http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com Relevant news and information for angel investors as well as entrepreneurs seeking investments from angels and VC's. Mon, 12 May 2008 20:01:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Robert Robinson, founder of the Hawaii Angels, gave a session on negotiating at the recent ACA Summit. The following are some brief notes from his session: -Angels need to negotiate in the following areas- Expectations Process Term sheet Communications Portfolio Governance Follow on Financing Exit -Your negotiating strength is proportional to the value of your alternatives AND inversely proportional ... http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2008/aca-session-negotiate-now-or-pay-later/ I just returned from the Angel Capital Association Summit in San Diego. It was a great event and would highly recommend it to all angel investors. David Berkus who is widely known for his contributions to the Angel community as well as for his method of valuating companies – the ... http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2008/dave-berkus-on-boards-at-aca/ Recently I have come across a few different instances of people talking about when not to start a business (E-Myth Revisited and Scott Shane talking about his book while on The Frank Peters Show). It is a topic that does not get much coverage, probably because most entrepreneurial-types ... http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2008/not-starting-a-business/ A while ago I pointed out some interesting entrepreneur and investor podcasts, but I only recently started listening to The Frank Peters Show. If you are an angel investor, I would highly recommend subscribing to the podcast. It is put together very well, it is informative, and he has some ... http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2008/the-frank-peters-show-podcast/ I was at InvestMidwest this week and saw some really exciting companies. I was impressed by the presentations and it seems many of the presenters were either coached on what their presentation should include or they just intelligent entrepreneurs that knew what needed to be done. Most presentations I see include ... http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2008/dont-be-conservative/ While watching Citizen Kane last night, one particular quote in the movie made me think: It's no trick to make a lot of money... if all you want to do is make a lot of money. Things are not as simple as that short phrase, but it does have a lot of ... http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2008/the-trick-to-making-money-there-is-no-trick/ Paul Graham argues that Dignity and Professionalism are not only overrated, but they are actually deadly. Kathy from Creating Passionate Users summarizes a speech given by Paul Graham discussing this concept.When you evolve out of start-up mode and start worrying about being professional and dignified, you only lose capabilities. You ... http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2008/dignity-and-professionalism-are-overrated/ Will Price put together an investment checklist that he goes threw when considering an investment in a company. A great checklist for angel's and VC's. http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2008/investment-checklist/ This week Venture Voice has a great interview with Tom Perkins of Kleiner Perkins. Most investors generally talk about how they prefer to invest in people over the ideas. Some claim that there are plenty of ideas out there and it is unlikely you will come across a totally unique ... http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2007/tom-perkins-on-venture-voice/ Many entrepreneurs spend way too much time planning before they actually take action. Many also spend too much time trying to raise funds too early in the process. It is generally advisable to take some action as soon as you can. This allows you to get feedback regarding whether your ... http://www.angelinvestmentjournal.com/2007/easy-way-to-validate-business-idea/