Call me crazy, but I’m an Angel Investor

I am actively investing in early stage web/software companies through my $2.5M fund which I announced in May of 2009 . My style is to be an engaged investor which means that I like have a good up-to-date sense of what’s going on within each company so that I can try to be helpful in any way possible. I occasionally accept invitations for board seats for companies in which I am an investor and in which I have direct relevant experience. You can see the companies that I have already invested in below. Please feel free to email me your executive summary or a few short paragraphs about your startup. I can usually get back to you very quickly.

Current Portfolio

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Oblong

Remember the movie Minority Report? They controlled computers and massive amounts of data with their hands. I’ve seen the future, and it’s Oblong.




Past Investments

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RouteSmith

RouteSmith is Vehicle Logistics and Route Optimization as a service. The company was acquired by Runzheimer International in 2008.

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The “Easy Out”

I’ve used a technique that I call the “easy out” for some time. It’s handy when you’re selling someone something and they’re are ignoring you. It could be an investor you’re trying to close, or a customer that you’re trying to sell something to.
Once you’ve tried several emails with no response, I always recommend a [...]

Gigabit Fiber in Boulder

Google has put out a call that looks like this:
Google is planning to launch an experiment that we hope will make Internet access better and faster for everyone. We plan to test ultra-high speed broadband networks in one or more trial locations across the country. Our networks will deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times [...]

University of Colorado Denver – Annual Business Plan Competition

CU Denver’s Bard Center is hosting their 10th annual business plan competition on June 10th, and it’s open to all early stage Colorado based companies which have not yet received significant Angel or Venture Capital funding.
 
Orientation for the 10th Annual Bard Center for Entrepreneurship Business Plan Competition is coming up on March 11, 2010 at 5:30PM [...]

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