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

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There was a lot of consumer internet activity again…resurgence of things, but it was still mysterious, venture capital was still kind of closed, 1st time entrepreneurs had a lot of questions that were unanswered, and there was still some sort of hand waiving around all the financing stuff and so we took it on….”. was starting.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

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I kept pointing to the artificial gains in the Nasdaq in 1999 and said, “just because you bought in Feb ’99 and sold in Sept ’99 for a large gain doesn’t meant the asset was correctly priced.&# My message to everybody at the time, “Sell!&#. And so Buzzkill Suster continues.

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Gust Blog - Thoughts on startups by investors that fund them

Gust

I bought the Rocket eBook Reader in 1999. Even for low-tech startups, the scope of information available on the Internet, and its global reach, has had a similar financial impact on the many other challenges facing every startup founder. 22 » More than 40,000 investors worldwide trust Gust. May 29th, 2012. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7.

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Angel Investing (1): Dealflow – Are You Sitting at The Right Poker Table?

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It is basically a return to the type of VC that was done 20 years ago long before the craziness of the Internet boom that skewed things so greatly. This is exactly what happened in the broader VC industry between 1999-2001 as many people without the requisite skills entered the industry. If you do, make sure you’re not the sucker.

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After Your First Big Success, What’s Next?

Feld Thoughts

I was making plenty of money consulting and, while I was investing much of the money I made from the sale into new companies as an angel investor, the idea of living in Homer was attractive. When Amy and I talked about “what’s next” when I was 29.5 This was 1995 and the path from there has been powerful and dramatic.

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Feb. 28, Stamford, CT: HBS Event on Angel Investing 101 – Best Practices

David Teten

Susan Balloch is a Managing Director of Golden Seeds, an angel fund that invests in early stage companies founded or led by women. Balloch’s 20+ year career prior to becoming an angel investor was in financial services both in the private equity world- fundraising and investor relations, and in investment banking.

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How Top Venture Capitalists Create (and Sometimes Destroy) Portfolio Company Value

David Teten

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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