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May 10th, 2012 Kevin Hartz is sitting this one out.
Sure, Hartz is busy with his day-job as CEO of online ticketing startup Eventbrite, but it’s not a time management thing that keeps him from his usual angel-investing habit. It’s more a money management thing. Hartz doesn’t like to invest his when there is so much sloshing around Silicon Valley.
The last new investment Hartz made was more than a year ago. At the time it was a little company no one had heard of called Pinterest. You’ve probably heard of it now. Hartz also made early bets on Airbnb, Flixster, Palantir, Trulia
. . . → Read More: Angel No More: Why One of Silicon Valley’s Savviest Investors Has Shut His Wallet
May 2nd, 2012 Getting financing for your startup is rarely easy, but if you approach the wrong investor, you can make it even harder than it has to be. “How can there be a ‘wrong investor’?” you might be thinking. “Don’t I just go with whoever is willing to give me the money?”
It’s not quite that simple. Approaching the wrong investor is kind of like asking someone who’s married out on a date. Not only will they turn you down, but they’ll probably think you’re an idiot.
Many first-time entrepreneurs mistakenly lump angel investors and venture capitalists together. While these two types
. . . → Read More: Angel vs. VC: Which Investor Is Best for Your Startup?
May 2nd, 2012 AngelList has become a popular way for new startups to raise seed funding. In some ways related to the opening up of investing via the JOBS Act, AngelList is designed to level the playing field for entrepreneurs seeking funding.
The website enables any startup to raise funding by pitching to angel investors or requesting meetings, all online. Entrepreneurs in the past have needed a referral or connection to pitch a top angel. And for investors, they now have a more efficient way of meeting and learning about entrepreneurs and their startups. Investors also “follow” other investors, to see what deals they’re
. . . → Read More: The Most Influential Angel Investors On AngelList
April 6th, 2012 There are roughly 265,000 active individual angel investors . If you want to go the route of tapping an angel network — a group made up of up to 150 individual investors who pool their finances and share the due diligence work — there are . In short, there are lots to choose from and . The challenge is finding the right angel investor for you and your business. What a lot of founders don’t realize is that not all angels invest for the same reasons. Backing a startup is a bit like shopping for a car: Do you want a sports car that does zero to 60 in four seconds? A dependable sedan? A Prius t
. . . → Read More: Tips to Find the Right Angel Investor
August 29th, 2011 Editor’s Note: This guest post is a three-part series on angel investing. Part I introduces angels and angel groups, Part II focuses on the due diligence process and the post-investment relationship, and Part III breaks down angel investing for entrepreneurs. Angel investors, or angels, are usually wealthy individuals and “accredited investors” who provide capital for startup companies in exchange for convertible debt or, usually, an equity stake in the company. Angels are investing “mad money” that doesn’t change their lifestyle if spent and tend to make their own investment decisions, unlike
. . . → Read More: Angel Investing: Who are Angels & Angel Groups?
May 14th, 2009 Lots of people ask me, “How do I find angel investors?” I don’t have a great answer, but perhaps I can help some of you think about who angels are
. . . → Read More: How to find angel investors revisited | Texas Startup Blog
September 25th, 2008 Lately we’ve been discussing the many reasons why taking smaller, angel-sized investments instead of larger venture capital stakes often makes more s
. . . → Read More: Ron Conway: More Reasons To Go All Angel – GigaOM
September 22nd, 2008 Raising capital at any stage of a company’s growth is challenging and requires creativity and tenacity. However, these hurdles are especially difficu
. . . → Read More: Raising Early Stage Capital: Dancing With Angels in 2004 and Beyond – Entrepreneurship.org
September 22nd, 2008 An Interview with Marianne Hudson
Director, Entrepreneurship Initiatives, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation
Angel investors, or simply angels, a
. . . → Read More: Why Entrepreneurs Need Angels — and How Angels Are Improving
September 17th, 2008 Below are my notes from the MIT Enterprise Forum Session on “Ten Steps to Angel Financing”, led by Chris Hurley of Beacon Law Advisors. I tapped the
. . . → Read More: MIT Enterprise Forum: Ten Steps to Angel Financing
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