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Billiken Angels Network
Billiken Angels Network (BAN) is an organization of angel investors based in St. Louis, Missouri, that provides equity capital for growing companies, from seed stage to later stages of growth, in any industry, including high technology, medical and biotechnology, IT, apps, and consumer products. BAN invests between $50,000 and $500,000 in its initial investments, and can invest more in follow-on rounds. BAN primarily invests in firms that are based within a 100-mile radius of St. Louis. The only exceptions made are for firms whose owners have a current or prior student, faculty or staff relationship to Saint Louis University. BAN is a university-based angel network, founded in 2008 by Prof. Jerome Katz of the Entrepreneurship Program at Saint Louis University's John Cook School of Business. The University provides a sidecar fund that co-invests with BAN's angel members for initial and follow-on investments. A portion of BAN's member dues help support the Entrepreneurship Program's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jerome Katz
Jerome A. Katz is an American professor, consultant and author who specializes in entrepreneurship. He is the Robert H. Brockhaus Endowed Chair of Entrepreneurship at Saint Louis University in St Louis, Missouri and Director of the Billiken Angels Network. Education Katz attended Rhodes College in Memphis earning a BA in psychology. His PhD in organizational psychology from the University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ... was awarded in 1981. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Katz, Jerome Living people Writers from Memphis, Tennessee University of Michigan alumni Saint Louis University faculty Rhodes College alumni University of Memphis alumni Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania faculty 21st-century American writers 20th-century Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cook School Of Business
Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business is the business school of Saint Louis University, a Jesuit, Catholic university located in St. Louis, Missouri. It is named after Richard Chaifetz, Chairman and C.E.O. of ComPsych Corp., following his $27 million gift to the university. The school's Richard A. Chaifetz Center for Entrepreneurship consistently ranks in the Top 10 and, in 2010, was ranked "Top 5 for Entrepreneurs" by Fortune (magazine). The school's undergraduate business program ranks #71 in the US according to U.S. News & World Report. In 2019, four of the school's graduate programs were internationally ranked, including Entrepreneurship (No. 12), International Business (No. 13), Supply Chain Management (No. 15), and Accounting (No. 28). The business school was founded in 1910 and is the oldest business school west of the Mississippi River and 15th oldest in the United States. The Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business undergraduate and graduate programs are accredited by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angel Resource Institute
The Angel Resource Institute (ARI), formerly Angel Capital Education Foundation (ACEF), is an American nonprofit organization that carries out research and educational activities related to the field of angel investing. It was created in 2005 by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation as a sister charity to the Angel Capital Association (ACA), a non-profit organization that represents angel investment groups in North America that was previously founded by Kauffman. ARI's four primary educational activities are its "Power of Angel Investing" series of educational seminars; co-hosting the annual "Angel Investing Summit" conferences with ACA; publication of printed and online material related to angel investing; and conducting research surveys of angel investing activity in North America. Among other material on its website is a comprehensive list of links to legitimate angel groups An angel investor (also known as a business angel, informal investor, angel funder, private investor, or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aisle411
aisle411 Inc. is a St. Louis based company that has developed a consumer service called aisle411, which allows customers to use their phones to find products in stores. Founded in 2008 by Nathan Pettyjohn (Founder) and Matthew Kulig (Co-Founder), aisle411 entered the market in August 2009 with a mobile service that allowed consumers to search retail stores for product locations inside stores using their mobile phones. History In August 2009, aisle411 launched its original product location service in the St. Louis and Springfield, MO areas, servicing Ace Hardware and Price Cutter stores . In 2010, aisle411 launched its mobile smartphone service with Shop 'n Save, a grocery chain owned by Supervalu and Schnucks grocery stores in the St. Louis, MO area. In September 2011, WinCo Foods partnered with aisle411 to deploy its technology to all its 79 stores. In December 2011, Hy-Vee, a grocery chain of 235 store locations launched the aisle411 platform within their mobile iPhon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |