Angel : how to invest in technology startups-timeless advice from an angel investor who turned $100,000 into $100,000,000 / Jason Calacanis.

Contents Include

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Someone Else Was Supposed to Write This Book
The American Dream
The Future Of Jobs
-And Making Money
Escaping The Matrix
ch. 2 The Brooklyn Grinder
Is Angel Investing Gambling?
The Sequoia Scout Program's Secret Origin
I Used To Dream About This Life
"Pass On What You Have Learned."-Yoda
No Gamble, No Future
For The Real Outsiders
ch. 3 What Is Angel Investing?
Angel Investing 101
Product/Market Fit And Exits
No Risk, No Reward
"You Only Have To Be Right Once."
-Mark Cuban
Angel Investing Vs. Boring Investing
A Typical Angel Investor Scenario
What's The Downside?
ch. 4 Is Angel Investing for You?
Money, Time, Network, And Expertise
Dealing With Wild Cards
ch. 5 Do You Need to Be In Silicon Valley to Be a Croat Angel Investor?
ch. 6 What's So Special About Silicon Valley?
Silicon Valley Is The Center Of The Universe
Location, Location, Location
Contents note continued: Second Place Is First Loser
Life In The Fast Lane
Network Effect
Literal Moonshots
ch. 7 Startup Funding Rounds Explained
Is This An Angel Round Or A Seed Round?
Sweat Equity
Bootstrapping
Friends And Family
Self-Funding
Incubator Funding
Seed/Angel Funding
Bridge Round, A.K.A. Seed Plus
Series A
Series B, C, D, E, F, And Mezzanine Rounds
ch. 8 How To Be An Angel Investor With Little or No Money
Cap Table Basics
Five Ways To Get On A Cap Table
Shareholder Motivations
Other People's Money
Secondary Sales
Broke Angels
Founding Vs. Funding
ch. 9 The Pros And Cons Of Advising
You've Gotta Start Somewhere
Opportunity Costs
My First Advisor Check
Saving Up
Dyn-O-Mite!
Collision Course
Three Out Of Four Ain't Bad
ch. 10 Going Straight From College To Angel Investing
The Sucker At The Table
The Future Is All Around Us
Contents note continued: ch. 11 How To Hack Angel Investing: Syndicates
The Easiest Way To Become An Angel
Angel Syndicates
The Benefits Of Syndicates
ch. 12 Month One: Your First Ten Syndicate Deals
Picking The Syndicate Deals To Join
How To Act In A Syndicate
Write Deal Memos
Jedi Poker
Angel: It's Not Just A Job
My Biggest Miss: Twitter
ch. 13 Month Two: Thirty Days Of Angel And Founder Meetings
Building Your Network
Meet Twelve Angels
Meet Twenty-Five Founders
Getting Good At Saying No
ch. 14 My Best And Worst Pitch Meetings
Pitch Overload
The Best And Worst Investors I've Pitched
ch. 15 What to Do Before a Pitch Meeting
Hint: It's Not Just A Google Search
ch. 16 What To Do During a Pitch Meeting
One Hour Minimum
Give Them Your Full Attention
Bring Pen And Paper
Activate Silent Mode
Coffee Shops Are A Last Resort
The Best Interview Questions Are The Ones You Didn't Write
Contents note continued: Never Say Yes Or No During A Pitch
ch. 17 How to Pick a Billion-Dollar Founder
The Billion-Dollar Question
Filtering Your Deal Flow
Finding Businesses That Can Scale
Overcoming Blind Spots
Limit Signaling To Founders, Not Ideas Or Markets
ch. 18 The Four Founder Questions
A Thousand First Dates
How To Ask Questions
Question Zero
What Have We Learned?
ch. 19 Going Deeper
The Next Five Questions You Should Ask
Tactical Questions
My Burn Rate Party Trick
Personal Questions
ch. 20 Founder Or Fraud?
Going The Distance
Key Founder Traits
It's No Secret
Silent But Deadly Or Silent And Dead
ch. 21 Evaluating The Deal
Timing
Pro Rata
Valuation
ch. 22 Why Angels Should Write Deal Memos
The Best Way To Improve Your Selection Process
The Greatest Deal Memo Ever Written
The Pied Piper Of Startups
Keep Calm And Carry On
ch. 23 The Perfect Way to Decline a Deal
Contents note continued: Fifty Ways To Leave Your Founder
You Want The Truth?
Incubator Fatigue
Say "Not Yet" Instead Of "No"
ch. 24 Due Diligence Checklist
Reducing Your Risk
Playing Startup Detective
Crossing The Line
It Gets Worse
It Gets Much Worse
The Appearance Of Impropriety Is Impropriety
ch. 25 Your First Yes
It Gets Real
ch. 26 How Founders Should Treat Their Angels
Both Sides Of The Table
What Angels Are Going Through
How To Communicate With Angels
Loyalty
Jason Calacanis Does Not Eat Shit
ch. 27 There Is Nothing: More Important Than Monthly Updates
Signs Of Life
No News Isn't Good News
The Opposite Of Monthly Updates
Replying To Monthly Updates
ch. 28 Your Disastrous Second Year As An Angel Investor
Losing Streak
Doubling Down
A Bridge To Nowhere
Pivot Or Persevere?
ch. 29 Keep Your Head Up
Light At The End Of The Funnel
Panic Is Contagious
Contents note continued: Don't Speak For Your Portfolio Companies
Bankroll Management
Starting Is Easy, Finishing Is Hard
Learning From Failure
ch. 30 Exits: Great Companies Are Bought, Not Sold
How You Get Paid
Secondary Shares
M&A All Day
Little Birds And Big Vultures
Smart And Gets Things Done
Everybody Wants You
ch. 31 Finding Your Groove
What's Your Strategy?
Some Angels Bet On Founders
Some Angels Want To Solve A Problem
Some Angels Bet On Delight
Some Angels Bet On Markets
ch. 32 Where Does Your Angel Story End?
You Return Less Than You Invested
You Return What You Invested
You Return Two To Five Times What You Invested
You Return More Than Five To One Hundred Times What You Invested.