Angel Investing
An introduction to angel investing
What is angel investing? Who can be an angel investor? And why might YOU consider becoming an angel investor? In this workshop, we'll provide an overview of angel investing and how it can be a fun, financially rewarding type of investing that also helps grow your local economy. This workshop is for entrepreneurs as well. If you are going to raise money from angel investors, it helps to understand startup investing from the angel investor point of view!
Your Instructor
Steve Morris is the manager of the Westside Startup Funds 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. He is also Executive Director of OTBC. He is a veteran of three investor-funded start-ups and two business-unit startups inside larger companies, and has more than 25 years of management experience in the software, service, and semiconductor test industries at companies such as Hewlett Packard, Integrated Measurement Systems, Cadence Design Systems, Mentor Graphics, Credence Corporation and Teseda Corporation. With hands-on startup CEO/founder experience, he has a broad understanding of startup issues, and an excellent ability to explain even complex startup topics in clear, easy-to-understand way. At OTBC, he has helped hundreds of entrepreneurs start and grow companies, and has developed a large inventory of startup workshops and practical startup tools. He holds a B.A. in mathematics from Reed College and a Masters of Science degree from Carnegie-Mellon University Graduate School of Industrial Administration (now The Tepper School of Business).
Course Curriculum
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StartWhat is Angel Investing? (5:10)
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StartWho can be an Angel Investor? (6:57)
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StartWhy be an Angel Investor? (3:04)
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StartAngel Investing and Investment Risk (5:31)
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StartAngel Investing as an Individual vs. as part of a Group (3:51)
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StartPriced Round vs. Convertible Security (11:50)
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StartHow Angel Investors Make Money (4:59)
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StartDue Diligence (14:36)