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News, education and insights on investing in public offerings through the Vicinity platform and private early-stage offerings with VentureSouth.
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Tips for reviewing the campaign page
Just in case you’re new to all this, (“this” meaning dropping angel investments like a boss) we thought we’d give a few tips on…
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How Small Business Raise Campaigns Work
Growing up, I always enjoyed reading Calvin and Hobbes, a comic series by Bill Watterson. There were comic strips where Calvin would ask his…
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How to raise money for your non-sexy business
Asking someone for money is rarely fun and almost never easy. But if you’re trying to grow your business then you’ll almost always reach…
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How to tell an investing expert from a non-expert
Investing can be complex. Building a smart investment strategy and risk management discipline takes work. But an investor is only deemed an expert based…
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Social Capital – What is it and why should you care?
Around here, we often say Vicinity is where financial capital meets social capital. Well, if you say something often enough, you should probably stop…
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An Adrenaline Junkie’s Guide To Analyzing Risk
Welcome to an adrenaline junkie’s guide to analyzing risk. I wouldn’t blame you if you closed your laptop immediately and walked away. But thanks…
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What do Angel investors look for in small businesses?
Angel investor. Probably the coolest title in the investing world. This moniker belongs to high net worth individuals who financially back a business, usually…
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Nomads Can’t Grow Gardens
It’s no secret. Whether we’re talking attention spans or investing strategies, we live in an age of short-sightedne… oh look! Bitcoin! Everybody wants to…
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Crowdfunding with Covid [Regulatory Update]
The investment crowdfunding industry is not losing any steam even during…well, you know… the feverish elephant in the room with a dry cough. Though…
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Unicorns & Workhorses
Did you know that drinking from the horn of a unicorn might protect you from stomach trouble, epilepsy, or poison? This mythological horned horse/goat…
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ICP, USP, and PMF: Business Acronyms for Investors
Business acronyms can frustrate new investors. Vicinity is here to help. Read this article and discover the power of ICP, USP, and PMF.
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A Modern Day Braveheart Has 5 Reasons To Buy Local
There’s nothing like the Upstate highlands. A green canopy of trees covers the Appalachian slopes like a blanket over the body of an old…
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Sidecar funds primer: Learning about sidecars
A few weeks ago, someone asked us where they could find good educational materials about angel group sidecar funds. We didn’t have one, so…
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VentureSouth Invests In Two Southeastern Early-Stage Companies
VentureSouth is pleased to announce that it recently invested in two southeastern early-stage companies: Givebacks (MemberHub) and Reveal Mobile. VentureSouth completed its investment in Givebacks last…
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Venture Carolina and Sharpen Offer Mental Health App to Entrepreneurs in South Carolina
Venture Carolina, an educational nonprofit whose mission is to support entrepreneurs in the Carolinas, is making its Sharpen Founder mental health app available for…
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VentureSouth Portfolio Companies Contributing to the COVID-19 Fight
During these unprecedented times of extreme uncertainty related to the Coronavirus’ impact on our health and economic well-being, we believe it’s appropriate to convey…
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Making Money. Having Fun. Doing Good. Through angel investing.
Thanks to Chris and Caleb at Next Level Income for letting me on the air to share a bit about angel investing in the…
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VentureSouth Announces Another Record-Breaking Year in 2019
VentureSouth is proud to announce another year of record-setting investment activity. The South Carolina-based firm invested $12.7 million in 28 Southeastern early stage companies…
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Back to basics: angel taxes wrap up
So to recap: After all that, you “net down” to an asset class where taxes have a much lower smaller impact on pre-tax investment…
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Back to basics: LLC passthroughs
You hopefully noticed that the really great benefits of Section 1202 and Section 1045 were focused on C-Corps. They don’t apply if you invest…
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Back to basics: Limits on Section 1244
Yes, there are some limits on Section 1244 losses. The $50k / $100k is one. Another is that it only applies to the first…
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Back to basics: Section 1244 continued
Section 1244 gets even shinier. In usual capital loss situations, you really need capital gains to offset the losses against, because you can only…
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Back to basics: Section 1244
The “silver lining” from the last post of being able to write off the capital loss against other capital gains was a dull, scuffed…
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Back to basics: Write offs
The angel taxes posts in this series so far have covered when angel investing goes well. What about when things go wrong? In general,…