If your startup is looking for an angel investor, does it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up? In reality, hitting large numbers of angels in multiple locations with a generic pitch is one of the least productive approaches. Marty Zwilling. MORE >>

I've written before about how the very first email to an angel investor really matters, or at least to this angel investor. Founders should send emails to investors. There are a ton of angel investors. Angel InvestingIt's very easy to get thrown in a bucket of wannabes or bad first-timers. MORE >>

I’m posting this here for two audiences: angel investors and founders (including would-be and wanna-be founders) of startups. . was one of four judges, all of us members of local angel investment groups working with the gust.com platform. Actual, fundable, serious startups in a single weekend? Great learning experience? MORE >>

If your startup is looking for an angel investor, does it makes sense to present your plan to flocks of angels, and assume that at least one will swoop down and scoop you up? In reality, hitting large numbers of angels in multiple locations with a generic pitch is one of the least productive approaches. Marty Zwilling. MORE >>

Just as often, however, we’re investing alongside individual angel investors who are participating in the round as well.  Angel investors come in many shapes and sizes, however.  The choir of angel investors out there is comprised of a number of players which sing different parts: The Super Angel.  MORE >>