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Hunting Unicorns

A learning exersize in Angel Investing

[WHAT]

1. ] A "big picture" overview of the strategy for our learning exersize in Angel Investing

[WHY]

1. ] learn - a little bit about Angel Investing, strategies, the players, the risks, the rewards
2. ] practice - buy, sell, monitor, strategizing,
3. ] fun - compete against others in building a portfolio of startup companies,

[WHERE]

1. ] http://sospep.com -

[WHEN]

1. ] year one - 2015 

[EXAMPLE]

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[HOW-TO]

1. ] ParT 1 VCs Predictions-2015 - A compilation
1. ] subject.ANALYSIS - Every year some VC's make predictions about what they think will be the hot trends in the startup world for the year ahead. We gathered up a collection of the those VC's predictions articles. We then created a list of "startup sectors" identified in those predictions and then categorized each prediction by the startup sector that it fell into. We then compiled all of the predictions from multiple articles into a single article of many predictions which are categorized by the startup company market sector.
2. ] ParT 2 Startup Sectors
1. ] subject.ANALYSIS - HOT and NOT - the pros predictions have identified 2 key elements. The "hot" sectors, the ones that they are all talking about it and the NOT sector, the ones that no one is talking about (any more, ). Its also provided us with a structure to use to group/organize startup companies into. 
3. ] ParT 3 Startup Companies by Sector
1. ] people.Community - some example companies in each of the sectors. These companies are there for a reason, they are not random example selections.
4. ] ParT 4 Company Detail
1. ] subject.ANALYSIS - everything we can find out about each of these startup companies. Compare companies,
5. ] ParT # Observations - > Strategy
1. ] subject.ANALYSIS - my observations -  reviewing the "VC predictions for 2015 - compilation" - what did I learn from reviewing the many predictions for 2015 of many Venture Capitalists (VCs)
2. ] my strategy -
6. ] ParT 5 Picking Startup Companies
1. ] system.STRATEGY - how to determine which companies you are going to invest in
7. ] ParT 6 Monitoring your startup companies
1. ] HELP by /use their service, /recommend their service, /
8. ] ParT 7 What if things go south?
1. ] system.STRATEGY - there is NO IF in this statement. Things WILL go south.
9. ] ParT 8 The payoff
1. ] Waiting it out - Ultimately we all want our big exit. 
    

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