Tag Archives: Angel
Boston startup ecosystem – busy first week in June
Its been a great, if not extremely busy first week of June. The Angel Boot Camp was a success by all accounts and CommonAngels was delighted to be a sponsor. Congratulations to Jon Pierce for all his hard work organizing … Continue reading
The Capital Efficiency Algorithm
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
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
Raising money from angels
I recently gave a presentation to the 128 Innovation Capital Group on raising money from angel investors. A copy of the slides is below and the video can be found here. My key messages: • Most of the angel market … Continue reading
Creating an Early Stage Series A Pitch
(note – this is an update from a post I did back in August 2007) I see hundreds of early stage pitches every year. While some are very good, many could be improved with better structure and content. Series A … Continue reading
Startups: From a creative idea to “something”
The Life Cycle of the Entrepreneur in Today’s Economy. This is the title of a four part series currently being run by the law firm Foley Lardner and wealth management firm BNY Mellon. I had the honor of being on … Continue reading