How to Become an Angel Investor

By Jordan

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    It’s important to maintain an investment journal. Not only is it a way to help you make an investment decision, but two to three years from now, you will see how you made that decision, and it will help you to improve yourself in the next set of investments that you make.– Yigit Ihlamur

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    In the premiere episode of Investors Therapy, Jordan interviews Yigit Ihlamur, a former Googler and founding partner of the venture capital firm Vela Partners. The two discuss the ins and outs of Angel Investment, and Yigit shares a number of tips and tricks that helped him become a successful Angel Investor.

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    The interview in Episode #1 of Investors Therapy covers the following topics:

    • What an Angel Investment is
    • How to create an Angel Investment thesis
    • What risks are involved in Angel Investing
    • How to build a pipeline to discover Angel deals
    • How to analyze Angel Investments
    • How to conduct due diligence
    • The importance of an Angel Investment thesis
    • The financial aspect of Angel Investing
    • How to prevent yourself from falling prey to the emotional traps that can hurt Angel Investors
    • How to avoid common mistakes and become a better Angel Investor
    • …And much more!

    Notes From the Interview:

    2:29 What is Angel Investing?

    3:11 Unique advantages of Angel Investing

    5:21 Ways to be an Angel Investor 

    7:12 The risks involved in Angel investing and how to minimize them

    10:14 Holding periods for an Angel Investment

    12:43 How to find Angel deals

    15:34 How to develop an Angel Investment thesis and why it’s important

    21:41 How many deals to analyze before making an investment

    24:09 What to look for in a good Angel Investment

    31:42 How to analyze an Angel deal and what financial indicators to look at

    34:28 How to conduct Angel due diligence

    40:20 Understanding the paperwork involved in making an Angel Investment

    47:32 Dilution’s affect on your investment

    50:27 What you should do after making an Angel Investment

    53:43 How the VC investment process works and how to conduct due diligence on VCs

    1:00:20 How Vela conducts due diligence on deals and the importance of building a deal mastermind group

    1:06:44 Common cognitive biases and the importance of an investment journal

    1:11:25 How to make better investment decisions in the future

    Books Recommended By Yigit

    1:13:36 A book that made you a better Investor – Angel by Jason Calacanis

    1:13:52 A book that made you a better thinker – Innovators by Walter Isaacson

    1:14:33 A book unrelated to investing that made you a better person –  Why Nations Fail  by Daron Acemoglu

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