active angels investors：活跃的天使投资人

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1、ActiveAngelsInvestorsMentorCapitalNewsFebruary2003VCMusingsThepresshasdecidedthatangelinvestingisnotdeadafterall;onlymorphing.Herearesomerecentquotesinthenews:“There’sanaddedelementhere[Washington,D.C.region]noneoftheothershave,whichistheimpactoffederalgovernmentdollarsonnewresearch.Forthenextcoup

2、leofyearsit’sgoingtobehuge.”MichaelSheridanofMohrDavidowfrom‘VentureDealsStabilizein’02’,TheWashingtonPost,02/03/03“It’sagoodthing….Itsuggestthattheangelcommunityisstirringagain.”JonathanSilverreferringtothelaunchofAAIfrom‘DinerClub’founderstartsnewangelgroup,BaltimoreBusinessJournal,01/20/03“Thea

3、reahasalwaysbeenunderservedinlocalventurecapitalbutitcontinuestobeincrediblyrichininnovation–particularlyinsoftware,ITservices,andcommunications”GeneRiechersofValhallaPartnersfrom‘TheMid-Atlanticcouldbeventurecapital’sValhalla’RedHerring,02/03AAIAdvisoryCommitteeUpdateTheAAIAdvisoryCommitteehadits

4、firstmeetingaftertheJanuary17thScreeningSession.ThemeetingdefinedtheroleoftheAdvisoryCommitteeandoutlinedactionitemstoimproveAAIdealflowandopportunities.Asummaryofthefindingsareasfollows:1.ScreeningProcess-EncourageallAAImemberstosubmitdealstotheScreeningCommittee-Haveapre-screenprocesswithgroupre

5、viewsofexecutivesummariesonaphonecallpriortoinvitingtothescreeningmeeting-Givescreeningcommitteeexecutivesummariespriortoeachscreeningmeeting-Besternaboutthetimelimit–20minisplentyforscreeningsession2.MeetingProcess-Lookintomeetingsevery6-8weeksif4weekspacingistootight-Haveasponsorforeachgroupthat

6、would"puttheirnamebehindtheentrepreneur"-KeepthepresentationsandQ&Atoastern30min3.Other-Definewhattypeofangelsarewe-KeepsizeofAAImembershipmanageable,maybe40-60maxandreviewthisnumberovertime.-Surveymembersonfeedbackfrompreviousmeetings,verticalinterests,typesofdeals(stage)andamountofinvolvement.As

7、alwaysAAImanagementwelcomesyourcommentsandinputinthedirectionandprocessesoftheAAIgroup.Ourgoalistomakethisgroupthemostsuccessfulpledgefundintheregion.Yourcommentscontributetowardsthisgoal!DealFlow02/05/2003Presen