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Founder & Savvy Angel Investor: Laura Spiekerman
A chat with angel investor and founder of Alloy - Laura Spiekerman. We dive into what makes someone a good investor, deal flow, and more.
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Angel Investor & Fund Manager: Jenny Fielding
Angel investor and fund manager Jenny Fielding talks about the three most important aspects of fundraising, her top advice for aspiring investors, and how to get started.
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Angel Investor & Fund Manager: Emily Kramer
Meet Emily Kramer, the marketing angel investor. She shares her insights on what she looks for in founders, startups, and how angel investors can be helpful to those they invest in.
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Angel Secrets with Nkechi Iregbulem: What Every Founder & Investor Must Know
Nkechi Iregbulem shares advice for both founders and investors when it comes startups, angel investing, and fundraising.
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How these top Silicon Valley entrepreneurs choose their angel investments
How do entrepreneurs like Sam Altman, Tim Ferriss, and Naval Ravikant choose which startups to invest in? Find out right here.
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The rise and fall of Clubhouse, lessons for investors.
Clubhouse, the invite-only social media platform that rose faster than a rocket and fell harder than a skydiver without a parachute. 5 things investors can learn from the failure of Clubhouse.
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How to Invest in Startups (When You're Not a VC)
Learn about the 3 main ways of investing in startups, and which one is the most effective for great deal flow and for both accredited and unaccredited investors.
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What is due diligence?
The full guide by PIN on how to due diligence as a first time angel investor. What is due diligence, when is it performed, what should angel investors look for, and extra resources.
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Angel Investor Alex Pattis Shares the Dos & Don'ts of Investing
Angel investor Alex Pattis has an extensive background working as an operator in startups. In this interview he talks about red flags to watch out for, what makes a good investor, and how to maintain investor & founder relationships.
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How to invest like Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos has made billions from his successful angel investments. Learn about his biggest exits and his investment strategy.
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Kathy Copic: Angel Investor and Data Scientist
What is the most important thing new angel investors need to be aware of? Kathy Copic, an angel investor with a background in data and machine learning, gives us the lowdown.
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Joanne Wilson: the angel who backs female-founded companies
Meet Joanne Wilson - angel investor and entrepreneur who's been dominating the NYC scene for years. We take a deep dive into her investment portfolio.
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Meet Andrew Rea: From Small Town Life to Becoming a Founder, VC, and Angel Investor
Join the PIN team and Andrew Rea, a respected angel investor, as we explore his journey from growing up in a blue collar community in Ohio with zero exposure to venture capital and startups to becoming a founder, working as a VC, and now an angel investor.
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9 Powerful Female Tech Founders Making Waves
These 9 women founders have built some of the most successful tech businesses in Silicon Valley. Find out who they are and what they have been building.
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The Angel Chronicles: Ron Conway - The Godfather of Silicon Valley
Meet "the man who has placed more bets on Internet start-ups than anyone else in Silicon Valley."
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Silicon Valley swag: Sam Altman's most successful angel investments
Sam Altman is the founder of OpenAI and also one of the most active angel investors of the decade. Learn about his angel investing portfolio and his framework on how to angel invest in startups.
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The Airbnb Mafia
This week in tech mafia news: the top 38 startups from the Airbnb Mafia.
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The Amazon Mafia
The grand Amazon Mafia - collectively, they've raised over $32 billion in funding and founded over 720 companies across different verticals.
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The Angel Chronicles: Cyan Banister
Someone you absolutely must know about: Cyan Banister. You won’t see her too much in the public eye, but she is one of the most prolific female angel investors with over 100 personal investments and over 42 exits.
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The Apple Mafia
This week we cover the 94 top startups founded by former employees of Apple, including rising stars.
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Cool pitch decks of AI startups that raised money
A look at 9 AI startups that have raised millions in funding with their pitch decks.
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The best startup investing opportunities come in bad times
Big shocks to the economy often result in new opportunities for unique business ideas. A look at the current landscape of what startup investing looks like.
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The creator economy: hot on the VC and angel radar
As with any rapidly growing and exciting space, the creator economy is attracting attention from venture capital firms and other investors. Here are some of the top VC funds actively investing in the creator economy.
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The Coinbase Mafia
The ultimate web3 tech mafia group: the Coinbase Mafia. Find out what successful and upcoming web3 companies were founded by previous employees of Coinbase.
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The Dropbox Mafia
This week we have a total banger - the Dropbox Mafia. This alumni group is really one-of-a-kind, with over 30 successful companies founded by previous employees of Dropbox.
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The Facebook Mafia
Ever wondered what former of employees of Facebook go on to do? Well, they start their own companies! Check out the best companies from the Facebook Mafia.
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The eBay Mafia
Learn about the eBay Mafia and it's wildly successful founders and their companies, including YouTube!
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The Instacart Mafia
This week in Tech Mafia news: A look at the 13 most influential companies formed by previous employees of Instacart.
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The Google Mafia
The Google Mafia is here, and it's MASSIVE. Find out who the biggest stars are!
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The Instagram Mafia
Meet the ultimate social media tech mafia group - the Instagram Mafia.
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The Linkedin Mafia
Learn which are the top 50 companies of the Linkedin Mafia, including their investors and money raised so far.
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The Lyft Mafia
A breakdown of the top 22 most innovative and successful companies founded by previous employees at Lyft.
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The Netflix Mafia
An overview of the badass Netflix Mafia. Find out which top 17 startups were founded by previous employees of Netflix.
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The OpenAI Mafia
OpenAI was founded in 2015 in San Francisco. It has become one of the most coveted companies with the launch of ChatGPT. The company also has its own exclusive alumni group that has founded several tech companies.
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The Qualcomm Mafia
Learn about the Qualcomm Mafia and which former employees started successful companies.
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The Pinterest Mafia
Find out which former employees of Pinterest started their own big hit companies like OpenSea and Color.
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The Revolut Mafia
This week we take a look at the powerful Tech Mafia group that has emerged from one of the most revolutionary finance apps - Revolut.
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The Reddit Mafia
Not to be missed - the rising stars of the Reddit Mafia! Check out what former of employees of Reddit are up to now and the companies they have started.
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The Slack Mafia
Slack pivoted from being a video game to being...Slack. And now, it's formed its own successful alumni group of former employees who've founded their own companies. Learn about their investors, capital raised, previous roles at Slack, and more.
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The Shopify Mafia
Check out the top companies and founders from the Shopify Mafia.
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The Skype Mafia
Meet the successful ex employees of messaging giant Skype, and learn about the companies they founded.
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The SpaceX Mafia
The SpaceX Mafia is not playing small - more than 46 companies founded and $1 billion in funding. That's a strong group! This week we take a look at the top organizations, their founders, investors, and more.
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The Stripe Mafia
Check out this week's list of phenomenal startups that have come out of Stripe's Mafia gigabrains.
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The Square Mafia
This week we take a look at one of the biggest Mafias up to date - the one and only Square Mafia. Square, as many will know, was co-founded by Jack Dorsey, one of the co-founders of Twitter. The Square Mafia has raised billions of dollars, and formed over 35 successful companies.
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The Tesla Mafia
This week's edition is an ode to none other than the man that is a symbol of technology and innovation - Elon Musk aka Tesla. We take a look at 25 successful companies founded by previous engineers and executives of Tesla.
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The Tinder Mafia
Meet the top 14 stars of the Tinder Mafia. A full breakdown of the founders, investors, capital raised, and more.
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The Twitter Mafia
A glimpse into the most influential and successful companies started by ex-Twitter employees in our weekly Tech Mafia Series.
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The Uber Mafia
This week we breakdown the top 66 startups that were formed by previous employees of the Uber Mafia.
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The VMware Mafia
This week we have compiled a breakdown of the VMware Mafia. When we started researching this group, never in a million years could we have imagined that this would be the biggest tech mafia group we've covered so far, bigger than Tesla and Square! Check out the top 40 companies founded by former employees of VMware.
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Angel Chronicles: How Tim Ferriss built a winning angel investing portfolio
Tim Ferriss is the most popular podcaster and author of "The 4-Hour Work Week". He's also an active and successful angel investor. Learn more about his portfolio and what he advices angel investors to look out for.
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The YouTube Mafia
Find out which are the biggest companies to come out of the YouTube Mafia.
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VC & founder of Modern Angels: Amanda Robson
in this interview with Amanda Robson we talk about why now is a great time to invest in startups, what kind of founders are going to get funded in the next few years, and how Modern Angels has grown into amazing community of women angel investors.
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What is angel investing?
Angel investing 101. Learn about the different angel investing options and how to be a successful angel investor.
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Travis Kalanick's angel investing portfolio
Learn about Travis Kalanick's angel investing portfolio and what he looks for in founders.
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Y Combinator '23 Batch: Top 10 Startups
Y Combinator’s latest startup batch was recently announced. From 20,000 applications, 282 were funded. Below is a list of our top 10 favorite startups, what they are building, and their founders.
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The Top 12 Female Angel Investors in the USA
Find out who are the top 12 female angel investors in the USA. Not only have they written plenty of checks, but they are also notable startup founders.
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