Angel Knowledge Series
Keynote SpeakerNaval Ravikant
C0-Founder of AngelList
"Ideas on Reinventing Angel Deal Sourcing."
• Moderator: Michael Price, CEO Ventures
Bio.
Naval is a co-founder of AngelListk, an entrepreneur and angel investor, and co-author of Venture Hacks. Previously, he was a co-founder at Genoa Corp (acquired by Finisar), Epinions.com (IPO via Shopping.com), and Vast.com (large white-label classifieds marketplace). He has invested in many companies, including Twitter, FourSquare, DocVerse (sold to Google), Mixer Labs (sold to Twitter), Jambool (Social Gold), SnapLogic, PlanCast, Stack Overflow, Heyzap, and Disqus. He also keeps a very active and entertaining blog at www.StartupBoy.com
Agenda.
- Intro system to find startup key talent.
- Best way to position for funding success.
- Direction of pre-monies and cap tables.
- Creative uses of AngelList beyond capital and talent.
- How will angel funding continue to evolve--the future?
- Recommendations on how much to seek upfront?
- Direction of failure rates for startups?
- Latest trends, what sectors and areas are hot?
- JOBS Act? What will work, what else is needed?
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