Category Archives: Angel investing

Don’t Make Raising Angel Funding Your Plan B

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Chris

This post originally appeared on Dharmesh Shah’s wonderful blog – OnStartups I wear two hats one as a general partner of a couple of seed stage VC funds, the other as an occasional angel investor. Wearing my angel-investing hat, I … Continue reading →

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Elite tech startup schools

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Chris

PBS Newshour correspondent Hari Sreenivasan recently did a segment on startup accelerators featuring TechStars (disclosure: im a mentor in the Boston program), Y Combinator, AngelPad, and Blackbox Ventures. My friend Wade Roush, chief correspondent at Xconomy, is also featured in the clip. His … Continue reading →

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From Nashville to Boston: How A Startup Accelerator Changed Our Lives

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Chris

Nick Francis, CEO Help Scout, did a terrific write up on the team’s experience in the Boston Tech Star program.  If you are thinking about the Tech Stars program, its a must read. (full post here)

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Great interview Xconomy & Rich Levandov re: Zynga

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Chris

I liked Bob Buderi’s interview with Rich Levandov found here .  He discusses his early investment in Zynga, however two points stand out to me: 1. The Hunt for the Next New Platform—In Levandov’s view, there have been a couple … Continue reading →

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Thoughts from an angel investor

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Chris

As a group of over 65 angel investors, we can be fairly diverse in our backgrounds, perspectives and how we each approach angel investing. So I thought it would be fun and maybe a bit insightful to share some perspectives … Continue reading →

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The Capital Efficiency Algorithm

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Chris

At CommonAngels our focus is on capital efficient seed/early stage opportunities.  Everyone talks about capital efficiency, but what do we really mean? I like to segment capital efficiency for IT startups into two stages: Initial capital required and end to end capital … Continue reading →

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THE BOSTON ANGEL MARKET

Posted on April 2, 2010 by Chris

I was recently asked by a couple of early stage entrepreneurs to talk about angel investing in Boston.  The angel market around town has always been fairly active and cuts across many sectors, e.g. software, hardware, networking, internet, life sciences, … Continue reading →

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