Alexis Ohanian at Angel Bootcamp (Boston - June 01, 2010 )

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Alexis Ohanian spoke at Angel Bootcamp on June 1, 2010. He gave away copies of xkcd: volume 0 during the talk, which is why there are slides with giant breadpigs on them. Do not be alarmed.

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Angel Investing for fun and profit

Angel Investing for fun and profit

Angel Investing for fun and profit

Alexis  Ohanian  

@kn0thing  

Breadpig.com

Steve

Steve

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23 year old accredited investor

23 year old accredited investor DANGEROUS

23 year old accredited investor

23 year old accredited investor

MOST DANGEROUS THING IN THE

kiss your money

goodbye

get plugged in

get plugged in ✔  

ride coattails (at least at first)

make something people want

be something people want

Ron Conway: “Why do I like [Angel

Investing]? Why have I made 500 angel investments?

I don’t like it because it’s fun. It’s to much work to be fun but I love it because it’s interesting.

That is why I angel invest.”

I know Ron Conway… Mr. Ohanian, you’re no Ron Conway.

FUN!

typically $10,000 - $25,000

invested in 11 startups

advising 2

Reason #314 You’ve been there

Reason #114 You’re an

earliest adopter

Live demo!  

Reason #83 Like being a founder again.

Only you sleep better.

What do BlueLeaf and Trustmarker/CO2Stats have in common?

(other than the fact that I invested in both of them)

What do BlueLeaf and Trustmarker/CO2Stats have in common?

(other than the fact that I invested in both of them)

They’re in Boston!

Reason #4 Bring Sexy

[Angel Investing] Back to Beantown

BOSTON  

Reason #42 Save the

U.S. Economy

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(Thanks!) AlexisOhanian.com

DasKapitalCapital.com @kn0thing