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Active Angel Investors can see hundreds of opportunities a year, so in addition to having a robust due diligence process, knowing what to expect and look for in a pitch deck can help with efficiency. Ultimately, it comes down to a degree of personal preference when it comes to reviewing pitch decks: do you prefer…

A great company solving a critical problem can still be a bad angel investment if the market size, and therefore potential return multiple is too small. Let’s look at how angels can estimate the size of the market.

The market test asks whether or not the company’s addressable market, also commonly referred to as TAM (Total Addressable Market), is large enough to warrant an investment. Included in the addressable market test is the existing (and potentially new) competitors in the space. This is a critical component of the screening process because there exist several large markets (online retail) that may…

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More opportunities means more investments means more money, right? Not necessarily. It is important for Angels to be able to differentiate between quality and poor investment opportunities, known as deal flow. …

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Success in the Venture Capital industry is predicated on distilling down piles of information into a single decision: invest or not invest. As the industry adopts more technology and a data-driven approach, often overlooked are the hidden biases that lead to suboptimal decisions.

In the world of investments, the study of these biases are collectively referred to as Behavioral Finance. In this paper we detail these biases that affect decision making and adopt a framework for thinking smarter for the Venture Capital industry.

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Behavioral Biases Explained

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Given the growth in wealth in the United States over the past several decades, most certainly due in part to the success of Silicon Valley, the number of Angel Investors has continued to grow. It is less common today than in the past for Angels to act as soloists, instead banding together into groups and/or…

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Angel Investor? VC? LP? GP? What’s the difference between all these types of investors? Simply put, it boils down to when investments are made. …

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Angel Investors deal with a lot of uncertainty. In fact, perhaps the best way to characterize what early stage investors do is put a dollar amount to uncertainty probabilities.

What does this mean? It means that there is a lot outside the control of investors — so managing this uncertainty within the investment process and…

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Parents are looking for new ways to teach their kids, but struggle to manage planning, programming, and teaching while managing their own lives.

Now, more than ever, parents have a front-seat view into their child’s learning agenda and more control over it than ever before. Despite being in this position, they lack the time, context, and knowledge to effectively support their child’s at-home learning. …