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At one time Facebook was really cool. Your mom couldn’t get on it. Teeny boppers weren’t allowed. Facebook was the exclusive domain of college kids and it was the place to be. That is until they let me in. Then the hipsters left town. Angel List had a few moments like... Read More
What: Dingman Center Angels Date: Wednesday, December 12 2012 Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM Where: University of MD, 2333 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD 8:00 AM Investor Education - Sussing out new markets by Dan Gordon, Valhalla Capital 9:00 AM Breakfast 9:30 AM Company Pitches Distil safeguards an organization's revenue and reputation by protecting their web content from bots and other malicious... Read More
What: Dingman Center Angels Date: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM Where: Univ of MD, 2333 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD The University of Maryland, RH Smith School, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship’s Dingman Angels Investors will be meeting this Wednesday to evaluate investing in the following companies: Kinesio Capture is a B2B SaaS company... Read More
What: Dingman Center Angels Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2012 Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AM Where: University of MD, 2333 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD 9:00 AM Breakfast 9:30 AM Company Pitches The University of Maryland, RH Smith School, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship’s Dingman Angels Investors will be meeting this Wednesday to hear pitches from the following... Read More
Pitching to raise capital involves walking a difficult tight-rope between being too humble and small and being bombastic in attempt to seem bigger than you are. Difficult, because there are a few common techniques used by CEOs to portray success that walk along the edge of dishonesty. Here are five common... Read More
What: Dingman Center Angels Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012 Time: 8:30 AM – 11:30 AM Where: University of MD, 2333 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MD 8:30 AM Debate on the JOBS Act 9:00 AM Breakfast 9:30 AM Company Pitches The University of Maryland, RH Smith School, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship’s Dingman Angels Investors will be meeting this Wednesday to... Read More
Unintended ConsequencesNewton's Law of Motion - "To every action there is an opposite and equal reaction." Sir Isaac Newton, who coincidentally also said, and I'm paraphrasing here. "What goes up, must come down." Market Deregulation - Congress relaxes market regulations resulting in speculative real estate markets and derivatives that bring down... Read More
Having been on both sides of the transaction, Glen Hellman is no stranger to raising capital. He’s an entrepreneur, a turn-around specialist, an angel investor, and a bedrock of wit and common sense in the DC Tech community. And, he was just the... Read More
Stardust Venture Partners are pleased to announce we’ve concluded an investment in Social Tables. Social Tables makes event planning less stressful by facilitating collaborative seating plans for business and social events. Attendees at Social Table events are afforded the ability to interact, get to know each other, share memories and... Read More
What: Dingman Center AngelsDate: Wednesday, April 11, 2012Time: 9:00 AM – 11:30 AMWhere: University of MD, 2333 Van Munching Hall, College Park, MDThe University of Maryland, RH Smith School, Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship’s Dingman Angels Investors will be meeting this Wednesday to hear pitches from the following companies:24K National is the... Read More
Many startup founders believe they can avoid locking in a valuation during seed funding by deferring valuation in the form of a convertible note. Convertible notes do place less emphasis on valuation and yet most seed investors will insist on a cap. The cap in effect is a valuation.So here’s... Read More
The University of Maryland is home to one of DC’s most active angel investor groups. In 2011, members of the Dingman Angels wrote checks for 9 companies, making 2011 the network’s most active year since its founding in 2004. Investments included Brazen Careerist, Cirrusworks, HugeFan,Nexercise, SevaCall, Spinnakr, Spotflux, Veenome, and YouEye. “Dingman Center Angels’ investment activity pipeline of high quality companies... Read More
Event: Capital CallWhen: March 14, 2012Where: Reston VA Application Deadline: February 10, 20121 Page Executive Summary Application: Download DocEmail Applications to: Katherine Ferguson at kferguson at cooley.comCooley will be unveiling a new format for Capital Call DC. The program will feature 12 of the region’s hottest angel stage companies, presenting on... Read More
In 2011 I invested in 5 startups via Driven Forward's investment vehicle, Stardust Venture Partners. The 2011 companies in which I invested were:YouEye enables rapid, economical, crowd-sourced, user interface testing for software developers Seva Call, develops a local search engine that connects local businesses with consumers in real-time via VoIP technologySpinnakr allows companies... Read More
