Evident the management, including the abilities of the founding entrepreneur, is most important, a fact that signifies investment in the individual as much as the venture is a principle for investing. In that context the same study ranked certain attributes as important to management team (Table15.7)
A number of provinces have unique investor opportunities through the creation of VCC’s or Venture Capital Companies. In this vehicle the public and organizations can invest in, or create their own, VCC and service a substantial tax credit from the province. To an investor, working through a self-directed RRSP , this provides a low-risk method of investing in small entrepreneurial firms. In this case the combined tax advantage, at a 50 percent marginal tax rate and 30 percent tax credit would see a small investor put up only 20 percent of her or his capital at risk. VCC’s include.