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Angel Bootcamp, The Blog Post: A Primer on Angel Investing

View from Seed

Here’s a great recap on the Boston Globe’s tech blog.). Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be. Favor investment rounds with strong leads that haven’t raised millions of dollars before you. Remember the power law.

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Angel Bootcamp, The Blog Post: A Primer on Angel Investing

View from Seed

Here’s a great recap on the Boston Globe’s tech blog.). Just yesterday, Adam Medros , SVP of Global Product at TripAdvisor and an entrepreneur advisor for NextView, just asked about when the next event will be. Favor investment rounds with strong leads that haven’t raised millions of dollars before you. Remember the power law.

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Congratulations to Upwork

A Crowded Space

I remember when I made that first flight out to San Francisco from Boston to meet the team in 2004, the company was down to its last $20K in the bank. Very shortly after I joined, Greg Gretsch (now my partner at Jackson Square Ventures) co-led oDesk’s Series A along with Venky Ganesan (partner at Menlo Ventures and lead investor in Rev.com).

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Where are the Deals? How VCs Identify the Next Generation of Startups

David Teten

But in practice, these phenomena create a tremendous volume of startups, which investors then have to filter. Most investors rely on their network of colleagues and service providers to source investments. The funds with more traditional origination are primarily focused on their local venture center network.

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HBS Alumni Angels NY new chairman: Jason Klein

David Teten

As a result, we launched the Fast Track program, which helps VCs and active investors who are HBSAANY members to syndicate rounds with value-added members of our network. Following a lead investor is valuable education, as it gives the coinvestors access to the deal documents and some of the process used by the lead.

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