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How and Why To Be an Angel Investor

David Teten

Dave Kerpen, founder and CEO of Likeable Local , just published an interview with me on Linkedin, which I’ve included below. Enter Dave: Angel investing is a great way to make a lot of money. Source: Center for Venture Research – Angel Market Analysis Report. Q: What is the typical profile of angel investors?

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Suggestions for Angel Investors

Feld Thoughts

I wasn’t able to make it to Boston yesterday for the Angel Boot Camp as I was running around NYC with the CEO of a company I invested in last week introducing him to a bunch of potential customers and partners. It sounds like Angel Boot Camp rocked. I generally made about one investment a month when I was active as an angel.

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Mattermark – An Example of How We Decide to Invest

Feld Thoughts

” With Mattermark , I remember the moment clearly – I was at The Kitchen in Boulder with the founders (Danielle Morrill, Kevin Morrill, and Andy Sparks) and my partner Seth. As an investor for the past 20 years, I’ve had this happen many times. Last, did I want to be a long term partner with the entrepreneurs?

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Brad Feld Drops Knowledge. Here’s What He Said …

Both Sides of the Table

If you are going to do the tour up and down Sandhill Road to try and raise your 1st round of financing you need a pitch deck because the vast majority of those meetings you are going to be sitting around a table and you will be presenting to one or more partners and that is going to be your first engagement.”. Is that when it became big?

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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. Tianyi is also a co-founder of West Suburban Angels , a prominent angel investment group in the west suburbs of Chicago.

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How I Think About Seed Investing As A VC

Feld Thoughts

But before Foundry Group, my partners and I were involved in many seed investments, both at Mobius Venture Capital. In addition, I’ve made many seed investments as an angel investor in two time periods,1994-1996 and 2006-2007, and seen many more through my involvement as a co-founder of TechStars. ?Our

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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. While we have a home in Homer, where we will be for the next three weeks, we still call Boulder, Colorado our home. But we came very close to moving to Homer in 1995.

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