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A Weird and Wacky Approach To Angel Investing

OnStartups

An Odd Start To My Angel Investing. So I thought of an idea: Why not invest in startups? Angel investing is like having a niece or nephew. So, I figured I’d have to give up the angel investing thing so I could commit myself completely to HubSpot. This was unfortunate, because I liked angel investing.

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10 Key Buildings in the Brooklyn Innovation Community

This is going to be BIG.

Not only did I want it to include people working on the future of digital media at ABC, but I also had in mind the roll that other types of creative people have in the inspiration of a city. "Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code. 33 Flatbush. Picture: Benjamin Norman for The New York Times.

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7 Creative Financing Options for New Businesses and Startups

StartupNation

You still have plenty of creative financing options to fund your business. Creative financing options for new businesses. Angel investing and venture capital (VC). Angel investors and venture capitalists can provide substantial capital to startups. Fortunately, not all is lost.

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Some Thoughts on Branding Startups and Communities

Both Sides of the Table

Let my try those for Los Angeles as an example: Second largest city in America with 13 million people. Creative – we’re a place of writers, directors, producers, musicians, costume designers, make-up artists, graphic artists, 3D modelers. IA Ventures – Roger Ehrenberg was doing angel investing before he became a VC.

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Turning the Camera on Chris Dixon

Both Sides of the Table

6. Chris then discussed his current approach to angel investing in that he tries to do everything through Founder Collective (FC), unless it is out of the purview of the firm’s investment thesis, then he’ll do it on his own.

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The Fantastical, Stupendous, Wonkariffic Tale of How Ample Hills Creamery Raised a $4 Million Venture Capital Round

This is going to be BIG.

Creativity is at the heart of everything they do. It felt better to invest my LPs money in a company a little outside of the fund's normal target area with a little more skin in the game of my own--to assure them, and myself, that this was something I felt strongly about. That actually makes Ample Hills my first ever angel investment.

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A Few Key People Really Can Make a Huge Difference

Both Sides of the Table

The people with the time, energy & creativity to build organizations like TechStars need to bring their ideas to fruition. You can be part of the creative destruction. I prefer not to do any angel investments because I focus on my VC funds but it was gratifying to write some small checks to support local teams.