entrepreneurial opportunities Each entrepreneur and angel has their own personal set of talents and weaknesses. Through both introspection and business failure, I have learned several of mine. My most embarrassing entrepreneurial losses have come when I have strayed too far from these personal preferences. I recommend all entrepreneurs have a list of their own. preferred industries real estate (investment and development) healthcare financial services business model likes working with extremely talented professionals businesses that include two or more of my preferred industries technological orientation businesses as customers naturally occuring community benefits operating in small niche markets providing strongest value proposition sale of company planned as exit strategy owner and angel financing business model dislikes low cost leadership as competitive advantage inventory-heavy business models federal governments as customers general public as customers heavily regulated industries debt and venture financing visihortisage@airick.com