“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller At BlueWater Angels, we are in the business of selling memberships to Accredited Investors with the purpose of creating an Angel Group that invests in Michigan-based start-up companies looking for seed...
“I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” – Steve Jobs When we think of start-up companies, we often think of a friend, neighbor, teacher, business partner, or acquaintance coming up with a random idea and...
“The greatest investment we can ever make is to invest our life in the life of someone else.” – Scott Lee Who are They? Family, Friends and Fools are typically the first three people to take the leap of faith and invest in start-up companies based on...
“A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.” – Bob Hope Growing up in Saginaw, Michigan, a midsize city in the heart of the bustling auto industry, I felt I was at the epicenter of...
“I never confuse the cost of something with its value.” – Robin Hobb All investments have a cost whether it be annual fees, legal costs, loss of capital or time. Investors believe they are making it when it comes to their investment portfolio because they have...
“The U.S. patent system adds the fuel of interest to the fire of genius in the discovery and production of new and useful things.” – Abraham Lincoln In this piece, we aren’t identifying the cost to attain information regarding a specific topic. Rather we are diving...
Yoko Ono once said, “keep going until your efforts start to make things better in your hometown.” Start-up companies are necessary for economic development and job creation. According to the Kaufman Foundation, from 1977 until 2005 start-ups were responsible for the creation of 2 to 4-million...
As we embark on a new year it seems appropriate to look back at where we’ve been and consider where we’re going. While that’s a good idea, I fear most of you may have more pressing issues so I will keep it brief. We are starting...
By: Ken Kousky, BlueWater Angels and Krista Tuomi, American University Federal and state governments are beginning to recognize the important role that startups play in job creation. (A recent article by Neumark, Wall, and Zhang notes that they account for almost 20 percent of gross job...
