Alexis Ohanian spoke at Angel Bootcamp on June 1, 2010. He gave away copies of xkcd: volume 0 during the talk, which is why there are slides with giant breadpigs on them. Do not be alarmed.

1. Angel Investing
for fun and profit

2. Angel Investing
for fun and profit

3. Angel Investing
for fun and profit
Alexis
Ohanian
@kn0thing

7. Breadpig.com

10. Steve

11. Steve

26. Tweet
“XKCD
FTW
#angelbootcamp”

30. 23 year old
accredited investor

31. 23 year old
accredited investor
DANGEROUS

32. 23 year old
accredited investor

33. 23 year old
accredited investor
MOST
DANGEROUS
THING IN THE

40. kiss your
money
goodbye

41. get plugged in

42. ✔
get plugged in

43. ride coattails
(at least at first)

44. make something
people want

45. be something
people want

46. Ron Conway:
“Why do I like [Angel
Investing]? Why have I made
500 angel investments?
I don’t like it because it’s fun.
It’s to much work to be fun but I
love it because it’s interesting.
That is why I angel invest.”

47. I know Ron Conway…
Mr. Ohanian,
you’re no Ron Conway.

48. FUN!

51. typically
$10,000 - $25,000
invested in
11 startups
advising 2

52. Reason #314
You’ve been there

58. Reason #114
You’re an
earliest adopter

67. Live demo!

68. Reason #83
Like being a founder again.
Only you sleep better.

77. What do BlueLeaf and Trustmarker/CO2Stats
have in common?
(other than the fact that
I invested in both of them)

78. What do BlueLeaf and Trustmarker/CO2Stats
have in common?
(other than the fact that
I invested in both of them)

79. They’re in Boston!

80. Reason #4
Bring Sexy
[Angel Investing]
Back to Beantown

86. BOSTON

87. Reason #42
Save the
U.S. Economy

90. Tweet
“[any
pig
food
product]
#angelbootcamp”

97. (Thanks!)
AlexisOhanian.com
DasKapitalCapital.com
@kn0thing