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Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Mike Maples, Founder And Managing Partner, Floodgate (Part 12)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: So, it’s not necessary that the company had on the team, previous CEO experience, or any senior executive experience? Mike: I think it’s good to have, but sometimes I find that to be overrated. Irina: What do you do with the deals that you don’t invest
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Mike Maples, Founder And Managing Partner, Floodgate (Part 11)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: So, you really don’t have a lot of interest in the niche markets? Mike: This is another view that we have that’s a little bit subtle, but we don’t talk in terms of available markets. The reason is when I can analyze the total available market,
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Mike Maples, Founder And Managing Partner, Floodgate (Part 10)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: At what stage of a company’s development do you usually invest? Would you invest in a company that was just an idea on paper? Mike: It varies quite a bit. We’ve funded PowerPoint pitches before, but generally speaking we don’t do that. Our basic belief is
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Mike Maples, Founder And Managing Partner, Floodgate (Part 9)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How many deals do you think you’ll be making over the next 12 months? Mike: We’ll probably do somewhere between ten and fifteen investments. Irina: How much do you anticipate you will invest per deal? Mike: That’s good question. Typically, we invest between $250,000 and $1
Entrepreneurship Education: Are You Ready For Funding?
One thing we’re hearing continually from angel investors – mind you, angel investors, not VCs – is that entrepreneurs approach them too early and without adequate preparation. Folks, you cannot (and should not) do this. Once you get rejected by one investor, you will not be able to go back to that same investor anytime
Entrepreneurship Education: Who Is the Right Seed Investor For You?
I am sure many of you are reading 1M/1M Ambassador Irina Patterson’s Seed Capital series where she’s interviewing seed investors from various walks of life, and with a diverse set of perspectives. Whereas Mike Maples is interested in the top 15 deals in Silicon Valley each year, Basil Peters likes to invest in businesses that
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Mike Maples, Founder And Managing Partner, Floodgate (Part 8)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: How do you conduct your due diligence? Mike: That’s the hard part because Ann and I are little bit emotional in our investing styles. We believe that the greatest outcomes tend to be controversial when they’re funded. For example, Twitter was very controversial when it was
Seed Capital From Angel Investors: Mike Maples, Founder And Managing Partner, Floodgate (Part 7)
By guest authors Irina Patterson and Candice Arnold Irina: Are there any other meetings that you have for entrepreneurs? Mike: Sometimes we’ll introduce the entrepreneur to other people in our network, both to try to help the entrepreneur but also to assess the opportunity. But for the most part, if the phone call goes really
