Angel: How to invest in technology startups

Started on 2022-07-12; updated on 2022-08-03

by Jason Calacanis

Started on July 11, 2022; Completed on August 2, 2022.

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很早就听说过“天使投资”这个名词，但直到读了这本书才开始真正了解天使投资的概念是什么，以及天使投资者是怎样的一群人。作者也很好心地科普了一下初创公司从诞生到IPO上市的各个阶段可能会经历的投资类别。作为一名异常成功的天使投资人 （作者“自诩”自己可能是史上前5的天使投资人），作者非常详细地科普了投资初创公司的知识，天使投资的概念，并细致地介绍了如何从零开始实践天使投资。模仿很多介绍编程的书籍，或许本书书名可以译作「天使投资: 从入门到精通」或者更直白一点：「变十万为一亿: 手把手教你做天使投资」 😅

和任何投资种类相比，天使投资都更需要一个大心脏。就像作者说的，准备好血本无归是成为所有合格天使投资人的基本觉悟，因为90%的投资都可能失败。高风险对应着高收益，如果投资得当，只要有一笔投资最终成功就可能让你赚回成百上千倍的收益，实现财富自由。

相比于作者在书里教授的“硬干货”，通读全书感触最深的是要成为一名合格的天使投资人更重要的是要有适合这一行的性格。

last updated on: 2022-07-31

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