Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Robert Scoble has weighed in calling AngelList, “ The New Silicon Valley Hype Machine. &# I’m not sure if that’s how AngelList would like to be branded. That way you can have the best of a fund that has deeper pockets and angels so you can have more people helping. What about “angel&# investors?

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Venture capitalists (VCs) have long been seen as the top of the pyramid for startup funding sources, but in fact angel investors now fund over 60 times as many companies, according the Center for Venture Research. Individual angel investors have been filling the gap, and now match VCs in total amount invested.

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techcrunch.com

OCTOBER 13, 2012

I began studying angel investing returns about 10 years ago as a result of a problem I couldn’t resolve: The investing world seemed certain that angel investors were rubes. And whenever they might come close to succeeding, savvy “professional” investors would just swoop in, cram them down, and win the real returns.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2016

According to the National Business Incubator Association ( NBIA ), there are over 7,000 of these locations worldwide, and new online versions springing up all over the place, like Founders Space in Silicon Valley. I believe their competitive advantage is their top on-site leadership, exclusivity, and connections to investors.

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Incubator Silicon Valley Startup Small Business Administration 120

500hats.com

AUGUST 2, 2012

While a flood of new VCs came into existence during the late 90’s internet boom, many had difficulty raising new funds after the crashes of 2000-2001 and 2008 , and as a result significantly fewer fund managers exist now compared to a decade ago. note: apologies in advance for the west coast bias; i’m in silicon valley).

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Silicon Valley Early Stage Venture Capital Valuation 74

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

If your startup is looking for an angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. The challenge is to find the right angel for you, and for your situation. Angel investors are people too. USA Angel Investment Network.

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Angel Investor North America Accredited Investor Angel Groups 241

Feld Thoughts

DECEMBER 18, 2011

Pre Internet Bubble (1995 – 2000). We Need To Be Like Silicon Valley. Angel Investors Must Be Organized. The table of contents, as of today, follows. The Boulder Entrepreneurial Community. Boulder As A Laboratory. Before the Internet (1970 to 1994). The Internet Bubble (2001 – 2002). Embrace Weirdness.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 7, 2021

The second wave of companies were mainly concentrated in Silicon Valley, and coincided with the rise of platforms (Google, Facebook, etc.) Frisco has become a hot spot in North Texas for venture capitalists, angel investors, startups, universities, pitch competitions and seed accelerators,” said Frisco Mayor Jeff Cheney. “In

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

If your startup is looking for an angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. The challenge is to find the right angel for you, and for your situation. Angel investors are people too. USA Angel Investment Network.

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North America Accredited Investor Angel Investor Angel Groups 337

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2017

If your startup is looking for an angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. The challenge is to find the right angel for you, and for your situation. Angel investors are people too. USA Angel Investment Network.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

If your startup is looking for an Angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of Angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. The challenge is to find the right Angel for you, and for your situation. Angel investors are people too. Or does it? Keiretsu Forum.

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Business Plan Blog

DECEMBER 18, 2013

You may think that numbers and locations are the only thing to look out for, but in reality it is best to find the angel that fits you and then your situation. As always, keep these key principles in mind while looking for, and after you find an angel investor. Angels are typically only interested in opportunities local to them.

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Professor VC

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

The last blogger in Silicon Valley. I was previously a founder of Bizmetric in 2000 (your firm chose not to invest) and am now working on a startup using 3D architectural visualization for green building. What does it take to be an Angel Investor? I am an active angel investor and on the board of Sand Hill Angels.

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San Jose Technical Review Venture Capital Angel Investor 31

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

If your startup is looking for an Angel investor, it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of Angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up. The challenge is to find the right Angel for you, and for your situation. Angel investors are people too. Or does it? Keiretsu Forum.

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North America Rhode Island Accredited Investor Angel Investor 289

maplebutter.com

JANUARY 8, 2013

Do you know of any VC or angel investors that are interested in targeting the Hispanic Market? investors like great companies, that’s really the filter. How should I approach an angel investor? I have 2 options: set up a new startup or share my idea with google (or maybe another big silicon valley’s company).

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Technical Review Startup Cofounder Software Review 44

Up and Running

APRIL 5, 2017

Silicon Valley is on a tear, so it might seem like the US is teeming with startups. After the turn of the century, startups created fewer jobs than they did before the year 2000. After the turn of the century, startups created fewer jobs than they did before the year 2000. There’s no better time than now.

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Green Angel Investor Startup Alabama 84

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

I’d like to explain as best I can my opinion on what is going on because most of what I hear from entrepreneurs is not only wrong but is reminiscent of what I heard in 1997-2000. Can Investors Spook the Market into Falling? “10 angel investors walk into a bar …” Do you remember AngelGate at Bin38 ?

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www.chubbybrain.com

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

declined Microsoft’s offer (summer 2000) to be the first enterprise software company with a.NET product (a Microsoft employee came back from a follow-up meeting with Allen and said “He reminds me of a lot of CEOs of companies that we’ve worked with… that have gone bankrupt.”). During this year they. Company: Go.

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Software Review Startup Technical Review Vesting 79

Scalable Startup

FEBRUARY 1, 2013

In doing research for a post on “The Enterprise Cool Kids” at the tail end of last year, I interviewed Silicon Valley veteran Marc Andreessen about where he thought the enterprise was headed. Marc Andreessen On The Future Of Enterprise. ALEXIA TSOTSIS. Sunday, January 27th, 2013. So that’s the big, big, big change that’s happened.

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