Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2009

And I’ll bet that the leadership he displayed helped his angel decide he had the character worth backing. Some readers of this blog also pointed out that “pivoting&# can be disruptive on the employees of an organization. So can all of the constant hiring & firing – the natural churn of an early-stage business.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 5, 2011

Businessguy Bob On the other hand, having a 35 year veteran of the management consultant consulting industry doesn't mean automatic business success when your industry is being highly disrupted by technology this person doesn't even use.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

When I saw what BuddyTV is working on and how long they’ve been the market (since 2005) I realized that this has huge potential to help disrupt the television market. In Los Angeles we don’t have “patron technology companies&# that are big enough to matter – we’re still hoping to see them emerge.

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American Entrepreneurship

DECEMBER 8, 2023

December 08, 2023 10:35 AM Eastern Standard Time SAN DIEGO—San Diego Angel Conference at the University of San Diego (SDAC) activates angel investors and connects them with early-stage companies seeking seed funding. By providing a low initial investment and robust deal flow, SDAC enables accredited investors from across the U.S.

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Gust

MAY 29, 2012

It’s the end of May as I write this so I’ve just finished my annual April-May business plan marathon reading more than 100 business plans for my angel investment group and four different business plan contests. Even the most amazing disruptive game-changing plans have competition. Don’t push adjectives.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 26, 2024

Angel investment fund selects six companies to pitch live on USD campus on May 9. Over 100 companies applied for SDAC VI, hoping to land at least $200,000* in angel investment or attract investors interested in funding their companies. Actual amount invested depends on total dollars raised.

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Gust

DECEMBER 5, 2011

These are usually called ‘disruptive’ technologies. Disruptive technologies and grand new solutions can ultimately change the world, and create a large opportunity, but they are not exciting to early-stage investors for the following reasons: Fundamental changes take a long time to happen.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

Investment and startups problem : we all want disruptive and game-changing businesses. It’s the end of May as I write this so I’ve just finished my annual April-May business plan marathon reading more than 100 business plans for my angel investment group and four different business plan contests.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

By: Nick Zasowski, Director at Global Startup Studio Network Startup studios are gaining steam across the angel investing landscape. With great innovation comes big change, or even better, disruption, to systems that have been in place for years. With numbers like they are reporting, it’s easy to understand why.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

This gave me a front-row seat to the world of tech/innovation, and I began making some personal angel investments along the way.” However, it quickly evolved into a platform facilitating remote team management for over 40 companies globally, providing job opportunities amidst the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Angel Capital Association

JANUARY 13, 2022

ACA members and groups enjoy unprecedented education and networking opportunities, brought to them by the trusted authority in angel investing. For brand new angels, ACA launched the first-ever New Angel Cohort. The Angel Funders Report is based on direct investment data solicited from all ACA member groups.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 30, 2021

The amount of VC capital being funneled into Latin American startups has surged since 2017, with angel investment close behind. However, much of this investment comes from local and regional investors. Every top university in Brazil has a pool of angels. Only disrupt when it adds value. investors remain shy.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2022

Glambook reckons that market is ripe for some tech-forward disruption, not dissimilar from renting a chair in someone’s car (Uber) a desk in someone’s office (WeWork) or a room with a view in someone’s house (Airbnb). A group of business angels invested in the round. The company raised $2.5

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Angel Capital Association

JULY 22, 2023

Angel investing has undergone significant changes in recent years. As an important source of financing for startups and small businesses, it's critical for current and emerging angel investors to understand the shifts occurring in the industry. Here are some of the most notable dynamics impacting angel capital today.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 9, 2022

Marjorie Radlo-Zandi is an entrepreneur, board member, mentor to startups and angel investor who shows early-stage businesses how to build and successfully scale their businesses. 5 essential factors for attracting angel investment. More posts by this contributor. 4 key strategies for succeeding at international expansion.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 28, 2023

Walter Thompson Editorial Manager, TechCrunch+ @yourprotagonist Just starting out angel investing? “There simply aren’t enough entrepreneurs providing adequately ESG-aligned investing opportunities,” according to T. ” Thanks for reading! Avoid these 7 mistakes. Investors want best-of-the-best ESG data.

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Gust

DECEMBER 19, 2011

Our product is truly disruptive technology.” Disruptive technologies typically take years to catch on, which is longer than they can afford to wait. If they see you getting traction, the giants will awake quickly and step on you. This advantage is not sustainable. Investors will suspect you have a technology looking for a solution.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

Since this is my inaugural post here, I decided it would fit the occasion to list the five things I value most in an startup investment proposal. I don’t really care nearly as much about the detailed numbers as what market the deal disrupts and what it changes. What I say here is my opinion and mine alone. Startup experience.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

Investors value learning from and interacting with thoughtful, neutral investors, preferably assessing the same investment as you. Cheryl Campos said, “Republic offers educational events such as Angel Investing 101 and more specific investing modules around gaming and real estate. Further reading: .

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 7, 2021

We are grappling with healthcare challenges, irreversibly disrupted industries, millions of underemployed workers, and devastating racial and gender inequities. Together, we can empower contributors of all races, genders, and backgrounds to turn disruption and division into creation and abundance – for all. We need ingenuity.

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AsiaTechDaily

MARCH 6, 2022

In conjunction with the launch, TC Ventures announces its first two partnerships: an angel investment in Turtle in late 2021 and a seed investment in Everimpact in early 2022. TC Ventures invites founders around the world who are seeking to disrupt and reimagine the maritime and aviation industries to connect.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

Versatile VC runs a no-cost community for founders in transition, “ Founders Next Move “ We have collected a wide range of resources for founders who may be considering launching a new company ; angel investing/becoming a VC ; buying a company ; joining boards ; consulting ; serving as an interim executive , or just getting a job.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

One lesson — which was especially true at Amex — is to always be prepared for shifting markets that may disrupt your business. I started angel investing and it gave me exposure to a fantastic and wide variety of founders and innovative ideas. On the other side, what are startups doing better now than ever before?

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Industries are ripe for disruption. Here’s What to Know about Angel Investors and 3 Tips to Win Them Over appeared first on StartupNation. Has there been a better time to start your own business? Tech companies… The post Need Funding?

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 20, 2021

A dedicated pre-event Summit kick-off gave each company more time to present with additional opportunities for Summit attendees to connect with companies during ACA 2021 – The Summit of Angel Investing. All three of these companies are made up of female founders who are disrupting their respective spaces.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

When this startup (yes, it was one once) broke into the radio business with its cheap, low-quality, portable radios, the existing giants didn’t counter, for to do so would’ve disrupted their very profitable “serious” radio business. And other startups lacked Sony’s then-proprietary transistor technology, so they couldn’t compete directly.

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Angel Capital Association

MAY 7, 2021

By: Sarah Dickey, ACA Membership Director The prestigious Luis Villalobos Award, recognizing the most ingenious and innovative ideas recently financed by members of the Angel Capital Association, was recently awarded to two ACA member-funded companies disrupting their fields.

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Angel Capital Association

MARCH 11, 2024

With war, inflation, supply chain disruption, epidemics and the end of nearly free capital, the twelve-year party ended in 2022. Data from the recently published 2023 Angel Capital Association Angel Funders Report can provide answers to these questions. The decline in angel funding was similar to the decline in venture funding.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 11, 2022

The pitches range from building the Square for micro-merchants in Latin America to creating a way to angel invest in your favorite athlete.” In case you have been hiding under a rock and haven’t heard, TechCrunch Disrupt is coming to San Francisco October 18–20! You can read more on that here. Until then, take good care!!

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2022

Perhaps it’s already having an effect as investors are aware it’s coming so might be changing investment behavior ahead of time…. So we have been working on different items that we need to be working on in order to show that it’s really worth it to invest in Spanish companies.

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Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Major capital market disruptions often bring a “VC Reset,” as venture firms rethink fundamentals, often pressured to do so by limited partners. This transformation has already led to an increased number of startup failures, a growing venture capital reset2 and 210,000 tech sector layoffs since the start of 2022.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 3, 2012

4) There are far too many recently exited entrepreneurs or people with access to money that think angel investing is cool who have no appreciation for portfolio management, investment strategy, or what it takes to scale the running of a venture capital firm.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 10, 2021

A glaring example in our investment portfolio is database software company MongoDB. Another vertical SaaS example is Squire, a company my partner Jesse Middleton angel invested in as part of a pre-seed round before he joined Flybridge.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 9, 2024

If you had adopted that, this was a logical next step that you could apply, which again, was like a playbook that you could run over top of a new technological disruption that had happened. That was very, very disruptive from a value prop standpoint, but actually more importantly, it was disruptive from a go-to-market standpoint.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 3, 2022

Decipad , a no-code startup that’s aiming to disrupt spreadsheets with accessible tools that empower people to play around with numbers, has nabbed $5 million in seed funding. Put simply, it’s building an interactive notebook to help non-technical people do data modelling.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

With less than two months remaining in 2021, Congress is again facing a number of deadlines that will impact the angel investing community. By: Chris McCannell, Senior Government Affairs Consultant at GrayRobinson.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

Angel Investing, Venture Capital, and Mentoring. Marco Franzoni, Managing Partner, Disruptive Labs , observes: “If you are an early stage founder looking to build a product or scale faster, Venture Studios can be a great option. Angel Investing, Venture Capital, and Mentoring. See Angel Investing 101.

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