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top 10 posts from 2008

Altgate

Although in 2008 I did learn that this is called a “ sneeze page.&# Who knew? Tips: $75 Killver VC Pitch Deck Not much to learn here. That’s actually about what I would have guessed had I not seen the Google Analytics numbers.

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Time is the Enemy of All Deals

Both Sides of the Table

We moved into the legal process and final due diligence in January and February of 2000. History repeated itself in September 2008 with that market crash. Push hard to set up the technical reviews, the due diligence meetings, the reference calls – whatever. They accepted my argument. It was December 1999.

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What Angel Investing & Florida Condos Have in Common

Both Sides of the Table

And so it happened that between 2000-2008 I was the biggest buzz kill at dinner parties. Remember it was only 2008 where Microsoft and even Google were laying off employees. I saw VCs doing crazy things in 2007-08 when I first entered the VC market – crazy prices, limited due diligence, large funding rounds.

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Inaugural Investor Day @ FinTech Innovation Lab

David Teten

Advanced risk management : After the crisis of 2008, financial institutions are clamoring to empower their risk management practices via technology solutions that perform better and faster than current offerings, with as little room for human error as possible. Our portfolio companies OfferIQ (acquired by Transactis) is in this sector.

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How and Why To Be an Angel Investor

David Teten

Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2008: A Down Year in Investment Dollars But Not in Deals” Unknown. Top performers conduct 40 hours or more of due diligence per investment and stick with companies as active advisors.[3]. Sohl: “The Angel Investor Market in 2011: The Recovery Continues”. approx 2004-09.

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Want to Know How First Round Capital was Started?

Both Sides of the Table

In 2008 they raised a much larger fund $132.5 100 get serious due diligence where the entrepreneur meets with several people from the firm. They decided to run the fund close to home in West Conshohocken, PA where they still have offices. During the first year of the fund they took forty-eight trips to California!

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Valuations 101: Scorecard Valuation Methodology

Gust

Working within a network of angel investors also expands the pool of expert resources and helps divide the work of screening companies and investment due diligence. The Ohio TechAngels adapted this valuation methodology in 2008 to meet their needs and named it the Bill Payne Method.

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