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John Richards

Entrepreneur | Angel Investor | Mentor | Advisor

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Entrepreneur | Investor | Mentor | Professor | Executive

Entrepreneur: Co-founder of several ventures leading to high-multiple exits.

Investor: Active angel investor having directly invested in scores of new and mature ventures as well as hundreds more through investment funds.

Mentor: Give much time to mentor startup entrepreneurs, having mentored thousands.

Professor: Teach entrepreneurship (lean startup) at leading universities.

Executive: C-level executive with substantial early-stage experience. High premium on Internet, software, and lean startup. Focus has been on advertising and business services. Technically adept. Programmed business solutions before turning full-time attention to management.

Specialties: Accelerators, Advertising, Budgeting, Business policy and strategy, Business-to-business marketing, Cash management, Consulting, Corporate Strategy, Customer service, Database, Database: concepts, eBusiness, Electronic commerce, Entrepreneurial finance, Entrepreneurship, Family-owned business, Internet - B2B & B2C, Lean Startup, Management: consulting, Personal selling and sales management, Social entrepreneurship, Strategic alliances, Technology: impact on people at work.

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angel investing

What is the ROI threshold that angel investors typically consider a success?


John Richards

Entrepreneur | Angel Investor | Mentor | Advisor

10X in 3 to 7 years is home run. 3X is a single. All of it is subject to 35% IRR - anything less is not worth risk.

Startups

Advice on how to go about selling my startup? Team is moving on to other things but believe our startup (an iOS app) is valuable to the right buyer


John Richards

Entrepreneur | Angel Investor | Mentor | Advisor

Very unlikely there is any value. The value of a startup is mostly in its people, the founders, etc.

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