davidsrose
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Serial entrepreneur (6) and active angel investor (100+). Founder & CEO of Gust, Founder & Chairman Emeritus of New York Angels, Managing Principal of Rose Tech Ventures, Associate Founder & Founding Track Chair for Finance & Entrepreneurship at Singularity University, Co-Founder and Managing Director of AREA Accelerator, NYT best selling author of 'The Startup Checklist' and 'Angel Investing.
Folks, I realize that Jason and Matt have set me up to take the fall here as some kind of epitome of evil, and I certainly understand that people don't think it makes sense for us to charge any application fees. I've…
VCs pay (because they are for-profit entities with operating budgets that are funded by management fees), angel groups don't pay (because they are typically non-profit, or informal, associations of individuals).…
ROFL! mnemonicscloth, you've made my day! It took me an hour and a half to write that post in direct response to Paul's, and it's certainly not boilerplate (feel free to Google any chunk of it you'd like, and I'd be…
Alain, as much as I appreciate your kind words [grin], I disagree with your premise. If the alternative is to NOT open the platform to entrepreneurs, how does that help anyone? Even in a world of Web 2.0 and fast-track…
Paul, with all due respect, I have to disagree. As both the Chairman of New York Angels, and the CEO of Angelsoft (which grew out of our perceived need for a comprehensive deal management platform), I think it's both…
If a VC cares only about the problem and solution, what does that say about how much they want to invest in YOU? Not much. Most early stage investors (like me) have no choice but to 'bet the jockey, not the horse',…
My [very strong] advice is not to do a live demo DURING YOUR POWERPOINT PITCH. You'll absolutely need to do a demo at a later point (perhaps even immediately following your pitch presentation), but what we're talking…
There are actually quite a few startup tech incubators in New York, although the reality is that costs simply are not what they are in Ohio, or elsewhere in the 'real world'. They range from the completely…