Where Angels Fear to Tread - How Angels Get Screwed in The Startup Game

The Traction Gap

Monthly Archives: May 2016

Where Angels Fear to Tread – How Angels Get Screwed in The Startup Game

Written on May 27, 2016 at 6:10 pm, by

An angel investor friend recently got a bit of hard news – they were going to get significantly less on a recent acquisition of an angel investment than they had expected. It was a good lesson in the perils of angel investing.  Personally, I’ve made a couple dozen myself, so I have direct, sometimes painful  Continue Reading »

The Traction Gap

Written on May 26, 2016 at 11:09 pm, by

My friend and a partner at Wildcat Venture Partners, Bruce Cleveland, along with his associates, has come up with an idea that helps explain why some early-stage companies thrive and thus raise more capital, while others die on the vine. As a venture capitalist, he is always trying to figure this out, trying to determine  Continue Reading »