Helping students navigate the digital economy

Angela Lee

Columbia Bus. School: Assoc. Dean & Chief Innovation Officer

37 Angels: Founder

Market trends to be aware of?

How to prep students?

Market trends to be aware of?

How to prep students?

The startup market is healthy

…especially true in early (seed) stage

What are the hot sectors?

Source: Tomas Tunguz

What to look for in startups?

Progress Price

People Problem

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Industry

Company size/stage

Geography

Function

B2B or B2C

Internal or external facing

Market trends to be aware of?

How to prep students?

Startup ecosystem

Funding

Sources

Accelerators

Startups

Service

ProvidersGovernment

Universities

How accelerators work

Startups

apply

Cohort

selected

Mentorship

Co-working

Investment

Demo day

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What accelerators exist?

37angels.com/accelerators

f6s.com/accelerators

seed-db.com/accelerators

angel.co/incubators

Startup ecosystem

Funding

Sources

Accelerators Corporations

Startups

Service

ProvidersGovernment

Universities

The corporations are getting involved

Appetite for risk / ambiguity?

How would you feel if?

What do you want to learn?

Salary requirements?

Willingness to work really hard?

How would you define success?

Network

Programs

Curr

Create an easy to navigate system to let

students experiment while they are in school

• Newsletters (Charlie O’Donnell, Gary’s Guide)

• News (TechCrunch, Venture Beat)

• Blogs (37angels.com/blogs)

• This deck: slideshare.com/angelawlee

Resources

Got data?

“Angel List Valuations”

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What is diligence?

37angels.com/resources

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