article thumbnail

Public Policy Quarterly: October 2023

Angel Capital Association

Back to top The History of the ACA's Public Policy Efforts The Angel Capital Association was a nascent organization in 2009-2010 when Congress developed the bipartisan Dodd-Frank Act in response to the fallout of the great recession. This letter emphasized how important patents are to startup companies.

article thumbnail

“I guess we’ll know we’ve made it when a woman can get away with behaving like Elon Musk.” Talking With VC Ashley Mayer About Finding Your Career, Taking Box Public, And Why She’s Not Interested In Reading Yet Another Female CEO Takedown

Hunter Walk

Box had just 50 employees and was hitting an inflection point when I joined in 2009, so there was far more work to do than people to do it. AM: Angel investing was our collective gateway to building Coalition. I had come out of an environment with a lot of hierarchy, where everyone was doing variations of the same job.

VC 75
article thumbnail

Ycombinator - Where unicorns are born

Don Dodge

Angel investing in tech startups is a gut wrenching and risky business. Most of them lose, but sometimes you invest in a “unicorn” and make 100 times your money or even more. TechStars Boston and MassChallenge are doing a great job accelerating local startups. It sometimes feels like buying $25,000 lottery tickets.