Listen "#78, Jack Guedj, Band of Angels, one of Silicon Valley’s oldest & most active angel groups"
Episode Synopsis
#78, Jack Guedj, Band of Angels, one of Silicon Valley’s oldest
& most active angel groups
Fireside with a VC diving into current seed and early stage
investing and fundraising market environment and conditions. How are valuations and terms changing, the importance of QSBS tax and when to use convertible notes and the dangers of SAFE notes.
Next episode #79 includes the roundtable discussion with the
Band of Angels. Jack Guedj is also an active member of Sand Hill Angels. Disclaimer: many of these angel groups are LP investors in our VC funds and active members of our network sourcing deal flow, conducting due diligence, taking board seats, actively adding value to our portfolio companies, impacting our exits and helping us raise more LP capital for our VC funds. Many of the members of The Band are highly successful senior executives from large tech titans as well as successful entrepreneurs that have founded startups, raised angel and VC
funding and experienced the spectrum of positive and negative outcomes making them more valuable than many VCs to have in your corner in good and bad times along the startup journey.
On all podcast platforms: https://open.spotify.com/show/57V2XYhekz5ETiOwtanWIn?si=a835a3f3b5804cbb
YouTube: https://youtu.be/yfcoZgSLZew
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/romans/
& most active angel groups
Fireside with a VC diving into current seed and early stage
investing and fundraising market environment and conditions. How are valuations and terms changing, the importance of QSBS tax and when to use convertible notes and the dangers of SAFE notes.
Next episode #79 includes the roundtable discussion with the
Band of Angels. Jack Guedj is also an active member of Sand Hill Angels. Disclaimer: many of these angel groups are LP investors in our VC funds and active members of our network sourcing deal flow, conducting due diligence, taking board seats, actively adding value to our portfolio companies, impacting our exits and helping us raise more LP capital for our VC funds. Many of the members of The Band are highly successful senior executives from large tech titans as well as successful entrepreneurs that have founded startups, raised angel and VC
funding and experienced the spectrum of positive and negative outcomes making them more valuable than many VCs to have in your corner in good and bad times along the startup journey.
On all podcast platforms: https://open.spotify.com/show/57V2XYhekz5ETiOwtanWIn?si=a835a3f3b5804cbb
YouTube: https://youtu.be/yfcoZgSLZew
[email protected]
https://www.linkedin.com/in/romans/
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