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Mattermark – An Example of How We Decide to Invest

Feld Thoughts

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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CU Boulder’s New Venture Challenge 10th Anniversary

Feld Thoughts

Stephanie Copeland, former president of Zayo Group and current executive director of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade. 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.).

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Tianyi Joe Zhu, Entrepreneur and Startup Advocate

The Startup Magazine

With the insight, resolve, and patience he shows with young companies, he demonstrates why angel investors earn the “angel” label. About Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC): The Asian American Business Development Center (AABDC) is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization established in 1994.

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10 lessons I learned by taking the entrepreneurial Red Pill

The Next Web

Back in 1994, when Jeff Bezos started Amazon, he had to raise money from 22(!) Any investor who knew anything about books, didn’t invest. We have the coolest angel investors in the world, but still our seed funding round (which was not even astronomically big) took us about six months to arrange. Take advantage of this.

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The Silliness Of Recapping Seed Rounds

Feld Thoughts

The first release is underwhelming, but they iterate aggressively, with feedback and support from some of their angel investors. One of their angel investors, who happens to be a VC firm, decides to invest another $500,000 in the company. and the investors, who put up $1m in a convertible note, get 0.1%.