Almost everybody knows that Ron Conway has invested in a huge percentage of the top technology companies in the world, but entrepreneurs often ask me why Ron would be a good investor for them. Speaking as an entrepreneur, if I were to start a firm today and could only have one investor, it would be Ron Conway. know some n*&%!@ MORE >>

Here are some of the contributing factors, in my opinion: Angels groups, and some individual angels, are now co-investing in larger deals or later stage companies – a portion of the early stage gap (i.e., $100k 100k – $500K) used to be purely the realm of angels (for a description of angels, see my earlier post ).  MORE >>

You may recall my earlier post from a few weeks ago entitled “ Are True Early Stage Investors An Endangered Species? “  After laying down some background, I took the position that super-angel funds and incubators/accelerators (e.g., All of the new super-angel funds popping up in the past few weeks just add to the fervor.  MORE >>

These other entrepreneurs can provide funding to you as "angel investors." They can introduce you to other angel investors they know. One of the key points I want to stress here is the answer to the question I get all the time: where do I go to find angel investors? Why does this matter? And so on. MORE >>

I come from a high-tech software background, and only a few years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars ($1M) for a team of professionals to produce any commercial software product. Now, with open source software components, and low-cost development tools, the same job can be done by one good hacker for a few thousand dollars. MORE >>