Lunch Is on Me

摘要

As A Reasonably Successful Entrepreneur, I frequently get lunch invitations from extraordinarily bright and energetic startup founders who seek my advice (for whatever that's worth) and, inevitably, my money as a private individual or "angel" investor. I rarely say no to lunch (even though I'm buying), rarely say yes to investing, but I always find the stories fascinating. I'm fairly certain that a would-be angel investor has better odds of making a killing by taking his or her $50,000 to a Vegas roulette table and smacking it all down on 22. Yet over countless lunches between friends, family, coworkers, roommates, and friends and family of all the above, tens of millions in angel money are invested each year, providing vital cash to embryonic startup companies around the globe.