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What the AngelList Debate Means for the Future of Startup Investing

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Quickly, startup investing is looking more like the public markets, and power is quickly shifting to the entrepreneur from the investors. AngelList is operating very much like the NASDAQ stock exchange of the startup investment world, where deals and angel investors are public. Just look at AngelList?s startupcto

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Rustic Canyon Speaks out on GaiKai Exit, Changing Nature of VC, LA Tech & More

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I’d hate to frame Nate’s answer into a key phrase so it’s better to watch that section of the video. We spent a bunch of time in the video talking about “disruption” as described by Clay Christensen in his seminal book, “The Innovator’s Dilemman” which I profiled here. or video podcast.

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Startup Hiring: The 10% Solution

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Ravikant also runs AngelList , which pairs entrepreneurs with angel investors. © 2003-2012 ReadWriteWeb. The industry clings to its old rules: VCs get about 30% of equity, founders get 60% and the entire employee pool gets maybe 10%. And a chair massage. Recent Comments. POPULAR TAGS. social media. advertising. developers.

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Texas Startup Manifesto 2.0

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When it comes to founders, Texas has jewelry mogul, Kendra Scott; Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban of Shark Tank; Whitney Wolfe Herd of Bumble; video game developer, John Carmack; Vista Equity Partners Founder, Robert Smith; Michael Dell of Dell Technologies; and now Elon Musk of SpaceX and Tesla!

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The Guy Who Took on Google (and now LinkedIn): Mike Yavonditte

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He is also an active angel investor in companies like Klout and Meetup. The video can be watched here , but there is a most excellent summary below provided by John Excley. As an angel investor, Mike stays away from uncapped convertible notes – says whoever invented them “ should be spanked ” and that he prefers to buy stock.

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

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But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well.

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Strategy Roundtable: Professional Investors Do Not Invest In $20 Million Markets

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But you have, perhaps, heard less specific discussions on what angel investors are looking for. Well, some angel investors are looking for exactly the same thing as what VCs are looking for. In other words, these are angels looking for billion dollar opportunities as well.