Investor Types: Angels, Friends, and Family with David S. Rose - Episode 10

Pitchology

A new, creative business idea caught your eye? Perhaps you can become an angel investor to look things over. As an angel investor, you’ll not only provide support for the budding startup, but you can also have more direct access to a company with high growth potential.

Talking about angel investors, Steve Distante invites David S. Rose as he talks more about his experiences as an entrepreneur and as an angel investor. He recalls how he founded New York Angels and how he helps make the process of angel investing easier for startups and investors.

In this conversation, David Rose discusses his experience as an angel investor, including how he got started in the industry and his work to organize and manage angel investor networks. He also talks about his book on angel investing and his active involvement in answering questions about startups and angel investing online.

Who’s The Guest? David S. Rose is an Inc. 500 CEO, real estate developer, financial technology investor, and serial entrepreneur. He founded or funded more than 100 pioneering companies. He has been described by Forbes as "New York's Archangel", by BusinessWeek as a "world conquering entrepreneur", by Crain's New York Business as "the father of angel investing in New York”, and by Red Herring magazine as "patriarch of Silicon Alley".

David is the New York Times best-selling author of both Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money & Having Fun Investing in Startups, and The Startup Checklist: 25 Steps to a Scalable, High-Growth Business.

Highlights

• Other than being the founder of New York Angels, who is David S. Rose?
• Gaining different titles: Godfather of Angel Investing,
• Patriarch of Silicon Valley, and Archangel of New York Angel Investing
• What the future of technology is and its impact on humanity
• Angel investors vs venture capitalists: What’s the big difference?
• The different kinds of investors and their motivations
• What are the stages of funding for startups?
• How much money should you raise and what valuation should you expect
• What the JOBS Act 2012 is all about
• The dangers of investing in angel deals
• Pros and cons of crowdfunding for startups
• The reality of crowdfunding for startups
• Essence of a good pitch
• How to learn more about angel investing

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Episode Resources

• Connect with Steve Distante
• https://pitchology.ai/
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• Connect with David S. Rose
• http://www.davidsrose.com/
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidsrose
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_S._Rose
• https://twitter.com/davidsrose