Saturday, March 30, 2013

AIPP Data Summary (Angel Investing, Sidebar 1)

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The Kauffman Foundation has some data on angel investor investment and returns at their Angel Investor Performance Project . The data has...
Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Transcending Hobbyism (Angel Investing 4)

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A company I really liked was out raising money. They went to a very well known early stage VC and had a great first meeting. A couple of day...
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Monday, March 25, 2013

How to be Different When What you Sell is a Commodity (Angel Investing 3)

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When I started a company my co-founders and I thought and discussed and argued about how we were different from our competitors, how there ...
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Thursday, March 21, 2013

The Work-Work Balance (Angel Investing, 2)

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The first question every prospective angel (and all my relatives) ask me is "What do you do all day?" It's sort of a funny q...
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Why I'm Not an Angel

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If you bootstrap your business it's your prerogative to make any stupid decisions you want--so long as you don't run out of money. B...
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Monday, March 4, 2013

On being an asshole

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Here's something you didn't know about me: I'm vaguely claustrophobic. It doesn't mean much in practice, but when I was at t...
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Monday, September 24, 2012

How to kiss your elbow

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Even before Paul Graham's Growth post the recent VC meme was that entrepreneurs just aren't as ambitious as they used to be. They a...
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