Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2012

But many entrepreneurs don’t realize that Angels are also extremely discerning in the projects that they will invest in, rejecting approximately 97% of the proposals submitted to them, according to the California Investment Network. Don’t expect the pomp and celebrity of the Angels on Shark Tank , but they do ask a lot of the right questions.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

This time frame – 2005/2006 – web 2.0 Was about a billion dollars on the IPO” and “was one of the first web analytics companies. National Venture Capital Group endorsed it. Some Angel groups endorse it. was starting. More recently some Chamber of Commerce’s have started to endorse it.”.

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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. Or how about the best example – Loic Le Meur gets everybody over to Paris every year for Le Web. LA has the annual Monty Conference.

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Gust

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Leaders and active members of all the major North American angel groups attend this three day conference, along with a large delegation of international business angels. NACO National Angel Summit. The group’s respective web sites list these events. Both Angels and VCs. Venture Capitalists.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Mobile and web software apps may cost even less. Perhaps because of their focus on building a large portfolio, or their competitiveness, these angels sometimes accept valuations that cause later friction while moving to VCs, or even other angel groups. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down.

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Austin Startup

MARCH 19, 2017

The Central Texas Angel Network is one of the most active angel groups in North America. More and more investors from the east, west and middle coasts have their eyes on Austin and are making investments here. Here is a partial list of the Capital Factory Partners who are backing this investment.

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Gust

DECEMBER 16, 2012

But many entrepreneurs don’t realize that Angels are also extremely discerning in the projects that they will invest in, rejecting approximately 97% of the proposals submitted to them, according to the California Investment Network. Don’t expect the pomp and celebrity of the Angels on Shark Tank , but they do ask a lot of the right questions.

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Up and Running

MARCH 18, 2010

So this post is my opinion only, not to be taken as expression of the angel group. Normally that means product or productized service (like a web app) that can scale. Our behind-the-scenes process to review companies, and particularly our discussions, are confidential. This is all about a business that can grow fast.

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Feld Thoughts

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

Earlier this week I did a one hour interview on “ Meet the Angels &# sponsored by Tech Coast Angels (one of the LA Angel groups.) It’s now up on the web – if you were trying to watch it and couldn’t, it’s posted below. Live video event with Brad Feld from TechCoastAngels on Vimeo.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2011

For an Engineering School so focused on innovation and startups the lack of sufficient numbers of venture capitalists in the local community for Cleantech, hardware, Web/Mobile apps and aerospace was noticeable. You see it in the existing angel groups and VC’s. You Can’t Start a Fire Without A Spark – A Lack of Venture Capital.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Angel groups invest from $250,000 to $1,000,000 or more in qualified investments. Some can supply more when syndicating with other such groups. How many angel groups are there? All angel groups will want to see the founders in person or by Zoom at sometime early in the process.

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Up and Running

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Some service businesses — web services are a great example — are also scalable, even though they sell services. I’ve seen this same phenomenon in the angel group. Scalability or leverage is easy to understand when you think about products compared to services. A product business is scalable.

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Up and Running

MAY 14, 2010

For more on that, click here for Our Angel Group Chooses to Invest in Healthy Natural Organic Intimacy Products on my main blog today. Software and web applications, which is where my experience is, aren’t winning the competitions. It’s interesting to me that I’m seeing a trend emerging.

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 10, 2011

Web Method for a Remote Server. We also heard from Deepak Singh presenting his Web method to execute a remote server. Most incubators, accelerators, or angel groups won't be willing to work with the smaller TAM businesses. Do you really want to give shares if you are building a cash business?

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Up and Running

MARCH 30, 2015

Yes, I’m biased on LivePlan because it’s our product, but I see it used as a business summary now in the programs of several of the most prestigious business plan competitions, and my angel group is now using it to summarize some of the companies that submitted for our annual community event.

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ReadWriteStart

OCTOBER 28, 2010

Antonio has a portfolio of Web-based business process management applications for small businesses with 10-100 employees. Rick is looking at Medi-Code as an investment opportunity from his angel group, and Rohit is the entrepreneur. At the end of the session, each left with specific action items.

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The Next Web

AUGUST 5, 2012

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. This can be extremely hard, or completely impossible, if there isn’t an investor community in the city where you’re looking to launch your company.

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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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Professor VC

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

While VC firms have been easy to find from the old school days of Pratts Guide to Venture Capital , to the early web presence of the 1990s and the current web sites, blogs, twitter feeds, facebook fan pages and sites such as The Funded , angels are still a bit harder to track down. Steve Bennet. at 11:54 AM. Email This BlogThis!

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

So, if you’ve been a successful internet founder or have launched great web/mobile products, most founders would love to have you in a round even if your check size is small. Run in packs and learn from the group (but keep an independent mind). Find people who you think are great and don’t be worried about following their signal.

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View from Seed

AUGUST 26, 2015

So, if you’ve been a successful internet founder or have launched great web/mobile products, most founders would love to have you in a round even if your check size is small. Run in packs and learn from the group (but keep an independent mind). Find people who you think are great and don’t be worried about following their signal.

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Technical Review Angel Investor Software Review Silicon Valley 120

David Teten

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Mamoon Ismail Khalid, Venture Associate at Quake Capital Partners in New York City, describes their deal sourcing approach as follows: “We use a new Web Interface to collect information from our applicants in a standardized manner. We store it in a logically indexed manner and apply Predictive Analytics on companies’ metadata.

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Pascal's View

JUNE 11, 2009

As a result, we have included the unique expertise of tech transfer funds, angel groups, corporate venture funds, international government seed funds and even foundation investors in the Kauffman Fellows Program as we strive to build a curriculum with maximum value for our customers.

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Berkonomics

APRIL 3, 2014

Angel groups invest from $250,000 to $1,000,000 or more in qualified investments. Angel Capital Association (ACA) lists over four hundred member groups, located throughout the country. All angel groups will want to see the founders in person at sometime early in the process.

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thestartuplawyer.com

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

And for the love of high-speed internet and all things Web 2.0, Contact The Startup Lawyer: Home Page About Contact FAQs Glossary Ryan Roberts Law: Home Page Social Networks: Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Flickr Delicious Digg Last.FM He obviously never launched a startup and got shafted by a co-founder.

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www.paulgraham.com

APRIL 28, 2010

Infact, the more prominent the angel, the less likely they are tobelong to a group. Some angel groups charge you money to pitch your idea to them.Needless to say, you should never do this. Deal terms with angels vary a lot. As in families, relationsbetween founders and investors can be complicated.)

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Professor VC

OCTOBER 20, 2009

I laughed and said that our web site made this clear and we may have even put a brief posting to this effect on our twitter feed. I dont think its time to hang all angel investors in effigy, but remember that due diligence goes two ways. Labels: angel groups , Angel Investors , fundraising. Steve Bennet.

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