Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: Angel investment dollar-cost averaging - The vintage year matters, and Amy's comments got me thinking about how traditional finance concepts like DCA can be applied effectively in the angel investing world.Curation creates commitment - Amy's insight that showing fewer, highly-vetted deals can increase member engagement challenges a common assumption I see in the angel space that more deal flow equals more value.The fou...
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Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: Angel investment dollar-cost averaging - The vintage year matters, and Amy's comments got me thinking about how traditional finance concepts like DCA can be applied effectively in the angel investing world.Curation creates commitment - Amy's insight that showing fewer, highly-vetted deals can increase member engagement challenges a common assumption I see in the angel space that more deal flow equals more value.The fou...
Episode 43: "Campus-Born Ventures: An Underappreciated Asset Class" | Tom Duening on Democratizing Campus Capital, University Revenue Models, and Worldwide Deal Flow
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4 months ago
Episode 43: "Campus-Born Ventures: An Underappreciated Asset Class" | Tom Duening on Democratizing Campus Capital, University Revenue Models, and Worldwide Deal Flow
Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: The maturity evolution - His emphasis on campus ecosystems moving away from "every idea is good" to investor-ready reality checks highlights a necessary shift in the academic entrepreneurship model.The pledge-based investing model - Tom's concept of angels pledging a percentage of capital gains as a gift back to universities creates a virtuous funding loop I have seen deployed in some university entreprene...
The Diligent Observer Podcast
Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: Angel investment dollar-cost averaging - The vintage year matters, and Amy's comments got me thinking about how traditional finance concepts like DCA can be applied effectively in the angel investing world.Curation creates commitment - Amy's insight that showing fewer, highly-vetted deals can increase member engagement challenges a common assumption I see in the angel space that more deal flow equals more value.The fou...
