Investors Are Job Applicants
Start thinking of investors as job applicants. Many entrepreneurs make the mistake of investor promiscuity–they’ll get in bed with anyone with an open wallet. You need to be as picky with potential investors as you are with potential employees, if not more. Remember, you can’t fire your investors. Conversely, investors should figure out how they [...]
What I *Would Have* Said at TechCrunch Disrupt
What do you get when you combine 7 panelist plus one moderator on to a stage for 30 minutes to talk about a serious topic? Answer: Not much. And that was evident on today’s Angel vs. VC panel.It’s a shame. There are real changes in the venture capital industry and it would have been fun [...]
When Angels Fight, Silicon Valley Loses
The latest round of developments in the so-called “AngelGate,” including alleged leaked emails and Twitter fails appears to indicate that the situation is more substantial than I thought. As a result, I’m forced to do something unusual–write a blog p…
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 [...]
