I occasionally invest in startups. Please chime in if you are also an angel.
I am a junior angel in Silicon Valley. AMA
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Re: I am a junior angel in Silicon Valley. AMA
#2I think you can safely say you are an intermediate or advanced angel.
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#3<--- Reddit is that way
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#4* How do you hear about the startups you invest in? (Introductions from people you trust?)
* What is the one piece of advice you would give to people who pitch their startups to you?
* How do you add value?
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#5The "valley advantage": what attributes of a business makes a company most able to take advantage of the valley? Do this apply to b2b as much or just consumer tech?
PS for the uninitiated, AMA = ask me anything
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#6What maximum % of your net worth would you allocate to angel investments?
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#7When investing, how important is a founder's educational background and work experience? What do you think is the best indicator of a successful founder?
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#8Hi Joshua
Would you invest in a pure mobile play (i.e. Something you needed a specific type of phone for)?
Reason i'm asking is that I quite often hear "yeah but what about everyone who doesn't have an XXX".
Cheers,
Einar
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#10* What do you like to see before you invest? idea? product? traction?
* What do you give more importance? idea or team?
* You've had incredible dealflow recently, how are you getting into all these deals? (Foursquare, Square, StackOverflow, DailyBooth, Canv.as)
* Since you don't lead, if you run across an interesting startup, do you make introductions or only co-invest in deals that come from other people?
* Better location for a pre-funding consumer internet startup: NYC or Bay Area?
* Bootstrap or raise money? Any particular reasons to choose the former or latter?