Introduction: an insider's overview -- Start-ups and investing: a roller-coaster ride -- Judging potential: seeing the future -- Judging promoters: the fulcrum of early-stage investing -- Product-Market fit: balancing the three-legged stool -- Growth trajectory: cash and wealthy conundrum -- Value and price: ingredients to strike a deal -- Process: how angels fear to tread, where fools rush -- Risk: an opportunity to ride the power law -- Metamorphosis: from start-up to star business -- Cash focus: frugality and monitoring investments -- Impact investing: life-up complements trickle down -- Start-up ecosystem: angels, syndicates, incubators and accelerators -- Becoming an angel: mastering the art of performance -- Appendix: a quick checklist.
Summary:
"There's a good chance that you have heard of Sachin Bansal (of Flipkart), Navin Tiwari (of InMobi), Bhavish Agarwal (of Ola) and Ritesh Agarwal (of Oyo). They are Indian start-up founders who have achieved celebrity status with their business success. But, have you heard of Ashish Gupta, Sasha Mirchandani, or Anupam Mittal? They are angel investors who funded start-ups like Flipkart, InMobi and Ola in their early years. Their little investments helped build legendary companies and yielded life-changing returns. Welcome to the exciting world of angel investing and entrepreneurship. Using his rich experience as an investor and mentor to numerous start-ups, Sanjay Kulkarni provides you a ringside view of this world. In an accessible, jargon- free approach and illustrated with insider stories, the book arms you with all the tools and strategies needed to become a successful angel investor. Like a good guide, this book will help you in navigating the start-up eco-system, avoiding common pitfalls, investing smartly and identifying the next billion-dollar start-up. Look back twenty-five years, Flipkart, Ola, InMobi, weren't even born. A whole new wave of start-ups is set to define the next twenty-five years. Would you like to be a part of this revolution?"--Publisher's description.
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