Aug 1, 2018
Invest Alongside Boston's Top Angel in Our Syndicates: Link to Syndicates Page
Angel investors Catherine Friend White and Ben Littauer answered questions about investing in startups in front of an audience at Babson College. Then the audience got to ask questions. The conversation ranged from the optimal portfolio size to the usefulness of the blockchain.
Here are some highlights:
- Sal Introduces Live Event - Thanks Nina Block & Margaret Jone from Babson for Making it Possible
- Sal Introduces Angel Catherine Friend White
- Sal Introduces Angel Ben Littauer
- How Catherine Became an Angel Investor
- How Ben Became an Angel Investor
- “…there are about 32 [angel groups] here in New England…”
- “…I have so many soft values that I get from doing this [angel investing]…”
- KnipBio & UltraCell
- Cognition Therapeutics – Susan Catalano
- “Having run my own company for 27 years, I have also my own list of what not to do…”
- “If you have 25 [investments], you can probably diversify away a fair amount of the risk.”
- “One of the biggest mistakes that early investors make is, they have a good outcome on their first bet and then they think they can pick winners.”
- “…angel deals are chronically underfunded in the Boston area…”
- “…when you're providing growth capital you need to keep providing more.”
- NextShift Robotics
- ICOs
- “…I think that there is a lot of value in blockchain, but there's a lot of swamp around the blockchain ecosystem…”
- “The other thing to know about blockchain is that the NSA has cracked it.”
- Potential of Using the Blockchain for Storing Medical Records
- Maybe This Is a Situation Where an ICO Makes Sense
- Coachability Is Crucial for Founders
- "I am going to be the forever CEO."
- “…come to us and ask for advice, you might get money.”
- Golden Seed Office Hours & The Capital Network, TCN, as Great Resources
- Q&A: Joel Francois of Helius Power
- Q&A: Ankit Soni of Cricket++
- Q&A: Bob Goodof of Walnut Ventures
- Q&A: Brett Wagner of Waec LLC