What Entrepreneurs Should do about Price Fixing
OMG. This is super funny. I wrote the post below after work. I had to race to meet my wife for dinner & a movie (we have “date night” once / week) and went to see Town (which was awesome). I figured I needed time to spell check and edit before publishing so I would [...]
It Can’t All Be Game-Changing
Humans have a weakness (it’s actually physiological, I think): a predilection toward narcissism. As such, we always see whatever time we’re living in as THE crucial time in the span of human history (at every point in history, every one has thought that surely THIS is the critical moment). I mean, with global flattening and [...]
Angel Investing 4 – Why You Need Deep Pockets or You’ll Lose
This is the fourth article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. The first three skills I espoused were: access to the highest-quality deal-flow, domain knowledge of the topic area in [...]
Angel Investing Skill 2 – Domain Knowledge
This is the second article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). Part 1 – Access to Great Deal Flow – is here. I have talked extensively about “social proof” in fund raising in the past. But the problem is that most [...]
Woman in High Tech & The New York Times Out of the Loop
Out of the loop is the original title of a New York Times article discussing how difficult it is for women entrepreneurs to get funded, or generally to get into the management ranks in business. A title that backfires … but you’ll have to wait to see why. The first case discussed @ the NYT [...]
Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar
I attended the inaugural Open Angel Forum in Los Angeles back in January and wrote about it here. Jason Calacanis started this initiative in response to the pay-to-play network of angel events that he despised. I’m a huge supporter of his initiative to help end this practice. The first event was a big success and [...]
Inaugural Open Angel Forum Was a Success
Last night I attended the inaugural Open Angel Forum event started by Jason Calacanis, a fellow LA resident. Jason started the Open Angel Forum in response to his frustration that entrepreneurs were being charged by some angel organizations to present at their events. He wrote an excellent blog post on this topic. As a former [...]
Raising Angel Money
This post is part of a series of posts called “Pitching a VC” that explains how to get access to VC’s, what to say when you get there and what will happen afterward. The series outline is here and the first post “what goes in a VC presentation” is here. But you can read this [...]
