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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

Both Sides of the Table

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). I should say that I agree that naive optimism in entrepreneurs can produce higher beta (upside or flops) and that’s good from an investment standpoint if you’re looking for big returns.

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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

Both Sides of the Table

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). I’d rather be Roger Ehrenberg with a thesis around data-centric companies and base my investment decisions on my background. Either scenario requires angel deals to be funded further.

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Don't blame the game, blame the playas

This is going to be BIG.

Not only that, but there's a "Series A Crunch" that we've been talking about since October of 2011 where good companies can't seem to get to their next round of funding. B) That the people who are trying to profit off innovation--the entrepreneurs and VCs--for whom there is no criteria to try your hand at it, are generally sucking at it.

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Public Policy Quarterly: October 2023

Angel Capital Association

ACA has continued its efforts to push legislation to help the entire Angel community. ACA has continued its efforts to push legislation to help the entire Angel community. Through ACA’s strong and experienced public policy leadership team, ACA has been able to gain more diverse voices as both investors and entrepreneurs.

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Behind the Scenes: Building an Angel Experience You Will Never Forget

Angel Capital Association

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director The programming team for ACA 2021 - The Summit of Angel Investing is full of experienced, respected angel investors and ecosystem providers, and they are hard at work creating a virtual experience that will change the way you think about angel investing.

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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them & entrepreneurs that run them. Invested Interests. And in January I saw that digital music overtook physical media for the first time in 2011, something I expected since 1998. I think I’m an innovator myself, but I know I’m not an opinion leader.

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Probable and Improbable Lobbying Wins: The 1,000-stockholder Rule

Gust

Talented entrepreneurs are nothing if not resilient in the face of change: Market forces, competitive threats, technological shifts, you name it. In 2011, virtually every new consumer Internet startup incorporates a social/UGC element. Facebook, which did not exist in 2003, is now valued at nearly $100 billion.

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