The Daily Entrepreneur: Angels, Bulls, Engagement

by Nathaniel Whittemore · 2009-06-11 16:19:00 UTC
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In Pitching to Angel Investors, Preparation Tops Zeal: A really interesting piece in the New York Times about how to appeal to angel investors. Key lesson: be authentic and be up front when you don't know something.

A Bull Market in Social Entrepreneurs: An awesome BusinessWeek piece about how more and more graduating students are turning to social entrepreneurship, prominently featuring Josh Nesbit of FrontlineSMS:Medic.

How to Make Student Engagement Contagious: A great piece by student-focused software gurus Swift Kick about letting students create programs for themselves.

Nathaniel Whittemore is the founder of Assetmap. Previously he was the founding director of the Northwestern University Center for Global Engagement.
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