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). Chris Dixon made the point that he thinks investors should look for the founders to have the domain knowledge rather than them having domain knowledge themselves. Obviously I agree.

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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). Chris Dixon made the point that he thinks investors should look for the founders to have the domain knowledge rather than them having domain knowledge themselves. Not everybody agreed.

Angel Investor 152

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.

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David Teten

JANUARY 10, 2012

Dave Tisch, Founder & Managing Director, TechStars NYC. 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!

Portfolio 122

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

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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Angel Investor Cofounder Syndicate Syndication 152

Professor VC

JUNE 6, 2008

It seems appropriate to have this discussion as Kent Desormeaux grabs Big Browns reins and goes after the Triple Crown tomorrow at Belmont.There is an age old debate in the venture business on whether it is better to bet on the horse (business/market) or the jockey (management team/founders). Do whatever you want with the founders".

San Jose 28

San Jose Technical Review Norway Angel Investor 28

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. If you can fix a problem for someone and do it better, quicker, and/or cheaper than your competitor, you’re off to a good start.” – Gabriel Kuperman, founder and CEO of CuePin.

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Software Review Software Delaware Forecast 74

www.paulgraham.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

And since a startup thatsucceeds ordinarily makes its founders rich, that implies gettingrich is doable too. A lot ofwould-be startup founders think the key to the whole process is theinitial idea, and from that point all you have to do is execute.Venture capitalists know better. Ideally you want between two and four founders.

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Startup Cofounder Software Stock 105

mashable.com

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Facebook Co-Founder’s Startup Asana Launches Publicly. 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.

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Social Media Startup Angel Investor RSS 80

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

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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