angel investing board ventures 
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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010
The founders of Quora were respected technologists at Facebook and knew a thing or two about bacn and toast before setting up their highly sought after venture. Want to do a Q&A website? And when they wanted money they turned to none other than Matt Cohler, ex VP of Product Management at Facebook. Access to Deal Flow. Domain Knowledge.
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SEPTEMBER 19, 2010
Imagine the positions of Sequoia (Google, Zynga, YouTube), Kleiner Perkins (Google), Accel (Facebook), Union Square Ventures (Zynga, Twitter) and so on. I’m obviously only naming a small fraction of their investments since I don’t feel inclined to research them all and many other great venture firms have this kind of access.
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OCTOBER 11, 2009
Many startup companies hire advisory boards. So do advisory boards really add value? In my experience most advisory boards under deliver relative to expectations. Advisory Board Problems : There are several problems that I have encountered myself and in my many discussions with CEO’s who have set up advisory boards.
This is going to be BIG.
NOVEMBER 16, 2015
It's a story that just hit a milestone--a $4mm round of venture funding that I'm ecstatic to say Brooklyn Bridge Ventures just led. But just because you could see them everywhere doesn't make them an obvious venture bet--nor does it tell the story of how the round even came to be.
Paul G. Silva
FEBRUARY 11, 2025
Breaking the “Impossible” at VVM When I was at Valley Venture Mentors, we set this BHAG: “In ten years, catalyze entrepreneurs to change the economy of Western Massachusetts by generating $1 billion in cumulative revenue and investment.” ” At the time, we were running a startup accelerator for 6 companies.
Gust
OCTOBER 25, 2011
Assume you have the right factors to get angel investment: experienced team, good product-market fit, growth potential, defensibility, and a reasonable shot at a successful exit. This might seem awkward on this site, suggesting that you don’t want angel investment. But angel investment isn’t for everybody.
This is going to be BIG.
MARCH 14, 2019
Taking board seats? Figuring out how you’ll spend your fully loaded time is something any LP will want to understand in order to know if you can handle going from just angel investing or doing whatever you were doing before to running a portfolio full time. Want to only invest in diverse boards? For how long?
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