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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Atlas Organics Grand Opening in the News
Many congratulations to Atlas Organics for the success of its grand opening. We are pleased to be part of an entrepreneurial team that has…
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Atlas Organics: Twin Chimneys Site Grand Opening
We are thrilled to announce that VentureSouth portfolio company, Atlas Organics, will be holding a grand opening event at Twin Chimneys Landfill, located at…
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Tracking Angel Returns – piling in?
In a follow up to this post, we need to explain why the 22% annualized rate of return for angels in groups is possible…
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Tracking Angel Returns – data biases?
IRRs of 20%+ sound unlikely. If angels were really doing that, wouldn’t they have followed hedge fund managers to Puerto Rico or the Caymans?…
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Tracking Angels Returns – the right benchmark
Continue the “tracking angel returns” series… Another objection might be that the S&P 500’s performance over the last 15 years is not the appropriate…
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Tracking Angel Returns – inflation, taxes, and fees
Last week’s UBJ article tried to cover a complex subject – investment returns for angel investing compared to other uses of capital – in…
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Tracking Angel Returns – the data
I had the pleasure of writing Matt’s regular Upstate Business Journal article this month. You can see the glossy original here. We’ve reproduced it…
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2015 angel investing – UNH CVR data
The University of New Hampshire’s Center for Venture Research published its 2015 report on angel investment activity today. You can see the press release…
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Due diligence scoring – cash flow evaluation
If you’re still with me, these posts were prompted by a member’s question about cash flow. The company we had been working on scored…
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Due diligence scoring – competition
If you read my last post about diligence data, you might remember that “competition” was a surprisingly large determinant of whether SCAN members choose…
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Due diligence scoring – what criteria are important to SCAN members?
What are the key factors that SCAN members consider when deciding to invest or not? In our April CSR Angels meeting, a member asked…
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Zipit’s progress
Congratulations to Zipit, a portfolio company of SCAN and the Palmetto Angel Fund, on the two partnerships it has announced publicly in March. Today…