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Suggestions for Angel Investors

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It sounds like Angel Boot Camp rocked. My long time friend and co-angel investor Will Herman wrote a post titled Angel Investing that summarized some of his advice. Don Dodge also has a great post up titled How to be an Angel Investor…and make money. In the first phase (1994-1996) this was $25k.

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My First Experience As A Venture Capitalist

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Along the way, a number of the companies I had invested in as an angel investor raised money from VCs. Some were tough experiences for me, like NetGenesis, which was the first angel investment I made. I was chairman from inception until shortly after the $4m VC round the company raised two years into its life. .”

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Mattermark – An Example of How We Decide to Invest

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As an investor for the past 20 years, I’ve had this happen many times. When I first started investing as an angel investor in 1994, I was focused on a very simple set of criteria. He looked at me and gave me that “yeah – we should do this” look. And that was it.

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What’s Old Is New Again

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I remember in 2007 when the idea of a super angel appeared, where successful entrepreneurs were suddenly angel investors making 10 or more seed investments a year. Between 1994 and 1996 I made 40 angel investments with the money I made from the sale of my first company.

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CU Boulder’s New Venture Challenge 10th Anniversary

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The entire experience was foundational for me, both as an entrepreneur and an early angel investor (I started investing in 1994 after I sold my first company at the end of 1993.). Over a decade ago, Brad Bernthal and Phil Weiser were putting real energy into Boulder Startup Community.

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Book: The Business of Venture Capital

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If you are an angel investor working with VCs, this book is for you. ” My review of it is really simple: “I wish I had this book in 1994 when I made my first angel investment, and then again in 1996 when I made my first VC investment. ” The book is expensive, but if you are a VC, you can afford it.

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Startup Communities: Creating A Great Entrepreneurial Ecosystem In Your City

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Before the Internet (1970 to 1994). Angel Investors Must Be Organized. Comments of any sort are welcome and encouraged! The table of contents, as of today, follows. The Boulder Entrepreneurial Community. Boulder As A Laboratory. Pre Internet Bubble (1995 – 2000). The Internet Bubble (2001 – 2002). Embrace Weirdness.

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