Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Yet the truth is that I see angels with great deal flow & great instincts whom I believe will only perform well in times that favor angel investors (like 2010) where there are early exits. Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. I don’t believe these times will last.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 19, 2010

It’s hard for me to imagine that angel investing outcomes judged 10 years from now will have a drastically different profile. The best angels or angel funds will do tremendously well. As I’ve said many times, investing shares many of the same characteristics as gambling.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 29, 2018

Ever get bad advice? Ever take that advice without question because the person giving it was an investor, a superior in rank, the chairperson of your board? I’ll bet you have at least one story of bad advice taken and being bitten as a result. We all have in our past. Some of you can guess that name of the group.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 27, 2023

We both went on to have successful careers as consultants and entrepreneurs, and had a passion for working with and investing in younger entrepreneurs. We reconnected in 2016 and began angel investing in startups in New York City.  But, even then, we knew that many things could go wrong and that our investments were risky.

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Onevest

APRIL 1, 2015

Onevest does not give investment, legal or tax advice. Luni is author of The Next Step series of books, guiding entrepreneurs from idea to startup and The Pinchot Impact Index , a way to measure, compare, and aggregate impact. This site is operated by Onevest Corporation.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

If you’re an angel – I suggest that a portion of your time go into cultivating these relationships. Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. And resist the temptation to extend thy middle finger. As tempting and as deserving as it might be.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

They have advice to share. They know that the money they invest may be lost. 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. Ask them for advice. You probably really do want to raise angel money.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2021

The Denominator Effect I want to share with you some of the most consistent pieces of advice I give to new VCs in their career journey and the same advice holds for angel investors. So is angel investing. So my advice boils down to these simple points: Make sure you see tons of deals.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

We manage PEVCtech , a community for family offices, private equity funds, and VCs focused on using technology and analytics to make better investments in private companies. Our team has a history of investing in diverse and underrepresented founders.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 8, 2024

Incredible Organizational Change, Growth and Advocacy: a Look at the ACA Success and Goals For 2024 Despite the volatility brought about by the pandemic, economic uncertainty, market fluctuation, bank failures and a myriad of other difficulties, the ACA has powered through to continue to be the voice for the art and science of angel investing.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. Having people from your network bet on you with an angel investment is like motivational rocket fuel.” Look at them as catalysts for growth, enhancing both your business and your personal development,” Shawn explains.

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Jason Malki

MARCH 9, 2023

I had the pleasure of interviewing Karen Sheffield, the Founder & Managing Partner of Pachamama Ventures, a venture capital firm investing in US early-stage climate tech companies. I was already investing in public stocks, bonds, and preparing to make my 1st home purchase. I would break it down into 3 steps.

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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. The angel investors could not raise the next, larger round to finance the shortfall and further expansion, putting the fragile young company at risk for following the advice of its board.

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OnStartups

MARCH 24, 2021

An Odd Start To My Angel Investing. So I thought of an idea: Why not invest in startups? Angel investing is like having a niece or nephew. So, I figured I’d have to give up the angel investing thing so I could commit myself completely to HubSpot. This was unfortunate, because I liked angel investing.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 5, 2021

Now that you have a better understanding of the significance of raising capital, let’s take a closer look at five of the best and most reliable ways to fund your new business: Angel investment. Simply put, angel investors are people who have the money and willingness to invest in your startup and provide capital for its expansion.

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Jason Malki

AUGUST 1, 2023

How did you break into tech investing? After exiting Hyperpilot to Cloudera, like many other exited founders I started to angel invest into other founders I already know or met during my own founder journey. Building a startup is quite nerve wrecking (at least for me back in 2016!),

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 29, 2012

Over the course of the lifetime of a new angel investor, they'll do 70% of all of the angel investments they'll ever make in year one. Consider not only joining existing angel investors but recruiting other successful investors from your industry to join you as well. 3) Start with funds. 5) Focus.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 22, 2023

The Search: Finding Your Angel Collaboration Platform The Angel Capital Association, in concert with Jeffrey Lang of the Desert Angels and ACA’s proud partner Dealum , has published this informative interview on one of 2023’s most important topics in the angel investment space: angel group collaboration.

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Hunter Walk

MARCH 16, 2024

It was so much fun catching up that soon after as he started Warmly I was fortunately given the opportunity to angel invest. If 2024 Max could magically whisper one learning, or piece of advice, into the ear of 2019 Max, what would it be? Then years later we reconnected at Google (where he was a Product Manager) for a GV BBQ.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 14, 2019

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. Will that increase the work? Here’s what my model said.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 7, 2021

Angel investing, venture capital and mentoring. I’ve been in this situation myself when I shut down one startup and exited two others. I think you have six main options: Full-time initiatives. Launch a new company. Part-time activities. Consulting. Sell information products. Education and self-improvement.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

First advice – don’t respond to a VC website that says “submit your business plan here&# – if it’s read at all it will be read by an intern and likely be filtered before it reaches a decision maker. 6: @ marklanday Q: “Do you make personal angel investments and if so what are your criteria?&#

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

My advice to all entrepreneurs: Don’t shy away from hard conversations. Having people from your network bet on you with an angel investment is like motivational rocket fuel.” Look at them as catalysts for growth, enhancing both your business and your personal development,” Shawn explains.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2021

Jam Genies is a network of highly experienced product experts that Jam users can tap for guidance and advice around their specific issue or challenge. It can be incredibly difficult to get bite-sized advice at a reasonable cost. Iheanyi Ekechukwu – Engineer turned angel investor, and scout investor for Kleiner Perkins.

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propel(x)

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

The Angel Capital Association’s Knowledge Center : Packed with advice for angels just starting out, as well as for angel group leaders, the ACA has compiled a library of instructional videos and webinars to aide your investment journey. Be sure to check out their guide to different approaches to angel investing.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This gave me a front-row seat to the world of tech/innovation, and I began making some personal angel investments along the way.” . “My work with startups and the ecosystem began in 2016 when I founded Startupmedia to help startups and the ecosystem tell their stories and school myself in starting/scaling businesses.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 11, 2009

This is part of my ongoing series Startup Advice. My main advice to you if you’re considering it is don’t waste much equity on it. At a minimum their angel investments will likely take precedence. Tags: Start-up Advice startup technology vc venture capital. Many startup companies hire advisory boards.

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Both Sides of the Table

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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Both Sides of the Table

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. All of these things are nearly impossible for most entrepreneurs. And in life.

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Venture Hacks

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

That said, investing in private companies is very different from investing in public companies. People who are just getting started in angel investing should get comfortable with the inherent risks and learn the strategies required to be successful angel investors.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 23, 2023

note, for a variety of reasons I told Mike that I thought it was a positive for him] MM: I was very excited by your advice on this topic. I was hoping your advice would be right because it would mean that my partners and I would get to think strategically and not just be in “react mode” at all times. Do you remember what I told you?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2022

If you’re in beta and have built the product then you’re more likely to be speaking to funds and angels for a $500k round. Generally, these work in three ways: The accelerator takes a percentage of equity and, in return, ‘pays’ you via the operational support, resources, advice etc., that their programme provides.

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NZ Entrepreneur

MARCH 12, 2019

Should you proceed on to an investment round via an incubator or accelerator, this is likely to come from private angel investment groups or venture capital funds, many of whom receive co-investment from the Government’s New Zealand Venture Investment Fund which operates the Venture Capital Fund and the Seed Co-investment Fund.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 26, 2021

Despite the fact that the business model of large funds does not align neatly with investments early-stage companies, the theme of ideas in search of capital and the need for angel investing has not changed and has grown with time. These funds typically make pre-seed and seed stage investments that generally are less than $1.0

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StartupNation

AUGUST 11, 2021

And then secondly, every angel investor I know really is looking to participate to help out entrepreneurs and be engaged and help them grow a business. You want to introduce them to people, grow their social and investing circles. You want to introduce them to people, grow their social and investing circles.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

Angel Investing, Venture Capital, and Mentoring. For example, Jason Calacanis shares in his book Angel the compensation structure for Sequoia’s Scout program: 45% of returns are given to the Scout, 50% to Sequoia, and the remaining 5% to a bonus pool for other Scouts in the program. See Angel Investing 101.

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Angel Capital Association

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This committee provides advice and recommendations to the Commissions on rules, regulations and policy matters relating to small businesses. ACA is working with Congressman Timmons and Congresswoman Ann Wagner to ensure angel investors understand and utilize this bill. It will help develop a better, more diverse economy.

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