Entrepreneurship: Understanding Angel Investors With Ron Conway and Mike Maples Jr
I’ve been an entrepreneur for over 12 years and interfaced with many angels from both the east and west coast. One thing that I would share with other entrepreneurs is “understand the angel’s mindset”. If you do you’ll have a better chance to being successful.
Here is a great interview at Stanford Entrepreneurial Corner with two successful angels: Ron Conway and Mike Maples Jr.
Ron Conway is more senior and still very active who has invested in many companies. Mike Maples Jr is a rising star (son of Mike Maples Sr a computer industry legend) that is “running up the score” in the social web area.
Experienced angel investors, Ron Conway, Founder of Angel Investors LP, and Mike Maples, Founder of Maples Investments, provide a rare look into the ins and outs of angel investing. Conway and Maples discuss how angel investors assess opportunities, provide assistance to entrepreneurs and transition start-ups to larger venture investments or exit. In addition, Conway and Maples provide advice to entrepreneurs about finding one’s passion and developing that passion into new ventures, including insight into how much money to raise and how to manage that money after it is in the bank.
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