The Difference in Investors

Since I will more than likely need assistance with my start up cash, it’s very important to look deeper into how Angel investors’ work and other ways I can get the necessary people interested in my business plan. It’s important to know what they look for and what stands out to them. So I have an example of two such investors.

Daymond John was famous long before his spot as an investor on ABC’s Sharktank, he was known in the fashion industry years before his face was recognizable. Nicknamed “ the Godfather of Urban Fashion” he is the founder and CEO of FUBU. In 1998, the company made $350 million in revenue. As an investor, Daymond looks for clients that are good listeners and know their business. All of which is understandable, I understand peoples’ passion for their work especially, if it’s a business they started from the ground up, but when looking for investors you have to be open minded and open to criticism. You can’t expect to reach your companies full potential if you’re stubborn.These are two totally different investors but they do share similarities in the things that they look for in order to invest companies.



Ashton Kutcher is another such investor. I actually didn’t know this about him. I think it is very respectable that he takes the time to look into these developing companies and invest his money in them. I actually found him to be one of the most popular Angel investors. He looks to invest in a lot of tech companies and social media projects.




Ashton got his start as a runway model he then became an actor on “That 70’s Show.” Known mostly for comedic performances, he has since gone on to be one of the most recognizable faces in Hollywood. As an investor Ashton has staged he looks for six things in a client: problem solvers, good founders, servers crashing, market need and want, fixing a signal to noise issue and trust. These are key for him because he mostly invests in tech companies these are all important components to look into.

Election Time

‘Tis the Season

It’s everyone’s favorite time of year again…election time!  Oh joy!  Have you prepared yourselves for the endless, pointless debates about who is right, who is wrong, and who cares anyway?  There are entirely too many meaningless water cooler conversations where no resolution is met and true colors are exposed during election time.  I’ll spare you my personal opinions on the matter and direct you to the opinions of some celebrities who thought it was a good idea to voice their thoughts and who they intend to back and how that worked out for them. 

The thought is that a good majority of celebrities are liberals and more than likely support democrats but every once and awhile a republican supporter will come forward.  Most recently, Stacey Dash tweeted her support of Mitt Romney.  A decision I’m sure she has got to be second-guessing.  They let her have it on Twitter calling her everything from a “poor beautiful idiot” to  “a sell out.”  I personally watched as her mentions were lit up for hours.  A lot of it was humorous but the things that weren’t were unnecessarily offensive.  She responded on Piers Morgan saying she was “saddened and shocked, really shocked” at all the negativity.  Now that she has been put in the spotlight again she seized the opportunity to release her new music video entitled, “Life of the Party.”  As a PR person I can respect this as the song was originally released in July.  I hope she is able to make the most of the buzz she was able to create.  Also, in what appeared as more of a public breakdown than endorsement Clint Eastwood spoke at the RNC this year in which the focus of his speech was on an invisible President Obama he was debating with.  What seems to have come from that is the speculation that Beyoncé, the queen mother, herself has dropped out of the remake of “A Star is Born” he is slated to be directing.  Great actress or not anything the queen mother touches turns to gold.  She is a big supporter of President Obama having held a fundraiser for him earlier this year.  Is it fair that the republicans are essentially shut down by the masses when stating what they believe while celebs like Scarlett Johansson, George Clooney, and Eva Longoria are praised for being open-minded liberals?

I’m interested in your thoughts let me know what you think should celebrities publicly voice the candidates they intend to vote for or not?  Do you think that helps the candidate?