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Corporate Angels is a Toronto-based company specializing in security and connectivity solutions. Since its establishment, the firm has helped many aspiring entrepreneurs who are serious about sustaining and maintaining their businesses. Corporate Angels has three objectives: to provide support for entrepreneurship, to give Angel value to any business venture, and to assist people who want to become sophisticated and successful Angel/Seed investors. The company believes that by focusing on these goals, it will be able to help other firms in increasing their chances of success and to provide greater rewards to investors in the personal, professional, and financial level.

By coordinating with sophisticated Angels, founders are able to enjoy several benefits. The following are the advantages of being a part of Corporate Angels. First, it expands your network of contacts in the business world. Second, it helps you learn and acquire executive business skills, which can help you make effective decisions and manage risks in business. Third, it helps you gain more knowledge about handling any business through the experience and expertise of other entrepreneurs. Fourth, it opens you more opportunities of improving your business. Fifth, it increases the probability of causing a liquidity event.

Ron Thompson is a founder of the Corporate Angels. He began his work in the technical aspect of the industry. But he eventually ventured into product management and then to profit and loss responsibility. Through the years, Mr. Thompson has acquired a considerable experience in conducting business. Such expertise enables him to achieve good results in his transactions. Investors have largely benefited from his entrepreneurial skills, his knowledge of optimizing technology for the benefit of both the investors and clients, and his ideas that are crucial to business management. Since he started with Corporate Angels in 2000, he has engaged into 20 venture investments in Canada, as well as in the United States. Mr. Thompson is also a member of the Canadian Venture Forum Selection Committee, which plays a crucial role funding companies with a promising future.

Corporate Angels values good communication, which is an essential element behind the success of any business. The company uses technologies such as e-mails and cell phones in order to enhance internal and external communication. The firm believes that good deals are made possible by good communication. Mr. Thompson cites the following as the benefits of enhanced communication and collaboration: increased flow of deals, expansion of investment opportunities, efficient management of business risks, and higher investment returns.

Fifty percent of small businesses in Canada fail during their first five years. As such, the website of Corporate Angels cites some of the most common mistakes committed by businesses. They are the following: lack of market research, failure to understand the effect of fast growth, lack of cash flow, poor communication, inefficient management, poor record-keeping, ignorance of tax credits, lack of focus in sales techiniques, staffing problems, and lack of knowledge in marketing. Since capital is fundamental in business, the website also cites some possible sources of capital namely: savings, family and friends, credit cards, mortgage, Angel investors, and venture capitalists.

Corporate Angels' Website

For more information about Corporate Angels, just check out the company's website. If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, visiting the firm's website would be a worthwhile option considering that it offers some important business tips. Particularly, Corporate Angels give readers some tips on how to fund and boost any business. Although the website is not really much considering that it's homepage consists of links to PDF file downloads, the links are worth the visit.

If you are interested to become an Angel investor, you may submit an application to rfi@cail.com or you may visit the company's website and click on "apply" to present. All applications are subjected to a careful screening process. If selected, applicants will be invited to make a ten-minute presentation to the Angel investors. Applicants will also be interviewed by the company's investors.

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