angel investor

“I see so many examples with small startups, where, you know, they get ruined by early angel investors, who are, you know, spending all their time challenging the company, and like, have their own agendas, and like, don't focus on just making the founder great,…”

“The seed thing was happening in like the mid 2000, like, oh five, oh six, that's when we really should have started, by the way. And angel investors were getting in at three pre, four pre, and they were all co-investing”

“I think that it's on the order of 70%, where the pitch is done, the founder asks if there are any questions, Investor says no. The meeting ends. No money was ever asked for.”

“Category three that people don't talk about. If they ask me, it will be uncomfortable for me to say no, so I will write them a check. I'll tell you that in my experience, this is up to 10% of the time. I am hoping the founder doesn't ask me for money. Because …”