Become An Angel Investor In 54 Minutes

Watch this before you start angel investing 👀 When we first had the opportunity to angel invest in a tech startup, we knew nothing about "how to angel invest". This led us to speaking to many angel investors, venture capitalists, and watching dozens of videos on the topic. Since then, we've gotten tons of questions from others who are looking to learn more about angel investing. This episode covers the most frequently asked questions about angel investing and how to become an angel investor. Grab a coffee & enjoy!
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The Stories (Timestamps):
0:00 - Intro
0:55 - Signs you're good at angel investing
5:25 - Should I invest in things I like?
7:32 - Investment Thesis
10:40 - Finding products to invest in
13:44 - Definition of Pre-Seed/Seed
16:58 - Definition of Series A
18:46 - Definition of Series B
19:59 - Product Market Fit
22:41 - Gelt
25:08 - Traits we look for in founders
27:47 - Pattern recognition
35:38 - Dealflow
39:08 - How to be a value-add investor
44:24 - Should you start a fund?
46:30 - Syndicating deals
53:28 - Sneak peeks (Arc Investment?)
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• EP. 3: • We spent our entire sa...
• EP. 4: • 1,000 Days of Business...
▶EP. 5: • Become An Angel Invest...
• EP. 6: • We tried investing in ...
• EP. 7: • Behind The Scenes: Eve...
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[@Loops-ts7yl]

Incredibly insightful! Will share this info with my media startup team ❤

[@efficientapp]

Awe! We're so glad to hear! 🙌 Appreciate your comment and for listening to the episode 🔥

[@crazyparrot2786]

Excellent. I got to know about your videos through UA-cam shorts. Very underrated

[@efficientapp]

This means a lot, knowing the shorts actually pushed some people to the long-form content is all we could have asked for... This comment means more to us than you know 🙏
Actually have our season finale (if you liked this episode, we think you'd really enjoy that one) coming out in T-Minus 60 minutes-super excited! Appreciate your comment and support!

[@bobDotJS]

Great explanation of product/market fit. I haven't heard it described that way before.

[@efficientapp]

Appreciate the comment! PMF is a funny term because it also varies based on who you talk to, but what I described feels like the most accepted. In Paris talking to an investor, he said that having 100 customers is PMF, but we've seen no shortage of startups fail with 100+ customers. Obviously depends on so much more than blanket statements like that though 😁