Angel investors should focus on IRR vs. ROI multiples

Angel investors should focus on IRR vs. ROI multiples

By Peter Adams Executive Director Rockies Venture Club In a panel on angel return data at the Angel Capital Association Summit recently the speaker went back and forth between... Read More

By: Peter Adams Friday May 25, 2018 Tags: Peter Adams, Rockies Venture Club, angel investing

How to pick winners in times of uncertainty

How to pick winners in times of uncertainty

By Peter Adams Executive Director Rockies Venture Club If youve read ANYTHING about cryptocurrencies and ICOs (Initial Coin/Token Offerings), youve read opinions from people who... Read More

By: Peter Adams Monday April 16, 2018 Tags: Peter Adams, Rockies Venture Club

Is Denver the No. 3 U.S. location for micro venture capital?

Is Denver the No. 3 U.S. location for micro venture capital?

By Peter Adams Executive Director Rockies Venture Club Weve known for years that Colorado has more startups per capita than anywhere else. Yes per capita. Its a great... Read More

By: Peter Adams Monday November 20, 2017 Tags: Peter Adams

MicroVCs are changing the landscape of venture capital

MicroVCs are changing the landscape of venture capital

By Peter Adams Executive Director Rockies Venture Club As the cost of starting a tech company has gone down, VCs have moved upstream, funding bigger and bigger deals while angels... Read More

By: Peter Adams Wednesday October 25, 2017 Tags: Peter Adams

What Colorado is doing to prevent sexual harassment in the startup community

What Colorado is doing to prevent sexual harassment in the startup community

By Peter Adams Executive Director Rockies Venture Club Sexual harassment, gender-based bias (both intentional and unintentional) have been a big part of Silicon Valley culture for... Read More

By: Peter Adams Monday July 31, 2017 Tags: Peter Adams, Rockies Venture Club

What is meta due diligence for venture capital investment?

What is meta due diligence for venture capital investment?

By PeterAdams Executive Director Rockies Venture Club Everyone knows that VCs and Angel investors conduct due diligence on companies before they invest. Angels who do 40 hours... Read More

By: Peter Adams Friday March 17, 2017 Tags: Peter Adams, Rockies Venture Club

Goldilocks and the Three Bears of Venture Capital

Goldilocks and the Three Bears of Venture Capital

By Peter Adams Executive Director Rockies Venture Club This is the story of Goldilocks, the angel investor, and the three startups (aka bears). One day, Goldilocks went to a... Read More

By: Peter Adams Tuesday February 21, 2017 Tags: Peter Adams, Rockies Venture Club

Being at “Break Even” is a good-news/bad-news kind of thing

Being at “Break Even” is a good-news/bad-news kind of thing

By Peter Adams Executive Director Rockies Venture Club Ive heard a lot of founders who say after this round, well be at break-even. In half of the cases, Im thinking that this is... Read More

By: Peter Adams Tuesday January 24, 2017 Tags: Peter Adams, Rockies Venture Club