Mike Wolf is a mentor of mine, and a role model for many technology entrepreneurs and investors in the Phoenix, Arizona, area. chair the Selection Committee of the Arizona Angels, and have been an active Angel investor as General Partner of Lobodos Ventures over the last thirteen years. Be persistent. MORE >>

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 >>

Partners and customers may be more comfortable working with a venture backed company due to the role VCs play in strengthening governance and providing financial stability. Tags: Angel investor Business Capital Access - Financing Company Financial Services Oceania Shutterstock Venture capital 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 >>

In the mean time, I noticed today that Dow Jones is running a seminar titled Negotiating an Angel Deal: What Angels, Entrepreneurs & VCs Need to Know. My partner Jason Mendelson is one of the panelists, along with several other notable lawyers and angel investors. More on that soon. MORE >>