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Three Exercises Every First Time Venture Fund Needs to Work Through

This is going to be BIG.

Taking board seats? Figuring out how you’ll spend your fully loaded time is something any LP will want to understand in order to know if you can handle going from just angel investing or doing whatever you were doing before to running a portfolio full time. Want to only invest in diverse boards? For how long?

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Valuation Workshop – The Art of Negotiation Between Investors and Founders

Angel Capital Association

In your opinion, what are the most important takeaways from ACA Angel University’s Valuation Workshop? I think there are several important takeaways that are significant for all angels, no matter how experienced you are or if you are brand new to angel investing: Valuation directly impacts returns.

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Valuations 101: The Dave Berkus Method

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It has been used by angels since, however Dave updated the model for 2009 ACA Leaders Workshop in Richardson, TX. Quality Board of Directors. However, referring to #2 above, it is possible for investors to consider each of these three characteristics as minimum triggers for investment. Here is his latest version.

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“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. Today, my best advice is to be prepared, and when things get tough, for founders, boards and comms teams to take a deep breath and not overreact (I could write a whole blog post on this).

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Angel Returns Beat All Asset Classes But Pose Greater Risk

Angel Capital Association

Both angel group portfolios offer statistically significant sample sizes, and three previous large studies by Professor Rob Wiltbank also showed IRR’s in a similar range: 27% ( 2007 study ), 22% ( 2009 study ) and 22% ( 2016 study ). John Harbison , Chairman Emeritus of Tech Coast Angels and ACA Board Member.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

We spoke about the changes to an “accredited investor&# proposed by Chris Dodd – This would be bad for angel investing. Following Microsoft’s addressable advertising trials with NBC in June 2009, many suspect that Google’s investment may have some defensive motivations, as well. We spoke briefly about why.

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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. ACA is also lobbying in support of the Helping Angels Lead Our Startups (HALOS) Act of 2023.