{"id":27775,"date":"2017-07-16T20:28:04","date_gmt":"2017-07-16T18:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=27775"},"modified":"2020-04-21T17:50:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-21T15:50:06","slug":"things-i-wish-someone-had-told-me-before-i-started-angel-investing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2017\/07\/16\/things-i-wish-someone-had-told-me-before-i-started-angel-investing\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I wish someone had told me before I started angel investing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Things I wish someone had told me before I started angel investing<\/a>\u00a0blog post shares some insight into what it takes to be an angel investor, and how much failure one will probably go through before getting any kind of success. \u00a0Like with everything, it takes time, money, and effort to learn the intricacies.<\/p>\n

Actually, the needle-in-the-haystack is not quite the right metaphor. \u00a0There is a small cadre of people who actually have what it takes to successfully build an NBT, and experienced investors are pretty good at recognizing them. \u00a0Because of this, they don’t have trouble raising money. \u00a0As I mentioned earlier, one of the reasons people get into angel investing is because they think it’s more fun to be the beggee than the beggor. \u00a0But the cool kids don’t beg. \u00a0The cool kids \u2014 the ones who really know what they’re doing and have the best chances of succeeding \u2014\u00a0decide who they allow<\/i>\u00a0to invest in their companies. \u00a0And they want investors who have been around the block, who know what they are doing, who have a thick rolodex of potentially useful contacts, and most importantly, deep enough pockets to do follow-on investments, and thick enough hides not to complain if things go south.<\/p>\n

If you want to make money on angel investing, you really have to treat it as a full time job, not because it makes you more likely to pick the winners, but because it makes it more likely that the winners will pick you.<\/p>\n

Also, don’t forget that there are also more investing options out there, one of them being etf investing<\/a>, which is a very profitable option!<\/p>\n

If you’re not ready for that, you will be much better off financially buying index funds.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

Things I wish someone had told me before I started angel investing\u00a0blog post shares some insight into what it takes to be an angel investor, and how much failure one will probably go through before getting any kind of success. \u00a0Like with everything, it takes time, money, and effort to learn the intricacies. 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