Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

My suggestion is to get some of the angel groups – notorious for slow decision-making and hat passing – and pool their money into a small fund structure of say $5-10 million. It also has a built-in advantage in telling the world how awesome it’s doing – it’s the center of the media world.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Professional angel associations – This one is the source of much controversy. Some angel groups have a reputation for slow decision making processes and not enough value add. This is part of my ongoing series Pitching a VC. If you’re really an entrepreneur you’ll find a way to network with the right people.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Access to many, many more world market centers (advertising, finance, fashion, media, food, etc.). Believe it or not, more organized angel groups (although not individual angels). A much more tightly knit startup community, compared to the larger but more diffuse West Coast community. Many more world-class universities.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 5, 2012

VCs opened up through the use of social media, and people like Jason Calacanis, regardless of what you think of his personality, actively campaigned against the toll takers on the road to capital. Angel groups started dropping their application fees or making them minimal. Things changed. Open is better for both sides.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2015

In all cases, due diligence is recommended on every potential investor and angel group before spending money you don’t have, looking for money you need. As they say, you only get one chance to make a great first impression, so don’t pitch to a key angel group or venture capital team for practice.

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This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

Smaller funds are always looking for limited partners and co-investors in their deals—so starting an angel group or just being willing to make such introductions in your network goes a long way. You could run the same kind of group suggested above on a regular basis as a way to network with investors.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2017

Effective communication in business requires an efficient flow of information to all constituents, and ability to share in any media, including speaking, writing, and listening. My angel group always asks the CEO to do the talking, to test their communication skills. Emotional intelligence.

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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

A major angel group used Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members. Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors. Some VCs are using automated tools to assess companies’ stacks, e.g., Builtwith provides insights into how a website was built. .

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Austin Startup

MARCH 4, 2019

For more information, visit atxstartupcrawl.com SXSW Pitch (formerly SXSW Accelerator) SXSW Pitch is the official SXSW platform to allow early stage technology startups to pitch their product and/or services to industry technology experts, high profiled media personnel, and Venture Capitalists / Angel Investors.

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View from Seed

MARCH 16, 2016

I’ll discuss the latter in a second, but first, the increase in investors… A number of super-angels and angel groups institutionalized in the past year, creating a broader set of seed-stage funds, like Converge Venture Partners. A handful of industry-focused funds have also burst onto the scene.

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David Teten

MARCH 8, 2013

How to make the most out of angel group participation. Latest trends in angel investing and where the industry is headed. INTRO BY: Dan Rosen, Partner at Commerce Ventures & Learning Officer at HBS Angels. How to assess opportunities (idea, team, valuation). How to source great deals.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2013

This week, I spoke to one of the longest running and most active angel groups in the country, the New York Angels. Luckily for all of us, including the New York Angels themselves, the ecosystem has bloomed. An angel belonging to a group could find more dealflow. 2) A Platform for Visibility.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

How to make the most out of angel group participation. How to collaborate effectively with other angel groups. We will also discuss the latest trends in angel investing and where the industry is headed next. For a preview of the discussion, see “ Introduction to Angel Investing ”.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 5, 2014

She had been running social media part time for a smaller fund and had built up a following with her own tech newsletter. Christina Bechhold didn''t forget that--and so she co-founded her own angel group. Yesterday, Amrit Richmond announced her new employment at RRE as Director of Community & Platform.

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David Teten

JANUARY 28, 2019

For instance, Columbia has launched a variety of explicitly interdisciplinary centers in recent years, including the Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute , Columbia Data Science Institute ; the Brown Institute for Media Innovation ; or cross-school courses such as Columbia Business and Engineering’s Research to Revenue course.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 5, 2012

Nick Reese , Microbrand Media. Do your research about Angel groups, private investors, VC’s and other locally funded businesses, as this will help you determine the strength of the investor community. Make sure your contacts and business network are in place before considering a launch in a new city. Ben Lang , EpicLaunch.

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The Entrepreneurial Mind

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Leverage your social media network. Local angel groups are becoming more active with smaller levels of funding for emerging businesses. For those few small business owners seeking new funding, Joanna Krotz offers some non-traditional alternatives in her article at Business on Main : Tap community banks. Look for local lenders.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

A major angel group uses Influitive , an advocate management tool, to track, activate and motivate their members. We’re using … TinyLetter for our “Content Newsletter” … and Buffer to schedule social media posts. Point Nine Capital uses Mention for media monitoring. If you have one, please contact me. 7) Negotiate .

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Up and Running

MAY 28, 2015

Having said that, if you are, what I see in our group is the lean business plan is initially in the background, it’s your screenplay for your movie. It’s your plan that you go to as you develop summary and pitch, and most important, I see a hundred pitches a year because I do judging for some other angel groups and so on.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

The goal is to intelligently structure the information collected and combine it with additional information scraped from the web and social media. Some early stage investors mine data from crowdfunding sites, angel group platforms, and product launch lists to identify investment opportunities.

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Austin Startup

JUNE 26, 2019

Our venture was selected for competitive accelerator spots & recognition from media and mentors from Austin, Chicago and Silicon Valley to work on this problem and capture the value its solution provided. Or, I’d recommend consumer-facing founders start networking with the Angel groups in Silicon Valley immediately.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Angel groups using Gust. MCM Capital ( case study ) is a rare example of a lower middle-market private equity fund with a proactive social media strategy. Take advantage of social media and emerging platforms such as AngelList. 2009) [ii].

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David Teten

MAY 3, 2019

We published the paper in the Journal of Private Equity and numerous other influential media. Informally advise some university-based angel group initiatives. I am talking with several universities/organizations who want to launch parallel angel initiatives.

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YoungUpstarts

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

One way is with early adopters who will champion your startup on social media. He’s formed multiple venture capital funds, founded angel groups, and is an angel investor. How to market your company as an investment. There are millions of potential crowd-funders out there; the challenge is to get their attention.

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David Teten

MARCH 13, 2015

Developers and designers are in especially high demand, but our portfolio companies are also hiring in sales, marketing, operations, accounting, business development, security, media, customer service, recruiting, engineering, and QA. We published the paper in the Journal of Private Equity and numerous other influential media.

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Up and Running

MARCH 11, 2015

She is regularly invited to participate as a judge for business plan competitions, as well as speak on topics including entrepreneurship, angel investing, social media, and authentic self promotion. Have you gotten some interesting media? I’m also very available on Twitter and social media.

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David Teten

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

One of the impact initiatives I’m proudest of is founding Harvard Business School Alumni Angels of New York , a nonprofit and now the East Coast’s largest angel group. When we launched in 2010, I saw a white space: a burgeoning NY tech ecosystem, but only one angel group regularly writing checks.

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