I'm leading a webinar for HBS Alumni Angels on "Angel Investing 101 - Best Practices". Click here to register . I'd welcome your feedback on my draft presentation, below: Date: March 22nd, 2013 Time: 12:00 Noon Eastern Time (9:00 am Pacific) Introductions: Dan Rosen (Partner, [...continue reading]
> Investing > Angel investingHigh Returns On A Small Fund Challenge Low Returns On A Big Fund
I previously posted this on Techcrunch. Let’s say you decide to invest in a VC fund. Congratulations: you’re now supporting the least unpopular part of the investing industry. That said, how do you avoid suffering the poor median returns the industry is known for? Assuming you have a [...continue reading]
Charity Auction: Pitch Your Business to NY Angels and Golden Seeds
Would you like to have a private lunch with Brian Cohen, Chairman of New York Angels, and Deborah Jackson, Managing Director of Golden Seeds (and me)? I'm not eligible anymore for bachelor auctions (actually, my price would have been pretty low if I ever even had tried), but I have hit the [...continue reading]
Feb. 28, Stamford, CT: HBS Event on Angel Investing 101 – Best Practices
I hope you can join us 6:30 pm EST, February 28th in Stamford, CT for a HBS Alumni Angels event on Angel Investing 101 - Best Practices. Click here to make a reservation Speakers: - Bob Dahl, HBS Alumni Angel, formerly head of Global Healthcare for the Carlyle Group - Susan Balloch, [...continue reading]
A Closer Look At The Quality Of Angel Returns Data
I previously published this at Techcrunch. The good news for Techcrunch readers: Every major study conducted to date has placed angel investors’ IRR between 18 and 38 percent, as summarized by my Partner John Frankel and Professor Robert Wiltbank in prior Techcrunch articles. The bad [...continue reading]
October 18, CT: HBS Panel on VC in Connecticut
I’ll be a panelist at a HBS Club of Connecticut/HBS Angels Venture Capital in Connecticut Panel Discussion and Cocktail Reception on October 18. The event will be held at the recently-established Stamford Innovation Center, of which fellow panelist Barry Schwimmer is Founder and Managing [...continue reading]
Washington, DC May 24: HBS Angels/VCs and Creating Portfolio Company Value
I hope you can join me in Washington, DC, on Thursday, May 24, 2012, 5:30 PM To 8:30 PM for a talk and event sponsored by the HBS Club of Washington, DC. RSVP required; No money can be taken at door As I've previously blogged, I will soon publish the first formal study of best practices of [...continue reading]
Venture Capital Access Program launches to aid women and diverse entrepreneurs
We are in the midst of two great disruptions to American business: the internet’s ongoing disruption of most traditional industries: finance, healthcare, retail, finance, fashion, etc. the shift of America to a majority minority country by 2050. Any company that aspires to maintain a [...continue reading]
