Angel Investing, David S. Rose
Angel Investing, David S. Rose
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Angel Investing
The Gust Guide to Making Money & Having Fun Investing in Startups

Author: David S. Rose

Narrator: David S. Rose

Unabridged: 6 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 06/01/2014


Synopsis

Every year in America, over 600,000 new businesses start up and hire their first employees. Many will fail, but some of them will become the legendary businesses of the future, transforming industries and making millions for the angel investors who helped fund them in their early days. Angel investing, once the exclusive province of multi-millionaire high-rollers, has now entered the mainstream, with more than $20 billion being invested annually by individual investors in the US alone. Contrary to popular belief, access to these high risk/high return investments—and success in startup investing—doesn’t have to be a matter of luck or connections. Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money & Having Fun Investing in Startups shows how smart investors with the right strategy and a long-term perspective can achieve annual returns of 25 percent or more from a well-designed angel portfolio.

Written by David S. Rose, the founder of Gust—the global platform that powers the world of organized professional angel investing—Angel Investing is a comprehensive, entertaining guide that walks readers through every step of the way to becoming a successful angel investor. It is illustrated with stories from among the 90+ companies in which David has invested during a 25 year career as one of the world’s most active business angels and includes instructions on how to get started, how to find and evaluate opportunities, and how to pursue and structure investments to maximize your returns.

From building your reputation as a smart investor, to negotiating fair deals, adding value to your portfolio companies and helping them implement smart exit strategies, David provides both the fundamental strategies and the specific tools you need to take full advantage of this rapidly growing asset class. He details the advantages of joining an angel group, explains how seed and venture funds can help leverage an investor’s resources, and reveals how recent regulatory changes and new online platforms are making startup investing accessible to millions of Americans.

Making money is no longer about sitting back and reading stock listings, David says. It is now about being part owner of an exciting startup that can be fun and financially rewarding. Angel Investing teaches investors how to carefully select and manage investments, establish a long term view, and approach angel investing as a serious part of an alternative asset portfolio while also enjoying being an integral part of an exciting new venture.

Reviews

Goodreads review by David on May 04, 2014

I obviously loved this book—because I wrote it! But I hope that you will as well. It is the first real "how to" book that covers angel investing as a professional alternative asset class, walking prospective angels (and the entrepreneurs who seek investments from them) through the entire angel proce......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on May 15, 2014

This book is practical, informative, entertaining, and a window into a world of startups and entrepreneurship that too few get to experience firsthand. Beyond the insight into what it means to invest in an early-stage company or attract investment, the reader gets a sense of what it actually takes t......more

Goodreads review by João on May 07, 2018

With decades of experience as an angel, the founder of Gust David Rose is the authority to talk about angel investing. From why to how, passing by topics as motivation, deal formats, typical terms, legal aspects and angel communities.......more

Goodreads review by Eskay on May 12, 2021

Approached it with high expectations. It covers basic angel investing concepts and a round up of terms and structures. Very basic primer. Also might add that since most of his observations are centered around the US market, non US readers may not get many takeaways here. If you've already followed hi......more

Goodreads review by Thiago on August 03, 2021

This is a great companion book to Jason Calacanis' Angel. Calacanis' focus is on how to get your dealflow going and on how to pick your deals, whereas Rose's focus are practical topics like valuation, due diligence, and financial instruments (equity vs convertible notes vs SAFEs). My one gripe is tha......more