We just released Angel Network Pulse: The First 101 - an analysis of 101 angel network investments tracked over nine months through The Diligent Observer newsletter. Here's what I learned: The Big Picture 101 deals across 72 angel networks in 15 countries. $288M in announced funding (likely closer to $500M total funding, since only 53% disclosed round sizes). This represents roughly 8-10% of total annual angel network activity based on ACA's tracking of 1,200-1,500 deals per year. Key Finding...
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We just released Angel Network Pulse: The First 101 - an analysis of 101 angel network investments tracked over nine months through The Diligent Observer newsletter. Here's what I learned: The Big Picture 101 deals across 72 angel networks in 15 countries. $288M in announced funding (likely closer to $500M total funding, since only 53% disclosed round sizes). This represents roughly 8-10% of total annual angel network activity based on ACA's tracking of 1,200-1,500 deals per year. Key Finding...
Episode 47: "Friendly Competition" | The DEC Network's Bill Chinn on the Role of Angel Investors in North Texas, Healthy Ecosystem Rivalry, and Managing Type-A Personalities
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Episode 47: "Friendly Competition" | The DEC Network's Bill Chinn on the Role of Angel Investors in North Texas, Healthy Ecosystem Rivalry, and Managing Type-A Personalities
Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: Ecosystem competition breeds innovation – The friendly rivalry between DFW Startup Week and Brad Feld's Denver Startup Week shows how healthy external competition is a wonderful thing. “Who gets the credit” politics can kill momentum - Bill's observation that meetings about who gets recognition are meetings NOT moving deals forward crystallized why ego management matters so much in building thriving ecosyst...
The Diligent Observer Podcast
We just released Angel Network Pulse: The First 101 - an analysis of 101 angel network investments tracked over nine months through The Diligent Observer newsletter. Here's what I learned: The Big Picture 101 deals across 72 angel networks in 15 countries. $288M in announced funding (likely closer to $500M total funding, since only 53% disclosed round sizes). This represents roughly 8-10% of total annual angel network activity based on ACA's tracking of 1,200-1,500 deals per year. Key Finding...
