Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to see how the process works, several times from the startup side, and more recently from the angel perspective (as a member of an angel group selection committee).

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

My initial desire to blog came from something that’s always been my approach to investing – I’m a nerd and I love to play with the technology and part of my approach has really been to understand things both at a user level and at a reasonably deep tentacle level. National Venture Capital Group endorsed it. Brad on blogging.

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Gust

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Working within a network of angel investors also expands the pool of expert resources and helps divide the work of screening companies and investment due diligence. Earlier this month, I reported on the most current survey of angel groups: 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Groups. Product/Technology.

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Up and Running

JULY 6, 2016

Often, a business plan introduces a new technology that requires some explaining. On one hand, as a reader of business plans for investors, I see way too many business plans that ask a reader to wade neck-deep through technology to get to the business. Establish technology as a differentiator, when it is.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I’m looking for someone who wants to lead this. - Organizing events for local mid- to large-company CIOs / CEOs to meet technology startups , in order to help startups get traction and keep their momentum going. HBS Angels will likely execute this in 2012. I wrote a blog post on this. Details to come.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2010

Over the past 10 years, I have had the opportunity to see how the process works, several times from the startup side, and more recently from the angel perspective (as a member of an angel group selection committee).

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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. A local tech winner really creates a generational technology opportunity in the way nothing else can. San Diego has Qualcomm. Austin has Dell.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2015

New crowd funding platforms on the Internet, like Kickstarter and IndieGoGo , as well as the Jobs Act of 2012 , are expected by many to ramp up regular people’s ability to fund new opportunities and kill the need for angel groups. Rose, according to his recent book, “ Angel Investing.” Neither does David S.

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Gust

OCTOBER 16, 2012

This summer I conducted our third annual survey of the pre-money valuation of pre-revenue companies recently funded by angel groups in North America. Access to our 2010 and 2011 surveys can be found at 2011 Valuation Survey of North American Angel Investor Groups. Boise Angel Alliance. Atlanta Technology Angels.

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David Teten

DECEMBER 3, 2019

When I met my now-wife, I realized that any technology that can find me a spouse is a killer app. I’d argue that the same type of technologies that have revolutionized dating can revolutionize our industry. . I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Some investors are all about making money, while others care more about changing the world, advancing technology, or curing a disease that has ravaged their family. You can find these in your professional circle and your sphere of influence, rather than angel groups and venture capitalists.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2013

This week, I spoke to one of the longest running and most active angel groups in the country, the New York Angels. Luckily for all of us, including the New York Angels themselves, the ecosystem has bloomed. Smaller funds are thriving, and technology has been brought to bear in a major way with efforts like AngelList.

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Gust

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The Pacific Northwest has some of the best and most active angel groups in the country (and I say that coming from New York!) Check out: Alliance of Angels - Seattle, WA ( [link] els.com/ ). Bellingham Angel Group - Bellingham, WA ( [link] els.com/ ). Boise Angel Alliance – Boise, ID ( [link] iance.com/ ).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2016

Years ago, it cost a million dollars for a new e-commerce site, one that you can now create for almost nothing with current tools and technology. Angel groups, accelerators, and incubators are pervasive. Building a minimum viable product, with customer validation. Incorporating a business entity early through online services.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 18, 2015

Most Angel groups and VCs advertise the startups they have recently funded, with pointers to startup websites, sometimes including open positions. Typically you can browse them by region or technology to find founders. Get to know the people there, and ask them for pointers to new ventures that are still in the formative stage.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 26, 2014

Angel investors, particularly those in organized angel groups, are typically former entrepreneurs who have had successful liquidity events in their pasts, or executives of companies who’ve retired with the funds from their stock options. So how an angel responds to your pitch depends upon his or her background.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 3, 2014

Annual Deal Pipeline for Selected VCs and Angel Investor Groups. Angel groups using Gust. I’ve shown below a case study of the geographic diversification of the largest late-stage technology venture capital / growth equity investors. The median VC reviews 87 opportunities before making 1 investment.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 17, 2020

In most cases, these applicants for equity funding must be rooted in technology to apply to this limited discussion. 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?

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Tim Keane

OCTOBER 8, 2008

Last week, our angel group reviewed a business with an online lie detector technology.  Last week, our angel group reviewed a business with an online lie detector technology.  « The Whitehorse Daily Star - good advice for entrepreneurs | Main. Being The Best You Can Be.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 16, 2022

This one claims to be the world’s largest single angel investor network, with 3000 accredited investor members throughout 52 chapters on 3 continents. Angel Capital Association (ACA). The ACA is the angel industry alliance, which now includes a directory to more than 250 angel groups and 14,000 individual angels across North America.

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Gust

JULY 12, 2012

Between Northern Ireland and Ireland, I spent nineteen hours in front of audiences, while delivering eight lectures and workshops to one hundred and sixty-two entrepreneurs and one hundred and ninety angel investors. Audiences totaled over three hundred and eighty entrepreneurs, investors and members of the startup community.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

This one claims to be the world’s largest single Angel investor network, with 1,100 accredited investor members throughout 27 chapters on t3 continents. Angel Capital Association (ACA). ACA membership includes more than 200 angel groups and 20 affiliate organizations across North America.

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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. For example, our group has an explicit bias for Oregon companies and especially companies from the Southern Willamette Valley. Our behind-the-scenes process to review companies, and particularly our discussions, are confidential.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2013

This one claims to be the world’s largest single Angel investor network, with 1,000 accredited investor members throughout twenty one chapters on three continents. Angel Capital Association (ACA). ACA membership includes more than 160 angel groups and 20 affiliate organizations across North America.

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David Teten

JUNE 10, 2020

David is also Founder of HBS Alumni Angels of NY , the largest angel group on the East Coast. We will only consider candidates with a minimum of two summers worth of experience in a professional services or technology company environment. NB: SOP is a brand new fund, still in formation, without infrastructure. .

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Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

We even won $65,000 from an angel investor pitch competition in the form of a convertible note. That is, until one very savvy investor from the interested angel group asked for a copy of our operating agreement. We were on a roll. We gladly handed it over to him as part of the due diligence process.

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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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David Teten

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

VCs tout themselves as frontier technology investors, but most are using the same infrastructure tools they have used for the past 20+ years: Excel and recent college grads searching Google. According to Knowledge.VC , under 5% of US VCs have a full-time team member focused on technology. . But we’re doing it slowly.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2019

This one claims to be the world’s largest single angel investor network, with 3000 accredited investor members throughout 53 chapters on 3 continents. Angel Capital Association (ACA). The ACA is the angel industry alliance, which now includes a directory to more than 275 angel groups and 14,000 individual angels across North America.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

Famed technology investors like Vinod Khosla and Ron Conway have taken this approach, with personal investment positions in literally dozens (if not more) of companies. angel investor deal community - namely Silicon Valley. Joining an Angel Group. Building a Portfolio One Company At A Time.

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Growthink Blog

JUNE 28, 2010

Famed technology investors like Vinod Khosla and Ron Conway have taken this approach, with personal investment positions in literally dozens (if not more) of companies. angel investor deal community - namely Silicon Valley. Joining an Angel Group. Building a Portfolio One Company At A Time.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Solution product & technology. Describe your technology patents and “secret sauce”. Opportunity sizing.

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This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Angel groups started dropping their application fees or making them minimal. Open Angel Forum created a costless way for the best startups to get in front of the best capital. I would also argue that when it's easier to hear about all the potential opportunities, you make better decisions about who to back.

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Steve Blank

APRIL 7, 2011

Students ; presented to entrepreneurship classes teaching technology-driven Scalable startups as well as students interested in Social Entrepreneurship. You see it in the existing angel groups and VC’s. Held office hours and met lots of passionate students with great ideas. I list some of the others in the diagram below.).

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

As a member of the local angel group Selection Committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Solution product & technology. Describe your technology patents and “secret sauce”. Opportunity sizing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

As a member of the local Angel group selection committee, I’ve seen a lot of startup presentations to investors, and I’ve never seen one that was too short - maybe short on content, but not short on pages! Solution product & technology. Describe your technology patents and “secret sauce”. Opportunity sizing.

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Gust

APRIL 23, 2014

That’s likely why SWIFT, the international banking consortium, this year named Gust the world’s most innovative financial technology startup, and why the US software industry has awarded Gust the CODiE for Best Collaboration Solution for two years in a row. original post can be found on Quora @ [link] *.

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