can learn more about sidecar funds. As we said before,…
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Sidecar funds primer: The entrepreneurs perspective
As we wrap up this series, a quick post for entrepreneurs to ask: should I care about whether an angel group has a sidecar…
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Sidecar funds primer: What else should we be aware of?
One of our pet peeves is seeing fundraising efforts ignoring the rules on general solicitations. As a quick primer, most of this type of…
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Sidecar funds primer: What should I evaluate in my sidecar fund diligence?
Whenever you are investing, you should do your due diligence. We’ll skip here all the general diligence you should do every time – team,…
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Sidecar funds primer: Why might someone invest in a sidecar?
We’ll skip the reasons for angel investing in general, as hopefully we’ve covered the potential for making money, having fun, and doing good enough…
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Sidecar funds primer: How do sidecars work in practice?
To distill the concepts of the last post into a concrete example: consider a typical VentureSouth angel sidecar fund.
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Sidecar funds primer: How do sidecars work?
After the guesswork of the last post, we’re on firmer ground when discussing how sidecar funds work! First, structurally, they’re usually LLCs or Limited…
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Sidecar funds primer: How many are there?
Data on how the number of sidecar funds are not easy to find. Based on some membership data from the Angel Capital Association, my…
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Sidecar funds primer: What are sidecar funds?
A sidecar fund is a pooled investment vehicle that makes investments by “riding alongside” another investor. A pooled investment vehicle means an investor puts…