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Praying to the God of Valuation

Both Sides of the Table

There were startups and a software industry but barely. Starting in 2009 I began writing checks consistently, year-in and year-out. They wanted to build new products, solve problems that were unfilled by the last generation of software companies and grow revenue year-over-year while holding costs in check. It was 1991.

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Get Inside the Mind of an Angel Investor

Both Sides of the Table

Thomas and his partner lived off of credit cards, and used crappy data centers and open source software (LAMP). You can write an angry email to get your emotions out but you shouldn’t necessarily send it (or wait 1 hour and then make a decision). Looking back, what did you learn and what would you have done differently? (0:14:15).

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