2010 angel investing VC 
Venture Hacks
APRIL 17, 2019
Spearhead asked me to write a post on angel investing when they first launched. Charlie Munger says investing requires a latticework of mental models. Here are 11 lessons for your angel investing lattice: If you can’t decide, the answer is no. Investing takes years to learn, but improves for a lifetime.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010
Either downside scenario requires angel deals to be funded further. This is where VC comes in and why it’s needed in the industry no matter how much populist sentiment exists against the VC industry. Let’s call these cards 1996-99, 2005-08 and 2010+. got picked up early without raising a lot of VC.
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Both Sides of the Table
NOVEMBER 14, 2010
They have marked-up paper gains propped up by an over excited venture capital market that has validated their investments. Logic tells me the following: It is hard to make money angel investing. The best angels will do very well just at the best real estate investors did well in good times and bad. Why should you care?
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
Yet the truth is that I see angels with great deal flow & great instincts whom I believe will only perform well in times that favor angel investors (like 2010) where there are early exits. Tags: Startup Advice Tech Market Analysis VC Industry. I don’t believe these times will last.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 19, 2010
It’s hard for me to imagine that angel investing outcomes judged 10 years from now will have a drastically different profile. The best angels or angel funds will do tremendously well. I wonder what this company would look like in 2010 as an independent? Have fun with your angel investments.
Both Sides of the Table
SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
Either scenario requires angel deals to be funded further. This is where VC comes in and why it’s needed in the industry no matter how much populist sentiment exists agains the industry. In the first instance many angels made beaucoup bucks by getting in on deals that IPO’d quickly. It’s hard to say.
Both Sides of the Table
FEBRUARY 12, 2019
Over the past month a colleague ( Chang Xu ) and I sifted through data on the venture capital industry (as we do every year) and made a bunch of calls to VCs and LPs to confirm our hypotheses. Between 1999–2005 the costs went down by 90% and between 2005–2010 they went down a further 90%. thus the rise of “pre seed” investing).
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