- The angels that invested in our company have jobs/companies, families, and dozens of other small investments. They don't have time to ensure we build any particular type of company, even if they wanted to.
- Every time we ask them for advice, they put exactly zero pressure on us to take the company in any given direction.
- The article assumes angel investors cunningly collaborate to craft their blogs to raise a generation of an entrepreneurs that behaves in a certain way. With all due respect, that's nonsensical. There is a similar argument that could be made about survivor bias, but the article implies conscious intent which simply isn't there.
- Most angel investors make investments because they love technology and the startup world and want to use their money to affect positive change in the world. Often times they invest in people for no reason other than that they like them.
- And finally, running a small company is almost as time consuming and stressful as running a large one, except you get no pay off. You also learn far, far less. I'd much rather get a rewarding job (of which there are plenty) - the stress is lower, the pay's much better, and there's opportunity to learn from other people.
I agree in general. About the last point: When you are running a (small) company for yourself, you are much closer to the market than when just having a job. There are lots of things to learn either way, I guess.
- The angels that invested in our company have jobs/companies, families, and dozens of other small investments. They don't have time to ensure we build any particular type of company, even if they wanted to.
- Every time we ask them for advice, they put exactly zero pressure on us to take the company in any given direction.
- The article assumes angel investors cunningly collaborate to craft their blogs to raise a generation of an entrepreneurs that behaves in a certain way. With all due respect, that's nonsensical. There is a similar argument that could be made about survivor bias, but the article implies conscious intent which simply isn't there.
- Most angel investors make investments because they love technology and the startup world and want to use their money to affect positive change in the world. Often times they invest in people for no reason other than that they like them.
- And finally, running a small company is almost as time consuming and stressful as running a large one, except you get no pay off. You also learn far, far less. I'd much rather get a rewarding job (of which there are plenty) - the stress is lower, the pay's much better, and there's opportunity to learn from other people.