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Essentially, your job as an angel is to monitor people coming out of these channels and pick out the best ones. You’re basically acting like a college scout watching high school players, who are still developing, run up and down the field. You can’t pick perfectly, but you can develop strategies to pick well.

In Chapter 5, I discussed the critical first part of angel investing: seeking exciting potential companies in which to invest, and building your top-of-the-funnel deal flow. We went through a host of places you could visit proactively to find investment targets, from personal connections and meetups to angel groups and Demo Days. But while the worl

Because angel investing should be only one part of a well-balanced portfolio, most angels do not (and should not) invest more than 10 percent of their assets into such ventures. In fact, John Huston, the former Chairman of the Angel Capital Association, suggests that angels limit their annual early-stage investments to 10 percent of their free cash

In Scripture the phrase “an angel of the Lord” refers to a messenger angel. But in this instance, 16:7 says “the angel of the LORD.” Many scholars believe this distinction refers to the preincarnate Jesus—God the Son appearing on earth as a man before He was born as a human named Jesus.

That’s why I advocate that new angels do ten small angel syndicates before they start doing direct investing. Beyond the very real chance of getting a positive return on your investment, if you do this hack, you will build your reputation, have a chance to prove your worth to founders, and jump-start your network—all for the bargain price of $25,00

being able to say “I'm at $400,000 on a $500,000 raise and we've got room for one or two more investors” is a powerful statement to a prospective angel investor since most investors love to be part of an oversubscribed round.