David Teten

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Source: Center for Venture Research – Angel Market Analysis Report. Q: What is the typical profile of angel investors? Angel investors are generally former entrepreneurs and/or executives, who invest in privately-held, early-stage companies. Q: Why do people become angel investors? approx 1999-07.

Angel Investor 114

Angel Investor Technical Review Venture Capital Pre-Money Valuation 114

Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. The dinner parties now are filled with self-righteous angel investors bragging about how many deals they are in on. The best angels will do very well just at the best real estate investors did well in good times and bad.

Florida 299

Florida Technical Review San Antonio Los Angeles 299

Scalable Startup

DECEMBER 15, 2011

many new angels spawning from Google, Facebook, etc. angel investors are supporting these early unqualified launches; many are F&F/parents who believe in the dream. whenever investors jump in late (now) many bad things happen. the barriers are now very low for actually forming a business, as is the cost. millionaires.

Angel Investor 24

Angel Investor Startup IPO Software Developers 24

This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Just because an angel investor that made tens of millions of dollars gives $50k to a startup, and got 9 of her friends to do the same thing, doesn't mean that company deserves to get a $5 million check. Is 2012 going to be 2000 all over again? When the bubble burst in 2000, many of us felt it in our pockets.

Angel Investor 104

Angel Investor Valuation Startup Revenue 104

VC Cafe

OCTOBER 18, 2011

He worked his way up the corporate ladder; in 1998 he became VP of the Digital TV platform strategy, which did not pan out, and in 1999 he found an opportunity in Microsoft Internet (MSN) international. At the beginning of the year 2000, there were 133 venture capital firms in Israel, today there are less than 30.

Venture Capital 100

Venture Capital New Zealand Startup 100

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

And that’s been reflected in the entrepreneurial community, where entrepreneurs, especially between 2000 and 2008, entrepreneurs really only wanted to do — for the most part wanted to do consumer software, because that’s the only software that they could actually get anybody to adopt. So that’s the big, big, big change that’s happened.

Software Review 22

Software Review Startup Venture Capital Stock 22