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11 angel investing lessons

Venture Hacks

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.

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Disappointed Billions are the Best Thing Ever

This is going to be BIG.

The only people who should be disappointed where the regular folks invested in these T. They did quite well on their angel investment in Square. A "major disappointment". What I wish for every single entrepreneur out there is to be so majorly disappointed in their lives. Congratulations on your huge disappointment, Square.

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Launching Orange Collective: Exclusively Investing in Y Combinator Companies

David Teten VC

Orange Collective exclusively invests in Y Combinator companies before Demo Day. The Orange Collective team have collectively angel invested in 200+ Y Combinator companies, including unicorn outcomes like Ironclad, Vanta, Replit, Moonvalley, and Snapdocs. We have over 150 Y Combinator alumni as actively engaged LPs.

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How would you break down the process of raising an angel round of investment in 5-10 steps?

Gust

Understand what investors are looking for , what they usually invest in, and why. There is a vast gulf between a ‘cool product’ and an ‘investable company’ and if you don’t understand the difference, you will be doomed before you start. Your goal in all this is to try to find a lead investor.

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Three Exercises Every First Time Venture Fund Needs to Work Through

This is going to be BIG.

The Fantasy Cash Flow Model When I was an analyst at the General Motors pension fund, investing in VC funds, I had to build a model of how I thought they would perform. It started out with initial investment size, pricing, and outcome behavior for each deal and then it made a prediction around the distribution of outcomes.

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The New Age of Angel Investing: Leveraging Community for Sourcing, Portfolio Development, and Investment Success

Angel Capital Association

The landscape of early-stage startup investment has undergone significant transformation in recent years. Venture Capital (VC) funding has declined across the board due to macroeconomic factors, with 2023 marking the lowest level of venture investment activity since 2019. This is an issue that warrants further discussion.

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Revisiting Paul Graham’s “High Resolution” Financing

Both Sides of the Table

Not that they’re “such a bad idea&# but more that there are inherent problems for entrepreneurs in the process of raising angel money that need to be addressed. Most investors wait to see who else is investing. &# Social Proof&# weighs heavily on investors in making their decisions. But that’s what great angels do.

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