5 Investing Lessons From Chris Sacca
There is a lot of hype around venture capitalists, the VC 10x return requirements, their high flying exits when companies like Facebook IPO, and their exclusive carried interest income that is barely...
View Article5 Investing Lessons From Fred Wilson
Following up from my last post in the series 5 Investing Lessons From Chris Sacca, I came across this article that Jeff Bussgang wrote on lessons for startup entrepreneurs. Reading the article, there...
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5 Investing Lessons From Howard Lindzon
Howard spews investing advice every Monday (usually), he talks about the individual companies he invests in all the time on StockTwits and isn’t shy to discuss his reasoning behind each of those picks....
View Article5 Investing Lessons from Chris Devore
Chris Devore graces us with his wisdom in the fourth post in our ongoing Investing Lessons From Venture Capitalist series. Chris is a local Seattle investor (our first local investor) and is heavily...
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5 Investing Lessons from Jeff Clavier
I came across this infographic and thought it good to share in the series of Investing Lessons From Venture Capitalists series. It is interesting because it initially highlights what a tech VC looks at...
View ArticleCrowdfunding and investor resources
There is a lot of talk and interest in the investing community about crowdfunding and there are many online platforms coming online to cater to that interest. Some focus only on qualified investors...
View ArticleIt doesn’t have to be this hard
The new proposed SEC Amendments to Regulation D, Form D and Rule 156 under the Securities Act are available for review. What you’ll find after reading them is there are many good things in there. For...
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The JOBS act didn’t enable crowdfunding… but you can!
Yes it is true that the JOBS act was passed at the federal level; however, each state actually manages the implementation and regulation of the act. This is no different than current financing where...
View ArticleGetting an actual return with angel investing
There is always a lot of talk about investor returns when it comes to angels and early stage investments. Here is a good conversation with Manny Fernandez and Bill Payne where they discuss Rob...
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You don’t have enough money
Once a week I get an email from AngelList that essentially says, Josh… you don’t have enough money. Sorry Seriously, I keep trying to invest with AngelList Syndicates – after connecting with folks like...
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Investing voodoo exposed
As a follow-up to my pre-conference post on Stocktoberfest 2014, I wanted to relay a few thoughts after spending a few days down in Coronado with some of the brightest financial tech entrepreneurs and...
View ArticleHacking venture capital markets
I was recently talking with Semil Shah about the concept of selling a venture fund and he encouraged me to post my thoughts. I see a lot of changes in the structure of the venture markets that will...
View ArticleCrowdfunding opportunities abound
A lot of activity has happened since I last wrote about the real estate crowdfunding landscape. Since that post, we still don’t have federal crowdfunding rules from the SEC. The SEC needs to set the...
View ArticleWant to invest in startups through e-trade?
Well they're not offering it yet... most brokerages are busy scrambling to add robo-advisor-like services to their platforms to capture the millennial crowd who weren't really investing their capital...
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Pre-order available!
We're working on the print version still, but the kindle version is available for pre-order on Amazon already! Just $9.99 to learn how the best angel investors make money in startups! Coming in at...
View ArticleFemale Funders Radio – Episode 3
Brought to you by the coincidence, this awesome 3rd episode of Katherine Hague's Female Funders Radio also happens to be the 3rd podcast I've done that's been published! In addition to sharing a third...
View ArticleTitle III funding is not like venture capital
Title III is coming, but you have time to prepare, you won't be able to really do anything until Q2 2016 unless you're operating a funding portal, in which case forms to get registered will be...
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This is going to be a huge business
...is what many entrepreneurs say to themselves or their co-founder after a few months of hacking away at an interesting concept or idea. Building models in their spare time, talking to customers about...
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