Alexis Ohanian - June 2010

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Angel Investing for fun and profit

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Angel Investingfor fun and profit

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Alexis Ohanian@kn0thing

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Breadpig.com

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Steve

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Steve

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Tweet“XKCD FTW #angelbootcamp”

Tweet“XKCD FTW #angelbootcamp”

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23 year oldaccredited investor

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23 year oldaccredited investorDANGEROUS

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23 year oldaccredited investor

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23 year oldaccredited investor

MOST DANGEROUS THING IN THE

WORLD

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kiss your money

goodbye

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get plugged in

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get plugged in✔

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ride coattails(at least at first)

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make something

people want

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be something

people want

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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.”

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

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FUN!

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typically$10,000 - $25,000

invested in11 startups

advising 2

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Reason #314You’ve been there

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Reason #114You’re an

earliest adopter

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Live demo!

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Reason #83Like being a founder again.

Only you sleep better.

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What do BlueLeaf and Trustmarker/CO2Stats

have in common?

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

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What do BlueLeaf and Trustmarker/CO2Stats

have in common?

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

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They’re in Boston!

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Reason #4Bring Sexy

[Angel Investing]Back to Beantown

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BOSTON

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Reason #42Save the

U.S. Economy

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Tweet“[any pig food product]#angelbootcamp”

Tweet“[any pig food product]#angelbootcamp”

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