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 is an accredited investor?
If you have ever considered making investments outside of public markets (like stocks and bonds) in alternative investments (like private equity, real estate, startups),…
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VentureSouth Reports Major Milestones For 2022
VentureSouth is pleased to report its results from a momentous year in 2022. As one of the nation’s leading early-stage investment organizations, the firm…
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SC AITC 2021 Users
As we celebrate South Carolina angel investing tax credit transfer season (among other things), we found this report on the SC Dept of Revenue’s…
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VentureSouth Announces New Leadership for Atlanta Group
VentureSouth, one of the largest angel investment groups in the United States, is announcing new leadership for its Atlanta group. Matthew May and Kenji…
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VentureSouth Announces New Leadership for Midlands Group
VentureSouth, one of the United States’ largest angel investment groups, is excited to announce new leadership for its Midlands group, which serves investors in…
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A convertible note learning lesson
From our earlier blog post on convertible notes, you can probably tell that we are not big fans of them, though we concede that…
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VentureSouth Launching in Chattanooga
VentureSouth, one of the largest angel investment groups in the United States, is announcing its newest market expansion, VentureSouth Chattanooga. Chattanooga, TN will become…
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Three Angel Investing Flywheels
If you have followed Matt’s writings about angel investing, you’ll know he has been a fan of the “flywheel” metaphor for angel investing and…
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Amazing Entrepreneurs on the South Carolina Business Review
To celebrate one of our favorite entrepreneurs – Gabby of Confidence – appearing recently on the South Carolina Business Review (episode link here), here…
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VentureSouth Invests Over $2.7M in Early-Stage Companies in the Southeast in the First Quarter
VentureSouth, one of the largest angel investment groups in the United States, is excited to announce another quarter of significant investment activity in startup…
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PSA – Employee Retention Tax Credit – Recovery Startup Businesses
Attention anyone who started a business in the last two years! If you were fun enough to launch a new business during the pandemic,…
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VentureSouth Leads Investment in Gradient Health
VentureSouth is pleased to announce that it has led the $2.5M seed round financing of Gradient Health, a Durham, NC-based Health AI technology platform.…