About UsThe Golden Angel Network began in October 2002 in the College of Business Administration at Marquette University. The Golden Angel Network was established to provide early-stage companies access to capital and to the resources that were available throughout the entire university.Several investments have been made to date and we continue to look for outstanding opportunities for investments. Some of the key criteria that we look for are:
Besides providing financial capital the Golden Angels provides human capital as well. The Network can help your company by working with you to refine your business plan, to fill out the management team, to develop financing strategies, or to make key contacts for strategic partnerships. The Golden Angels are not a Venture Capital fund, we do not invest as a group. While members collaborate on screening potential investment opportunities and due diligence, each member makes an individual investment decision. Although a single member of the group normally serves on the Board of Directors of your company, the resources of the entire group are available to you. The MissionThe mission of the group is:
Entrepreneur in ResidenceTim Keane is the current Entrepreneur in Residence at Marquette University, in the graduate school of business, where he teaches graduate courses in new business formation and business growth strategies. He is the director of the Marquette Golden Angels Network.He was the founder and CEO of NuEdge Systems, LLC, a marketing automation software and consulting services company. Tim founded this business in 1989, having started its predecessor at Communiqué Direct Marketing in 1984. He sold it in 2002. Since 1989, he had led the company through a venture round, a joint venture with a public newspaper company (Lee Enterprises), and its sale. Prior to NuEdge, he was the founder of a variety of small businesses, and worked for General Electric Medical Systems from 1977 to 1984 in the marketing communications group. He is an active Angel investor and business advisor, and a director of First Business Bank. He is chairman of the board of Local Initiatives Support Corporation and of the Entrepreneurship Task Force of the Initiative for A Competitive Milwaukee, a member of the board of Taliesin Preservation, Inc., a part of the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. Recently, he was named to the Governor’s Economic Growth Council in Wisconsin. He is married and has three children, Megan, Michael and Molly. He holds degrees from Marquette and Seattle Universities. CompaniesSince the inception of the Golden Angels Network, we have funded three companies;
Point One Northern Management LLC W.S. Darley & Co. Chirch Global, LLC EMSystem ProStaff HRfirst Virtual Edge Parson Consulting, LLC Alternative Resources Corporation Carroll Hyland Saint Publishing First Business Bank Centaur Forge, LLC Hull Trading Company Retail Target Marketing Systems Contact UsFor more information, please contact:Tim Keane, Golden Angels Network Director Marquette University College of Business Administration P.O. Box 1881 Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881 tim.keane@mu.edu Telephone: (414) 288-5722 Fax: (262) 364-2311 |
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