If you want to hit the ground running with your business, but you are not confident in your skills as a business leader, consider working with a mentor. A mentor can reduce your learning curve, and save you a tremendous amount of time, effort and money. Your business will be in the black, you will [...]

Do you have a great business idea? Lacking the funding to support it? Don’t really know where to turn? If this describes the current situation you are facing then don’t panic, help is at hand if you choose to use it; this help comes in the form of a business angel.

A look at the angel investing industry, the 5′ws of who, what, where, when, why? The UK angel market is a thriving one as more and more investors look for investments outside the traditional stock market and property market. The UK now has around 18,000 business angels. Collectively, it is reckoned they invest around 500 million a year in around 3,500 businesses though since a lot of deals are private in nature the exact sum is unknown. One way or another, however, angel money is a growing source of funding for early-stage business.