The team at Angelsoft tries to be as active as possible in the entrepreneur community.  One of the ways we do that is to attend conferences like SXSW and, most recently, the Web 2.0 Expo.  Here is a rundown of our experience at the Expo in San Francisco.

Funding Q&A

Jason Schwartz (Community Manger) and Evan Bartlett (Senior Account Manager) lead a packed session at the Web2Open on funding. The Web2Open is the free section of the Web 2.0 Expo that I hope more entrepreneurs take advantage of in the future.

The primary topic of discussion was helping entrepreneurs understand where their company falls in relation to a startup an investor would consider ‘fundable’. I plan on blogging more on this topic later.

Sales

Evan  Bartlett lead a Web2Open session on Sales covering how to get a meeting, and figuring out who the key decision maker is in an organization. Sales is often an overlooked part of a startup and some quality information was shared on how to succeed.

Angelsoft Entrepreneur User Group Meeting

Entrepreneurs from all over the Valley came to speak with us about their experience with Angelsoft.  Entrepreneur feedback is crucial for us to build the best product possible, and I appreciate all of you who came out.  I also spent some time going over their one-pagers to tweak them for optimal effect with investors.  For those of you who were able to join us, I hope you found the meeting as informative as I did.

Challenge and Opportunity: Angel and VC Funding During an Economic Crisis

I had the pleasure of interviewing Angelsoft’s CEO, David S. Rose, during a session at the Web 2.0 Expo.  The hour long interview covered a lot of ground including the landscape before and after September, and how this has changed investor’s strategy.  More on this in a future blog post.  David and I had the opportunity to speak with entrepreneurs who spent another hour with us after the session.  If any of you did not get your question answered, feel free to ask it in the comments below.

Jason D. Schwartz :: Apr.14.2009 :: Comments
Entrepreneur, User Group

As we are finally catching up from our time in Austin, I wanted to write about our first Entrepreneur User Group meeting at SXSW Interactive.

We want to ensure that entrepreneurs have the best possible experience when working with the investors who use our deal flow management software.

The team really enjoyed having a chance to sit down face-to-face with our entrepreneurial community to hear how we’re doing and what we can do better.  Balancing the needs of entrepreneurs and investors is a tricky challenge, but one we are committed to get right. We plan on hosting User Group meetings in the future so you can share your feedback on our progress and learn how to best utilize our tools to find funding.

Jason D. Schwartz :: Mar.30.2009 :: Comments
Entrepreneur, User Group