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		<title>Angel Customers &#8211; A New Breed of Investors?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 21:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Angel Customer &#8211; An individual customer or a client of a product or a service who invests his or her own money into the startup providing those services. Sounds crazy? It shouldn&#8217;t. Just think about it. How good would you think a product or service must be if one or more customers using it is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=indianstartups.org&#038;blog=5226114&#038;post=1888&#038;subd=indianstartupsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Angel Customer &#8211; An individual customer or a client of a product or a service who invests his or her own money into the startup providing those services.</p>
<p>Sounds crazy? It shouldn&#8217;t.</p>
<p>Just think about it. How good would you think a product or service must be if one or more customers using it is willing to invest his/her money into the company behind it.</p>
<p>Darn good! I personally would atleast think so.</p>
<p>Such an act is definitely an excellent form of attestation to the product/service and would stand as a great testimony beyond doubt.</p>
<p>Still think I&#8217;m crazy? <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  Check this out &#8211; WhyPark.com says it raised US$230K in angel funding from one of its customers &#8211; an investor and domainer named Alan Macomber.</p>
<p>Do we have any &#8220;Angel Readers&#8221; on <a href="http://startups.in">Startups</a> ? If yes, let&#8217;s <a href="http://startups.in/Contact">talk</a> <img src='http://s1.wp.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' />  We&#8217;d love to have you join our bandwagon.</p>
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