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Tag Archives: angel investing
Angel investing strategies
My friend Jerry Neumann wrote a great post on angel investing strategies, dissecting truth and myth about different betting strategies and sharing his own approach. The question of luck came up and a commenter linked to my work on data-driven patterns of successful … Continue reading
Posted in angel investing, VC, Venture Capital
Tagged angel investing, investing strategies, VC, Venture Capital
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The value of startup anti-patterns
The TechStars Boston spring startups are looking very promising. At the mentors dinner tonight I had conversations with several of the companies and a common question came up: “What makes startups succeed?” My usual answer to this question is along … Continue reading
Posted in FastIgnite, startups
Tagged angel investing, business, startup anti-patterns, startups, technology, TechStars
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The Zen of fundraising
When investing in companies through FastIgnite, I usually sell my super-secret value-add as opposed to just cash. See, cash is not that hard to get if you know how to ask for it and there aren’t any obvious reasons for … Continue reading
Posted in FastIgnite, startups, VC, Venture Capital
Tagged agile, angel investing, FastIgnite, seed investing, startups, VC, Venture Capital
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iPhone economics, startup economics, angel investing economics
Tomi Ahonen has collected a lot of good data about the iPhone app ecosystem and applies solid analysis to reach the conclusion that, from an economic standpoint, on average, it is a waste of developers’ time to build iPhone apps. … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, iPhone, Mobile, startups
Tagged angel investing, angel returns, Apple, Apple AppStore economics, AppStore economics, iPhone, Mobile, startup economics, startups
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Beyond Bootstrapping Redux
Got hit by the SlideShare April Fool’s joke today that I’ve become a RockStar because one of my presentations has been getting a ton of views in the past 24 hours. I went into my account and, indeed, the Beyond … Continue reading
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Tagged angel investing, bootstrapping, seed investing, startups, Venture Capital
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