This Week in Startups - Announcement: Learn how to become a professional angel investor at Angel.University Online

Episode Date: June 9, 2020

Angel.University Online is a 3-hour course for individuals interested in becoming professional angel investors. Hosted by Jason Calacanis & Mike Savino, the course focuses on five key topics: sourcing deals, evaluating startups, negotiating deals, portfolio and bankroll management, and post-deal efforts. Register: https://www.angel.university/events

Hey everybody, hey everybody. I wanted to let you know that I am hosting another Angel University on June 15th and another one on July 14th. I teach this with my friend Mike Savino, who's a lifelong friend. Actually, was my first boss when I was working in IT in New York City. And in this workshop, we share our lessons in deploying close to $100 million in over 250 startups. Yep, I've invested in a lot of startups in my day. And you know some of them, Uber, Robin Hood, Com, wealth front, so many others. And what I like to teach people in this course is how to source companies, portfolio construction, how to avoid mistakes, what to do in an interview with a founder when you're meeting, and then how to make decisions, as well as should you go pro rata? I do this essentially for free.

Basically, all I ask is that you make a donation to COVID-19 charities. and I'm happy to say we've raised $50,000 already from the 700 people who have taken the course during the pandemic. And so if you want to learn about angel investing, just donate $100. You can donate more if you want to if you're a ball or you can give $300 or $500 or whatever you want. It's a three-hour course. We have a slack room open while you're doing it. And then you get to meet 500 other angel investors and share deal flow with them. if you're an accredited investor, and you can look that up online. Basically, it means you make $200 grand a year.

You have a million dollars in net worth, I think is the most recent definition. Then you can visit angel. com University and learn more, and you can register. And if you know anybody who's rich, who's baller, who's bored, and wants to get into angel investing, it's a really fun pursuit. It's one of the most exciting things you can do in terms of your retirement, or if you got rich early and you're looking to support other founders. It's just a great, great way to pay it for it.

And I believe it's one of the most profitable casinos in the world, Angel investing. You just have to have a 10-year worldview of it. So if you want to join me and Mike Savino on again, those dates June 15th and July 14th. Either of those two, you can sign up now. And hundreds of people have signed up, as I said. Just go to visit angel.com. Okay, I look forward to seeing you there.