It has never been a better time to be an angel investor
Paul Geyer – one of the most successful and respected Vancouver-based angels – won the AngelForum “BC Angel Investor of the Year” award yesterday and sent a very simple message in his acceptance speech: “This is a fantastic time to be an angel investor”. Paul (who focuses most of his investments in the medical device […]
“All in” is not a wise strategy
Image by Jam Adams via Flickr I have seen my fair share of entrepreneurs that were “all in” – mortgaged their house to the max to get their start-up going, using their credit card limits to make the next payroll, close to personal bankruptcy at any moment. There are probably tens of thousands of cases […]
Vancouver: Wonders start here
It is really great to see how Vancouver’s tech community has developed over the past couple of years – events like GROW or Launch Party, organizations like the Bootup Entrepreneurial Society, BCIC or the VEF and media outlets like Techvibes played a key role in bringing everybody together. Now Vancouver also has a video to […]
After Angelgate, a good moment to go back to the basics
By now, everybody should have heard about Angelgate, from Arrington’s initial walk into the secret meeting of Silicon Valley super-angels to Dave McClure’s blog post as a response to Ron Conway’s email distancing himself from whatever was going on. A lot of drama during these past 3 days, too much drama in my opinion. And […]
How to become a (successful) angel investor
Angel investors are crucial for every start-up ecosystem and Canada certainly needs more of them (especially of the super-angel kind!). But angel investing is not only good for the start-ups that benefit from early and risk-taking investors, it can also generate great returns for the investors. At least if they follow a few key rules. […]