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Investing in tech start-ups can be exciting and lucrative. If you invested $5,000 in Uber’s angel round, you would have earned $24, 827,400 at IPO.
But, most start-ups fail, and sometimes the technology investors get pitched can’t actually get built (hello Elizabeth Holmes!).
To be a smart angel investor, not only do you need a good network to get deal flow, you also need to know what questions to ask when a deal comes your way.
If you don’t have a technical background, you might be able to assess the business opportunity, but can you tell if the product can get built? How long will it take to build it? How much it will cost?
Knowing the answers will not only make you a better investor, it will also turn you into “smart money.” After all, to founders, dollars are a commodity product, knowledgeable investors are not.
In this class, you will learn the top mistakes angel investors without technical backgrounds make when investing in tech companies and how to avoid them.
You will learn:
- The core difference between tech & analog businesses
- The hidden costs that can cripple a tech start-up
- The top mistake angel investors make when investing in tech
REGISTER HERE TO ATTEND THE CLASS:
https://www.techfornontechies.co/investor-masterclass
About your instructor
Sophia Matveeva is the CEO & founder of Tech For Non-Techies an education company and consultancy. Sophia has contributed to the Financial Times, The Guardian and Forbes on entrepreneurship and technology, and hosts the top rated Tech for Non-Techies podcast
Tech for Non-Techies helps corporates up skill their teams for digital transformation and teaches non-technical innovators how to bring their ideas to life.
Sophia has guest lectured at the University of Chicago, London Business School, and Oxford University, and led the Blackstone x Techstars accelerator at the University of Texas at El Paso.
Sophia is a start-up mentor at the Chicago Booth Polsky Center of Entrepreneurship, and has advised leading accelerators including Chicago Booth’s New Venture Challenge and the Microsoft x London College of Fashion incubator.
She holds an MBA from Chicago Booth, and a BSc (Hons) in Politics from Bristol. She speaks English, Russian and French. Sophia also sits on the Board of University of Chicago’s Alumni in the UK.
Student testimonials:
Ali Jetha, Angel Investor & Chicago Booth MBA
"As an angel investor in technology, I find Sophia’s insights and advice very useful, as well as time-saving, helping filter the relevant aspects. Thank you!"
Juan Pablo Regidor, Head of Innovation, Head Of Innovation at Soluciones Integrales Administrativas y Técnicas
"Sophia 's knowledge is outstanding and I can encourage anyone to seek out her advice."
