Why You’re Not Hearing Back From Investors Every year AngelCentral receives over 1000 funding applications. Here’s what happens next: 200-300…
Author: ShaoNing
What I am about?
- Stage 2 in life
- Used to run an internet business for 14 years, sold it, now wondering wondering wondering...
- Mother of 4, wife to 1
- Believe it's very important to realise we are the privileged one, and it's important that we contribute and pay it forward
- What I do now: advise/invest in start ups, volunteer, wonder about life
- Starting this blog to journal my thoughts and to appreciate of all things life is about
Why Angels are Important yet there are so few in ASEAN
Since 2022, early stage investing in ASEAN has been going through a funding winter with ever declining funding numbers shown…
What makes a good angel investor? ChatGPT evaluates these 7 points
At a recent sharing session, I was asked how to evaluate if an angel is potentially a good investor. It’s…
What to follow-up after an angel investor and start-up meeting
Usually depending on the conversation thus far, we would roughly know if we would like to proceed to the next…
How do angel investors evaluate start-ups before first meeting?
Angel investors evaluate start-ups before first meeting Before I dive into my personal deal evaluation framework, I would like to…
Preparing for fundraising – items that I notice new founders commonly miss out
Preparing for fundraising When investors review funding requests from the founders, experienced angels have prerequisites to be met and certain…
AngelCentral Startup Performance Report Card for 2017 and 2018
AngelCentral Startup Performance Report Card for 2017 and 2018 We set up AngelCentral in 2018 to build effective angels for…
What to Include in a Pitch Deck When Pitching to Angel Investors
What to include in a pitch deck when pitching to Angel Investors What is a pitch deck? The pitch deck…
Differences between Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors
Differences between Venture Capitalist and Angel Investors Who do I fundraise with? I thought to just share the key differences…
What is Angel Investing and How does Angel Investing work?
What is Angel Investing and How does it work?
A COVID-19 Story: The Journey of Surviving and Thriving through the Crisis by Magda Chelly
But like most of us, when the pandemic hit in early 2020, her life and her business were affected and…
Building up business resilience during downturns
Building up business resilience during downturns Few days back, Sequoia sent a letter to its portfolio companies advising founders on cash…
Cash flow is King. The importance of positive cash flow.
I was moderately surprised when Professor Warren McFarlan said at our first Accounting class at the HBS GMP program,”if there…
7 Fundraising Tips for Startups
Have spent the past two plus months preparing various EF companies on fund raising. Thought I would just write down…
How much do I need for angel investing?
This came up when lunching with a friend a few days back. Truth is, I thought it needed a lot…