Sublime

Third is the advisor, a.k.a. the broke angel. They trade their skills, time, connections, and reputation in exchange for shares. Fourth is the angel investor. That’s you! Your entire life is not consumed by a single startup. Your job is to support founders when no one else will and steer them into the hands of professional investors.

The amateur life is our youth. It's our hero's journey. No one is born a pro.

fifteen-year-old is too young to open a Roth IRA, so my dad and I opened a “custodial” account together at E-Trade. I had a few thousand bucks from a few high school jobs I worked—pizza maker, soccer referee, and sales guy for an internet company—so I started looking for what to invest in.