Showing posts with label angel investing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label angel investing. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 06, 2015

USF Redefines Success In Angel Investing

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I was privileged to attend a talk tonight at USF's School of Management campus in downtown San Francisco.  My own USF MBA has proven to...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015

The Haiku of Finance for 01/21/15

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Self-proclaimed angel No skill, knowledge, or background Please get off the stage

The Wrong Ways to Fund a Dream

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The perpetual merry-go-round of entrepreneurs and investors is full of wondrous sights.  I wade through the chaff so my readers don't w...
Thursday, September 11, 2014

Startup Pitch Coaching Lessons Learned in September 2014

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I had a fun day down in sunny Palo Alto today, coaching tech startups through their Cleantech Open pitches.  I learn as much from these se...
Sunday, August 10, 2014

Meditations on Early Investor Expectations for Startups

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I moderated a recent Angel Launch panel at Founders Space where some early stage investors shared their expectations with attentive entre...
Friday, November 29, 2013

Angel Launch Launches Startup Venture Summit

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I was privileged to attend Angel Launch 's inaugural Startup Venture Summit last week in Silicon Valley.  It was the perfect counterpo...
Monday, November 04, 2013

Pay to Play, Or Smash and Grab

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Venture investors and entrepreneurs can suffer for their innocence.  They can get taken for a ride in many ways.  One is "pay to play....
Sunday, October 20, 2013

Alfidi Capital Heard Roger Royse at Idea to IPO's Current State of Crowdfuning

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I'm always checking out startup action in Silicon Valley.  The JOBS Act of 2012 was supposed to make that easier.  Performing due dili...
Monday, October 14, 2013

Due Diligence on Small VCs and Angel Groups

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The largest VC funds have the resources to perform legendary feats of due diligence on startups.  They can hire private investigators and r...
Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Later Exits for Earlier Startup Investors

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One truism in startup funding is that venture capitalists want to see a clean cap table before making a big investment.  Some VCs don'...
Saturday, January 19, 2013

Report from Brown University's West Coast Accelerator 2013

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I attended a terrific entrepreneurial event today down in Silicon Valley at the invitation of my entrepreneurial colleague Jonathan Speed . ...
Sunday, March 25, 2012

First Ever San Francisco Veteran's Hackathon

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The local tech community held a milestone event today.   TechCentralSF and Craig Newmark invited local military veterans to take part in ...
Sunday, November 20, 2011

Impressions From VEDC Access To Capital Business Expo In SF

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I can't resist free conferences on financial topics.  I saw an ad for the third annual  Where's The Money? Access to Capital Busine...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

CVAC Systems: A Disruptive Health Care Technology

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I'm always on the lookout for the next big thing, but the trouble with the San Francisco Bay Area is that everybody and his brother cla...