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Jay Patil
@jaypatil
I try to choose companies based on the people running them, not the idea or market, because I’ve learned that no one can tell the future but I am an exceptional judge of talent. “I don’t need to know if your idea is going to succeed, I need to know if you are,” is a line from my blog that has been repeated over and over again.
Jason Calacanis • Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups—Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000
Marc Andreessen.pdf
drive.google.comAnish Agnihotri built PartyBid, for example, while a student at the University of Waterloo, and has more demand for his talents than any degree could bring him (he’s now an associate at crypto VC, Paradigm)
Packy McCormick • Sc3nius
Sword Health has an interesting org structure where they essentially hire GMs for a new business line, give them an internal "seed round" and then they need to use that money to recruit people internally
once they hit certain metrics they give a "series A" or kill the product https://t.co/k0d5XGbDyv
I became an advisor to a handful of startups including Wealthfront. I joined the boards of ThisNext, Savings.com, and Dyn.com. I advised a total of six startups, with the typical commitment being two years of service.
Jason Calacanis • Angel: How to Invest in Technology Startups—Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000
Angel Investing
Kat Fergerson • 1 card
My belief is that true early stage venture capital (investing in companies that are raising at pre-money valuations between roughly $5M and $30M) is executed best when fund sizes are kept to reasonable levels. You should invest as early as you have conviction and as frequently as you can thereafter to build positions in companies over time. Investi... See more