Bob is a Director and long-time member of the Pasadena Angels, has been investing in early stage companies for 5 years, and has been held numerous “C” level positions at private and publicly traded companies. To set the stage, as an early stage investor, I look to invest in a “perfect storm” company.  By Bob Aholt. THE RAISE. MORE >>

Such ideas require little-to-no capital, usually last for a relatively short duration and are of nominal size. Note that I am not purporting that these are particularly amazing or unique ideas. was once on the Board of such a company. Investors invest in people, not ideas. Exercise: Weekly Business Idea. Execution. MORE >>

My firm GRP Partners recently funded a young LA based company named Ad.Ly that is an “in-stream advertising&# company currently focused on monetizing Twitter.  Traditional media companies published their stories on the web.  But 70% of my investment decision in early-stage companies is the team.  Web 1.0 Web 2.0 MORE >>

Building a company is f **g hard. Unfortunately most entrepreneurs I meet have no idea how to build a company. But if you do know what and why you want to build something, start thinking today about how you are going to create a company around that product. Building a company is complex. mean really hard.  MORE >>

Many entrepreneurs dismiss this idea and figure that if an Angel isn’t beholden to an outside institutional investor the way a VC is, then returns aren’t a high priority. On numerous occasions I’ve been approached by entrepreneurs asking if we’d fund their company in a particular sector, right after closing down a similar company. MORE >>