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Great Guidelines for Angel Investing

From Roger Ehrenberg:

2-3 person teams, with a CEO who is the product visionary
A strong technology lead
A CEO who has infectious passion and intensity, yet is humble and coachable
A business model that I can understand in 30 seconds without visual aids
The company has a prototype/alpha version that is currently being challenged by users and generating feedback
An ability [...]

Housing Misery - How much more, and how much longer?

From the Wall Street Journal today:

The above table suggests that, in general, real estate values have fallen about 2/3 of the amount that they need to fall. (This assumes that values will fall to historical levels; this assumption is for another post.)

Also noted in the article was that according to various real estate indices, the [...]

Milken: Making Sense of the Mortgage Meltdown

Hat-tip to Paul Kedrosky for publicizing this great slide deck on making sense of the mortgage meltdown from the Milken Institute in Los Angeles. Press the easel button in the viewer to blow it to full screen, or download the original.

Making Sense of the Mortgage Meltdown

PS – Does anybody remember only a year ago when [...]