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You can’t raise money publicly yet 15 Jul 2013 | 08:21 pm
Last week, the SEC lifted the ban on general solicitation for startups. AngelList and many others have been working on this law for a long time. But you can’t raise money publicly yet. The new regula...
How much traction do I need to raise money? 23 Apr 2013 | 11:23 pm
How much traction do you need to raise $1M? AngelList’s Ash Fontana has the answer on TechCrunch: Read the post for details and also see these comments by me, Michael Wolfe, and Shallaba.
No email at AngelList 22 Mar 2013 | 10:05 pm
We use very little email at AngelList. Most of our communication happens on Yammer, HipChat, Tracker and face-to-face. This probably gets us an 90% reduction in email. If you’re running your company v...
6-year vesting 1 Mar 2013 | 09:30 pm
Every team member of AngelList is on a 6-year vesting schedule. Including the founders. Why? Because it takes a long time to build something important. And we want everyone to stick around for a long ...
The Entrepreneurial Age 26 Feb 2013 | 01:19 am
The entrepreneurial age will be as important as the industrial age and the information age. In the industrial and information ages, we learned how to put physics and information to great use. Physics ...
There is no finish line for entrepreneurs 18 Feb 2013 | 11:03 pm
For an entrepreneur, if it is possible to make it better, she must make it better. If it is possible to make it more accessible, she must make it more accessible. If it is impossible to make it better...
1-man startups 15 Feb 2013 | 08:49 pm
The AngelList team is roughly organized into 1-(wo)man startups. That means we expect you to treat your project like a startup. You come up with the idea, do the design, write the code, release it, ma...
Ask forgiveness, not permission 11 Feb 2013 | 09:40 pm
AngelList “corporate policy” is that team members should ask forgiveness, not permission. We would rather have someone do something wrong than ask permission to do it. Or better, we would rather have ...
Startups are here to save the world 7 Feb 2013 | 09:24 pm
“He cares deeply about… the advancement of humankind, and putting the right tools in their hands.” – Laurene Powell Jobs on her husband, Steve Startups aren’t here to change the world, they’re here to...
How to make money with pro rata rights 2 Jul 2012 | 07:40 am
How to make money with pro rata rights: Exercise the pro rata, no matter the valuation, as long as the company is underpriced. Heuristically: a smart VC is leading an up round in the company. Lead a...
