Angel, Jason Calacanis
Angel, Jason Calacanis
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Angel
How to Invest in Technology Startups-Timeless Advice from an Angel Investor Who Turned $100,000 into $100,000,000

Author: Jason Calacanis

Narrator: Jason Calacanis

Unabridged: 8 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/18/2017


Synopsis

One of Silicon Valley’s most successful angel investors shares his rules for investing in startups.There are two ways to make money in startups: create something valuable—or invest in the people that are creating valuable things.Over the past twenty-five years, Jason Calacanis has made a fortune investing in creators, spotting and helping build and fund a number of successful technology startups—investments that have earned him tens of millions of dollars. Now, in this enlightening guide that is sure to become the bible for twenty-first century investors, Calacanis takes potential angels step-by-step through his proven method of creating massive wealth: startups.As Calacanis makes clear, you can get rich—even if you came from humble beginnings (his dad was a bartender, his mom a nurse), didn’t go to the right schools, and weren’t a top student. The trick is learning how angel investors think. Calacanis takes you inside the minds of these successful moneymen, helping you understand how they prioritize and make the decisions that have resulted in phenomenal profits. He guides you step by step through the process, revealing how leading investors evaluate new ventures, calculating the risks and rewards, and explains how the best startups leverage relationships with angel investors for the best results. Whether you’re an aspiring investor or a budding entrepreneur, Angel will inspire and educate you on all the ins of outs. Buckle up for a wild ride into the world of angel investing!This audiobook edition of Angel includes exclusive bonus one-on-one interviews with Jason Calacanis and professional angel investors. Featured are Founders Fund Partner Cyan Banister, multiple start up investor Gil Penchina, Founding Partner at XG Ventures Andrea Zurek, and serial entrepreneur and start up mentor Ed Roman.

About Jason Calacanis

Jason Calacanis is a technology entrepreneur, angel investor, and the host of the popular weekly podcast This Week in Startups. The founder of a series of conferences that bring entrepreneurs together with potential investors, he was a “scout” for top-tier Silicon Valley venture capital firm Sequoia Capital and frequently appears in the media. He lives in San Francisco, California.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Travis

I doubted this book would be particularly useful to me, as I do this stuff for a living and have done 50+ early stage investments. Not so - while this book is aimed at a mass market and some of the info is quite basic, its filled with absolute gold for folks already doing this professionally. And ha......more

Goodreads review by Roger

Hard won lessons without promotional self-delusion Honestly, I thought there was a good chance that this might well be a self-congratulatory business memoir that would be a thinly veiled promotional effort for the author's next venture. Despite these misgivings, I was so eager to compare my own angel......more

Goodreads review by Adam

I got the audiobook and this one came at the perfect time since I've recently made investments in 4 startups and plan on making many more over the course of my career.  Jason Calacanis is known in the Bay to be one of the top investors angel or otherwise and also a very entertaining guy you'll see of......more

Goodreads review by Kair

While the author has disturbing delusions of grandeur this book is packed with specific, useful information that I wished I had solidified before making my first investments. Should be mandatory reading before handing your money over to startups.......more