Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money and Having Fun Investing in Startups

Said another way, this question is asking, in just four words, “What makes you uniquely qualified to pursue this business? What secrets do you know that will help you beat both the incumbents and your fast followers?” Sometimes, founders will not have an answer for this question. And that’s okay. This is one you often end up answering while looking

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Founders always share investor meeting details with each other and your reputation is everything in our industry. If you are helpful, present, and considerate, then you’re going to get a great reputation. If you are unprofessional, cavalier, or conceited, or use your position of power in any way that isn’t in service of the founder, then you’re toa

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Asking for more detail before an in-person meeting shows founders that you are focused on things that matter, not just taking meetings because you’re lonely. Angel investing requires a level of ruthlessness and promiscuity with your time because the odds are so challenged. You need to say no, or, as I passive-aggressively taunt folks, “not yet,” to

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