How to Make Money as an Angel Investor

Entrepreneurship is all about identifying a business with a lot of potential and investing in it.

Start-ups and small businesses are always on the lookout for investors. If you have money, you can invest in these start-ups and small businesses.

Angel Investing: How To Do It

You give a certain amount of money to a start-up or small business to build a business or scale the business in exchange for equity. When the value of the company or the business grows, the value of your equity also grows, you can then earn profits on your investment.

Angel investing can be risky, though, because chances of start-ups becoming successful are pretty low, or it might take a lot of time for them to become the next big thing. However, on the bright side, if the start-up becomes the next big thing, earns a lot of profit, or is acquired by some big companies, you are going to make a lot of money.

Where to find the start-up for Angel Investing

You can start an investment company and call for proposals from people who are trying to launch start-ups.

Go to trade shows and business shows and look for the start-ups looking for funding.

Participate in business seminars and find a start-up with a lot of potential.

The rule of the thumb is to invest only when you can afford to lose.

Eco-Friendly Niche to Make Money Online

People all over the world are becoming more aware of the importance of saving the environment; they are opting for greener living, frugal living, buying organic food, using products that are eco-friendly, etc.

If you check Google Trends, you will see the keywords “Environmentally Friendly” are tending. If you check the traffic data for this keyword, you will see in the last 5 years the keywords traffic volume has substantially increased.

Creating environmentally products cost more, but if you look at the study on consumers' behavior, you will find that people are willing to pay more for products that are environmentally friendly.

So, how do you make money by creating environment-friendly or sustainable products as a newbie?

You will have to create products that are biodegradable. For instance, you can try creating biodegradable phone cases instead of the plastic phone case. You can create T-shirts made from natural fibers, instead of synthetic fibers. You will also have to create products through recycled material, for instance, recycled clothes. You will also have to create reusable items, for instance, a reusable shopping bag (instead of plastic bags), reusable gift wrap, homemade gifts, etc.

Research conducted by Accenture found out that sale of biodegradable items has increased by 48 percent.

How to Start an Online Business: Tips and Tricks

What exactly is online business?

Selling products or services through online platforms is an online business. You can sell anything online from a hairpin to cars and houses. You can sell through social media (Facebook, for instance), from eCommerce marketplaces (eBay, Amazon, etc.), from your own website.

How to start an online business?

If you want to sell through social media, you have to list your products and services and start promoting. If you want to sell through the eCommerce marketplace, you have a lot of options, you can choose the one you like and create a listing. If you want to sell from your own website, you will have to build your website and list your products on your website.

You can run an online business only through a website whether it is your own website or a third-party website.

Dropshipping Vs Affiliate Marketing: Which Online Selling Method Makes More Money Online

There are a lot of similarities between dropshipping and affiliate marketing. Both of these are online selling methods that do not require you to manufacture products or procure products in order to sell products. Both of these methods do not require you to invest in products in order to sell products online.

Since dropshipping and affiliate marketing are similar in many ways, a lot of people have this question in their mind:

Dropshipping and affiliate marketing, which online selling method will help you make more money?

Well, the answer depends on what you are selling, how you are selling, how much money you are spending on marketing and promotion.

While affiliate marketing may not require a website to sell products, you need a website to sell with dropship method and you might have to spend a lot of money on website maintenance.

First published on Trendri, in author's name.