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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Profits, and Losses, and EBITDA…oh my!
One of the main financial statements you can use to analyze a business is the Profit and Loss statement (aka the income statement, the…
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“Going local” is more than buying a cup of coffee
I’m the type who turns buying apples into an arduous process. I’ll skeptically compare the fifty-cent difference between apples, assuming the proper scrutiny stance:…
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Investor Insights: Prophets and Pro Formas
Before we talk about the future, let’s mention a bit about the past. Business owners, sales leaders, finance executives and other stakeholders are all…
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The Who Economy
I’ll never forget pitching two angel investors with my first fully thought-out business plan. I’ve always been a dreamer, a creator, and an aspiring…
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Investor Insights: Debt vs. Equity Investments
First, the disclaimer: If you can’t afford to lose 100% of your investment, then you shouldn’t invest – hard stop. Now the TLDR: When…
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I Invested Local with Reg CF! Now what?
Two weeks ago, we discussed some reasons to invest local via the JOBS Act and Reg CF. Last week, we answered how to invest…
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Investor Insights: Robinhood & Vicinity
If we’re talking about new and innovative ways to invest, we have to talk about Robinhood. Robinhood has become synonymous with the democratization of…
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How do I invest in small businesses?
Let’s be honest for a moment. When we eat out, 99% of us (disclaimer: fake stat we made up) don’t go beyond leaving a…
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Investor Insights: Investor Accreditation
So, what’s an accredited investor anyway? Are you one? Does it matter? As to the first question, it’s pretty simple. An accredited investor is…
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Reasons to Invest Local with Regulation Crowdfunding
If you’ve read our stuff before, you know Regulation Crowdfunding provides a new-to-you business investment opportunity. An avenue to invest local that has been…
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Time Travel, Reg CF, And The Justice League
When you hear the term “crowdfunding for small business,” it might sound like a recent phenomenon. But put aside Reg CF and tech startups…
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How can I increase cash flow as a small business?
Spreadsheets, bookkeeping, cash flows, balance sheets, financial statements…it’s tough to manage your finances as a small business. You may be a passionate owner with…
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VentureSouth Announces Successful Exit From Portfolio Company Sensory Analytics
Greenville, S.C. – VentureSouth is pleased to announce its successful exit from portfolio company Sensory Analytics after its recent acquisition by Industrial Physics. Sensory Analytics,…
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Meet some VentureSouth members – via their podcast interrogations
Angel investors come from varied backgrounds and make investments for many different reasons. You can “meet” a sampling of VentureSouth members via their episodes…
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How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions? An SSRN paper review
In the last couple of papers we have looked at studies of how angel investors make investment decisions. This week we add a supplementary…
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How else do angels select deals? Personal characteristics
We concluded last time that early-stage investors back the jockeys and not the horses. But that is not everything we need to know about…
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How do angels select deals?
A frequent question from entrepreneurs is: How do angels select deals? Often selection of an appealing investment feels random or biased. In today’s paper,…
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SSRN paper of the week: Returns to Angels in Groups
For our academic article this week, we are revisiting that critical question: do angels make money? There are several significant papers on this topic,…
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VentureSouth Invests Over $5.5 Million In Early-Stage Companies In The Southeast In 1H 2024
Greenville, S.C. – VentureSouth, one of the top 10 angel groups in North America, is excited to announce investments totaling $5.5 million into 24 early-stage…
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Angels vs. Venture Capitalists: Are Angels Different?
This week we continue one of the themes from last time’s post, diving deeper into how angel investments and venture capital investments have in…
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Angels vs Venture Capitalists: Substitutes or Complements
How do angel investors overlap, collaborate with, compete with, benefit from, or get punished by venture capitalists? There is a lot of opinion and…
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Should you back unattractive or attractive fund managers?
Being good-looking brings many advantages in life, as you well know. It turns out, though, that being a better angel investment fund manager might…
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Public policy: Losing New Businesses
If you thought we were done with the 2011 accredited investor definition change, you would be wrong! Academics love a good change in the…
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The Devil’s Guide to Angel Investing
In this week’s reading “recommendation,” we are providing a bit more information on the book we’ve been reading – as it’s a fun but…