Feld Thoughts

OCTOBER 28, 2014

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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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). But while I prefer a certain naive optimism in founders I can’t see the logic that this extends to angel investors. Let’s call these cards 1996-99, 2005-08 and 2010+.

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Angel Investor Early Stage Cap Table Deal Flow 284

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 4, 2018

I was involved in the early years (1992 – 1996) as a judge and funded a number of companies that went through the MIT $100K (which was called the MIT $10K at the time.) A decade ago the creation of the NVC was inspired by the MIT $100K Entrepreneurship Competition.

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Private Equity Colorado Angel Investor Community 71

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This is the third article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). But I prefer a certain naive optimism in founders but I can’t see that this extends to angel investors. Let’s call these cards 1996-99 and 2005-08. Not everybody agreed.

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Angel Investor Cap Table Early Stage Deal Flow 152

Feld Thoughts

APRIL 27, 2014

I’ve known Cindy and her husband Terry Gold since 1996, shortly after I moved to Boulder. I was an early board member, then angel investor, and subsequently VC investor in Terry’s company Gold Systems. My friend Cindy Gold wrote Sailing an Alien Sea about a year ago. I read it last month and loved it.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 2, 2012

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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Venture Capital Exit Strategy Angel Investor Deal Structure 136

K9 Ventures

SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

In December 1996, while I was still a student in the Master of Software Engineering program at Carnegie Mellon, I got bit hard by the entrepreneurial bug. in December 1996, while on a student visa. I engaged in conversations with these angels investors and they provided a letter that I could use in support of my H1-B application.

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Feld Thoughts

AUGUST 2, 2010

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 As a VC, I do not differentiate between a seed investment and any other investment that I make.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Mr. Fralic has 25 years of technology industry experience, with significant Internet business development roles since 1996. Dave Tisch is Founder and Managing Director of TechStars in NYC and is an angel investor through the BoxGroup. through the Yahoo! acquisition. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. You can reach Mr.

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Portfolio New York Social Bookmarking Philadelphia 122

BeyondVC

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

This is a story about starting an enterprise seed fund called Boldstart in 2010 and our journey in enterprise since 1996. Our goal was to be the best first check partner for enterprise founders, bringing the value add of a VC firm while moving with the speed and conviction of an angel investor.

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Cap Table Cofounder Dividend Institutional Investors 60

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 26, 2013

According to David Rose , CEO of Gust, venture capital investors funded about 1500 startups last year, with Angel investors backing over 50,000 more. Of course, with more startups, this is still a tough space, with VCs funding only one out of 400 requests they get, and Angels limiting their focus to one out of 40.

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IPO Entrepreneur Social Media Startup 273

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 19, 2015

According to Statistic Brain , angel investors, numbering almost 300,000, contributed a record $25 billion to early-stage startups in the U.S. With more startups, angels still limit their focus to about one out of 40 requests. Funding for early-stage startups is more available than ever.

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Feld Thoughts

JANUARY 28, 2015

I’ve been an investor in a large number of VC funds dating back to 1996, including a bunch of the current generation of seed funds. David was now visible as a highly desired angel investor across the country. Of the 45 other investments, some are zeros but six years later there are still 30-ish companies cranking away.

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LP Seattle Angel Investor Partner 70

Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

Hvide analyzed 6,800 companies that started between 1996 and 2003 in Norway. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels. Hans Hvide at the University of Aberdeen Business School just published a paper, "The Horse or the Jockey? ► May.

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San Jose Technical Review Norway Angel Investor 28

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Joshua Baer is the co-founder and CEO of Otherinbox , a prolific angel investor and the director of Capital Factory , Austin’s seed-stage incubator. He founded SKYLIST in 1996 from his college dorm room at Carnegie Mellon, and created UnsubCentral in 2004. This list of top angel investors is a good start.

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Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

Up and Running

MAY 23, 2016

Since the term “cloud computing” was coined in 1996—at least as we have come to understand its meaning—the software as a service industry has exploded. You could also go for a larger sum of capital right from the start by pitching an angel investor or a venture capitalist for funding. My 13 Favorite Alternative Funding Options.

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Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

Feld Thoughts

JULY 14, 2015

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%.

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Recapitalization Pre-Money Valuation Post-Money Valuation Angel Investor 70

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

We alsothought wed be able to sign up a lot of catalog companies, becauseselling online was a natural extension of their existing business.But in 1996 that was a hard sell. Plus he introduced us to one of the two angel investors who supplied our next round of funding. We officially launched in early 1996.

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Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

When Larry and Sergey first began BackRub (which would eventually become Google), they didn’t run to a venture capital firm or angel investor. They didn’t have the ability to crowdfund or go to an incubator either, so they did the only thing they could do in 1996: work out of their garages.

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Washington Incubator Cofounder Angel Investor 48