Careers Explained

Angel Investing - Leo Tinkham's Experience

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Leo Tinkham, who has degrees from Bowdoin College, the University of Southern Maine - School of Business, and the Wharton School describes his path into and experience with angel investing including:

  • What angel investing is
  • How angel investing clubs operate
  • How angel groups find companies to invest in
  • The key factors he’s learned from years of investing of how to pick what companies to invest in
  • How angel investor pitches run
  • The typical questions asked during pitches
  • The typical steps to become an angel investor
  • What the training and learning curve was like for him
  • A backdoor into angel investing before someone has the $1 million required to become one
  • The perks of angel investing clubs outside of the companies you can invest in
  • How the backdoor into angel investing made him his first $1 million
  • The typical schedule of an angel investor
  • What he likes about the role and challenges
  • His experience with luck and how his friend Reed Hastings recognizes his own luck in creating Netflix
  • Characteristics important to be successful as an investor
  • Things he knows now he wishes he knew when he started
  • The most important factors to look at when investing: connections, self-sustainability, and off-ramps
  • Paid job opportunities within angel investing clubs
  • Why he chose to get out of angel investing after years in multiple clubs
    • ...more
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    Careers ExplainedBy Heidi Meyer