Last week I had the opportunity to have lunch with Kraettli Epperson and Dave Matthews to discuss VentureSpur – a new startup accelerator coming to Dallas. Started in Oklahoma City last year, VentureSpur is expanding their 12-week startup acceleration program to Dallas. They are now accepting applications – deadline for applications is May 17th – [...]
When should you raise money?
Earlier this week I was on a panel at MobCon with Michael Gorman (managing partner at Split Rock Partners) called, “Investing in Mobile Companies” and one of the early questions was about WHEN an entrepreneur should raise outside capital. Michael put me on the spot and asked my opinion. To be honest, I have had [...]
59 Angels
March 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Over the years I have compiled a list of angel investors and I figured that I would share that list with you. Before you pick up the phone or send an email I would spend a few minutes reading up on how and why angels invest in early stage companies. Dana Mattioli from the Wall [...]
Is downside risk mitigation important to investors?
September 12, 2010 By 1 Comment
Over the years I have learned that my assumption that all investors seek to minimize downside risk is just plain wrong. For example, venture investors want to ensure their capital has a chance at generating out-sized returns. They have limited resources (time and money) to make the best investments as possible. Mitigating downside risk doesn’t [...]
Hacker Angels
June 22, 2010 By 3 Comments
Are you a coder, developer or a hacker? There is a an angel group made up of self described hackers designed for you. The group is called Hacker Angels and includes Going Inc. founder and current AOL executive Roy Rodenstein, Delicious founder Joshua Schachter, Duck Duck Go’s Gabriel Weinberg, Hotornot’s Jim Young, and Punchfork founder [...]
59 Angels
April 21, 2010 By 1 Comment
Over the years I have compiled a list of angel investors and I figured that I would share that list with you. Before you pick up the phone or send an email I would spend a few minutes reading up on how and why angels invest in early stage companies. Dana Mattioli from the Wall [...]
Angel Investors Fear Financial Reform Bill
April 19, 2010 By 1 Comment
Marianne Hudson, the Executive Director of the Angel Capital Association sent me this letter and I thought it was worth sharing: Sen. Chris Dodd released his Financial Reform bill last week. To say that the behemoth bill has scary things in it for angel investors – and the entrepreneurs you in invest in – is [...]
Mike Maples is now Floodgate!
April 19, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Mike left Texas to become a ’super angel’ five years ago and today he has decided to go ‘Pro’ forming Floodgate. He has added Ann Miura-Ko to his team and plans offer a startups a fundraising model that ‘bridges the gap between initial seed money raised from traditional “Angel” investors and the much larger investments [...]
