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My First 9 Months as an Angel Investor

by byosko on 9/20/13, 12:28 PM with 9 comments

• by benmathes on 9/20/13, 11:53 PM

  Reading legal docs does suck for angels. We launched a product on AngelList that completely standardized the seed-round docs (debt or equity), the early adopters liked it, but we didn't get traction and it was an awful lot of legwork to maintain.

  good initial press, but it didn't work out ( there's an entire blog post I could write about why)

  http://pandodaily.com/2012/09/05/angellist-launches-free-see...

• by toddmurphy37 on 9/20/13, 2:07 PM

  Awesome post and view what it's like to be a new angel investor and paying back the startup community. We need those who've been successful to support other entrepreneurs even though most investments fail. Love the honesty and matter of fairness. Hope I get there someday.

• by shaneg on 9/20/13, 1:24 PM

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• by JulianMiller520 on 9/20/13, 3:39 PM

  Would love to know if there are any industries/verticals you have found yourself steering clear of and, if so, why?

• by vonical on 9/20/13, 1:11 PM

  Great article! Love the honesty Ben.

• by alainkinwong on 9/20/13, 2:09 PM

  Good job, Ben!