This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

They raise larger and larger funds, for example, after building up a track record of successful angel investments. Furthermore, for many investors, once they achieve success doing one thing, they often move onto other things, assuming their success will follow them.

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JULY 29, 2010

6: @ marklanday Q: “Do you make personal angel investments and if so what are your criteria?&# I have a link on my blog to the angel deals I’ve done, which is here. I also spent a bit of time talking about why I think angel investing is a mug’s game. Tags: Start-up Advice. Most are not.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

Jason plans to set up Open Angel chapters in many US cities and eventually internationally. I think most great angel investing is done at a local level. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Pitching VCs Start-up Advice Startup Advice VC Industry. And that’s really what you want. They deserve more credit.

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OCTOBER 11, 2009

But if you have approached a senior member of your industry and if they’re on 4 advisory boards, have done 3 angel investments and probably have a full time gig themselves – it is hard to really get into the details of your company. At a minimum their angel investments will likely take precedence.

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DECEMBER 19, 2009

You’re trying to get you contacts to get you that introduction to Ron Conway to sprinkle his legitimacy on your company through an angel investment. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. You want that key marketing resource from Google but he’s on a fat salary that you can’t match.

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Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Let me tell you the story of the first investment made by a newly organized formal group of angel investors. Tags: Depending upon others Surrounding yourself with talent. The young, eager entrepreneur agreed immediately and the business was launched, well funded and anticipating great profits.

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JULY 25, 2010

Nowhere is social proof more prevalent than in angel investing. As Fred points out in his post: “Angels love to share deals with each other. It is how angel rounds come together.&#. Or put another way – angels look for social proof from other angels. So what are you waiting for?

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

Taking it from an investor perspective (not me, angels) I think it’s totally unfair to see early angels invest, take more risk, help you get to the next level through both sweat & money, and then pay a higher price because the round had a convertible note with no cap.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Make sure these people understand the nature of early-stage angel investing. I still prefer angel route 1 (above) but this is the next best option in my mind. When I write an angel round check I always tell me wife, “let’s assume that money is lost.&# So goes angel investing.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 30, 2023

Q: A huge amount of valuable data flows through your pipes: about applying companies, companies which win investments, the angels’ investing patterns, and so on. What are you doing to capture that data and mine it? Can you share any patterns you have identified?

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JANUARY 18, 2011

He quit the MRF and quietly amassed nearly $100,000 in angel investment to build a company. The people who invested were all the people who knew Dustin the best – obviously a positive “signal.”. Imagine if you could tag items and ask to be notified when they go on sale. He wanted to be an entrepreneur.

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MAY 15, 2010

We spoke about the changes to an “accredited investor&# proposed by Chris Dodd – This would be bad for angel investing. Tags: Start-up Advice. and who had biz reasons for wanting to remain stealth.”. - We spoke briefly about why. Short answer: no.

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