ISBN: 978-1-394-33141-3

Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money & Having Fun Investing in Startups, 2nd Edition

Author: David S. Rose

Price: $40.00 USA/$54.00 CAN

[In the newly revised second edition of Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money & Having Fun Investing in Startups, renowned angel investor and serial entrepreneur David S. Rose delivers a comprehensive and fun guide that walks you through every step of the way to becoming a successful angel investor.

From building your reputation as a smart investor and finding new startups in which to invest, to negotiating fair deals, adding value to your portfolio companies and helping them implement smart exits, David provides both the fundamental strategies and the specific tools you need to take full advantage of this rapidly growing asset class. He details the advantages of working with other angels, explains how seed and venture funds can help leverage your resources, and reveals how recent regulatory changes and new online platforms are making startup investing accessible to millions of Americans. 

David builds on his professional experience—as an angel investor and as the founder of Gust, the platform that powers the world of professional angel investing—to offer key insights on the discipline. He explains why angel investing is an excellent choice for anyone with six figures or more to invest, for both financial and non-financial reasons, and shares stories from among the 120+ companies in which he has invested during a 35 year career as one of the world’s most active business angels.

Angel Investing walks you through the impact of artificial intelligence and exploding new technologies on business startups and explains why it’s vital to understand the concept of exponential growth. Angel Investing is an essential read for every investor looking for a long-term perspective on making money by funding startups, as well as anyone interested in building an alternative asset portfolio that offers excitement and fulfillment in addition to financial returns.

David S. Rose is a serial entrepreneur, Inc. 500 CEO, and renowned early stage investor, described by Forbes as “New York’s Archangel”. He is the Founder of New York Angels, Associate Founder of Singularity University, and Founder of Gust, the global startup platform connecting over a million startups with over 100,000 investors.

Praise for Angel Investing

"As an angel investor and a long-time fan of David S. Rose, I was delighted to hear he finally captured his wit and wisdom in the pages of a book. David is a born teacher—clear-minded, witty, and provocative, with amazing stories to illustrate every key idea and insight. Those gifts—as well as his unsurpassed knowledge of his field—are teaching me so much more about investing than I've learned over the years doing it! Read every page of Angel Investing."

--Barbara Corcoran, Real Estate Mogul, Shark Tank star, Angel Investor

“From the secret economics of angel investing and the best methods for finding and picking tomorrow’s big winners to proven techniques for adding value to any business you invest in, Angel Investing provides readers with everything they need to know to get started in this fascinating, fun—and lucrative—business arena.”

--David Bach, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Automatic Millionaire and Start Late Finish Rich, Angel Investor

“This is the most comprehensive and readable guide to angel investing ever written. The chapter on valuation and expectations lays out a clear framework for understanding one of the least well-known pitfalls in the angel world. And its emphasis on creating a win-win relationship with the entrepreneur is at the heart of being a long-term successful angel—and continuing to see the best deal flow. I recommend this book to anyone even thinking about making or receiving angel investments.”

--Howard L. Morgan, Chairman, B Capital, Founding Partner, First Round Capital

 “The world of entrepreneurial startups is where the most exciting and creative action is happening in today’s business world, which is why I was a strong supporter of the JOBS Act of 2012. No wonder millions of people are wondering how they can get involved as investors. There’s no better place to start than by reading David S. Rose’s Angel Investing.”

--U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer, Senate Finance Committee