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How and Why To Be an Angel Investor

David Teten

1994 – present. Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2010: A Market on the Rebound”. Time Period. Total Investments. Exited Investments. Band of Angels Website FAQ. Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2011: The Recovery Continues”. 2008-09.

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An Open Letter to Startup Founders Everywhere in a Time of Crisis

David Cohen

This recession lasted until 1994. The market sucked until around 2010 when everyone and their sister decided they wanted to create an accelerator too. In the early 1990s, we were in a recession triggered by reduced defense spending at the end of the cold war, the 1990 oil price shock, and a savings and loan crisis. The market was back!

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Suggestions for Angel Investors

Feld Thoughts

I’m on an Acela train between Boston and New York (listening to Boston’s More Than A Feeling – how recursive) on my way to the TechStars Boston 2010 Investor / Demo day. On the eve of the graduation of the TechStars Boston 2010 class, I thought I’d weigh in with some additional advice to anyone who either is or wants to be an angel investor.

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10 CEOs Who Made Huge Mistakes

Up and Running

One of his biggest mistakes since starting his business came in 1994, in the form of Virgin Cola. The blast in April 2010 killed 11 people and cost BP more than $40 billion; by July of that year Hayward was out of a job. in the three years it was on sale in the US, while the UK producers went bust in 2012.

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Book: The Business of Venture Capital

Feld Thoughts

In the fall of 2010 Mahendra Ramsinghani reached out to me by email about a new book he was working on called The Business of Venture Capital: Insights from Leading Practitioners on the Art of Raising a Fund, Deal Structuring, Value Creation, and Exit Strategies. Wow – it would have saved me a lot of time, energy, confusion, and grief.”

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The End Of The Road For Web Services

blogs.computerworlduk.com

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Moving To Homer, Alaska

Feld Thoughts

By the end of 1994 I had a staff job, reporting to the co-chairmen of AmeriData where I travelled all over the US helping with acquisitions and generally causing trouble. We spent between four and six weeks a year there in the summer until 2010, but haven’t been there in the past three years. Landing in Anchorage was natural.

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