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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. Because he doesn’t look to invest in quick flips.

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What’s the Real Deal with AngelList?

Both Sides of the Table

Babak Nivi is one of the most understated, helpful & important people on the entrepreneur / startup scene in NorCal. What he (along with Naval) started with AngelList is also a very important transformation to the communications between first-time entrepreneurs & angels. But it +is+ an anti-entrepreneur stance.&#

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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. And no life is more of a constant negotiation than that of an entrepreneur. I like that.

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How Ecosystem-Led Growth Unlocks the Next Generation of GTM

Andreessen Horowitz

Actually, I was trading emails with Aaron Ross this morning because I think in a lot of ways that when I was an up and coming entrepreneur 15 years ago, that book landed in my hands and it felt like someone had given me the keys to the kingdom. And it’s great that you bring up predictable revenue. Sarah Wang: Absolutely.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. Angel investment from a former Erlang Systems sales manager, Jane Walerud, followed and she put Klarna’s founders in contact with a team of developers who helped build the first version of the platform. Siemiatkowski left undeterred.

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Making sense of Klarna

TechCrunch

“We did hear that and I think it’s very poor advice,” he says. Angel investment from a former Erlang Systems sales manager, Jane Walerud, followed and she put Klarna’s founders in contact with a team of developers who helped build the first version of the platform. Siemiatkowski left undeterred.