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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

Both Sides of the Table

I know that in late 2010 it’s not as popular to say this because we’re in the era of “super angels&# and feel-good startups. Let’s call these cards 1996-99, 2005-08 and 2010+. In the latter cases many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely in 05-08 and lately Invite Media, Aardvark, Dodgeball, etc.)

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Angel Investing: Skill 3 – Relationships with VCs

Both Sides of the Table

I know that in late 2010 it’s not as popular to say this because we’re in the era of “super angels&# and feel good startups. In the latter case many companies (Flickr, Delicious, Blogger, Writely, etc.) If 2011 & 2012 look like 2010 then the current crop of angel investors will look great.

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Entrepreneurship Is A Compulsion, Not A Choice

InfoChachkie

In your own startup, you might experience lean times, but you never will be crushed in a stampede, like a middle-manager in a corporate layoff. In a 2010 TechCrunch article , Ron Conway discusses the success and failure rates of the ~ 500 companies he had invested in during the prior 12-years. Keep your write-ups to a single page.

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