Gil Syswerda III - Angel Investing

Join Sal's Syndicate: https://syndicate.angelinvestboston.com/en-us/the-surge-of-opportunities-in-angel-scale-biotech Artificial intelligence guru Gil Syswerda is back to talk about angel investing and to give practical advice to founders. We closed with entertaining stories from Gil's career. Highlights: AI Guru Gil Syswerda Is Back to with Tips for Angels & Founders Why Founders Should Value Their Time at $10 per Minute "...I stopped driving...I take an Uber or Lyft because it's not worth my time to be in a car... An Uber is way cheaper than $10 a minute." Advice to Founders: Find a Co-Founder with Critical Skills You Lack Advice to Founders: "You need to be in the trenches, along with everybody else." "One thing you make a must-read is an article by Paul Graham. It's called Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule." "...The Hard Truth About Innovative Cultures, Gary Pisano just nails it, when he talks about how to create an innovative culture..." "...get an executive assistant as soon as you can." "...you just cannot function at 100% if you don't get enough sleep." Exercise Is Essential: Intense Outdoor Exercise at Sunrise; plus do Bouts Like Taking the Stairs "It's actually quite difficult for most people to make money as an angel investor." "...I believe that Jeff Arnold probably does pretty well on his investments but he has pretty grounded knowledge in the biotech space and he has a methodology for evaluating companies." How to Make Money in Biotech with Jeff Arnold Frank Ferguson Was a Spectacularly Successful Investor (Bose and Curriculum Associates) by Focusing on a Few Investments Intensely Practical Dreamer with Frank Ferguson Howard Stevenson Got Warren-Buffett-like Returns on His Angel Portfolio [Wealth & Families with Howard Stevenson] Sal Daher and His Biotech Screen for Angel Investing "These people [academic founders] have tremendous skills. If we can help them turn those skills in the direction of something useful, I think they can create a lot of value." VistaPath Bio Using Off-the-Shelf Machine Vision to Create Value in Pathology Gil Syswerda Stories The HP Interview or Everything I Needed to Know I Learned in Third Grade Growing Fish at BBN Labs The Interview at Lawrence Livermore Research Laboratory Gödel, Escher, Bach & All That The AI Researcher and the Daughter of the Soviet Scientist Simulating Professor Paul Scott How to Have a Board without a Board Gil Syswerda's Perception of Where AI Is Today Gil Syswerda Highlights People Who Were Influential in His Success Topics: co-founders, angel investing strategies, management