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People often ask how I decide what companies to invest in, and where I get the conviction to actually put money in.

In thinking about it, most of my investments have come from decades of thoughts about a specific problem that a company is solving.

This is the story of how and why I believe The Browser Company (Arc) is the operating system for the future of the internet.

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Shortly after learning more about the venture capital space and (making my first angel investment), I thought for sure that I’d want to start my own fund. I was practicing patience though. I just started my journey, so I’d have to be out of my mind to think I’ve earned the right to manage other people’s money. Patience is something that I am good at though: I am a long-term-focused person in everything I do. So all I have to do right now is focus on deriving happiness from my own angel investments.

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1. How do you decide to invest in early-stage startups, and how do you access opportunities in that space?
2. What are the investment minimums for early-stage angel investing?
3. Should I invest in a fund?
4. How do you know you’re signing an agreement that is “safe”? Do you have a lawyer review?
5. How do you transfer money to complete the investment?

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This is the story about how I got started in the angel investing space, and how I made my first ever angel investment into a company called Motion (usemotion.com).

And no, it's not as straightforward as you might think 😅

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I've been running a solo business for over a decade (since 2010). Here's how revenue grew from year-to-year, and how I spent my time, and the many pivots that happened.

A little something I wrote reflecting on an important but forgotten part of my journey. 🤔

For me, growth has come from constantly learning, pivoting, and morphing the person that I see myself as, and want others to see me as. 🌱

Throughout the constant pivots though, there are little stories, moments of proudness and growth, that often go unforgotten. Moments that I never want to forget, but find myself doing just that. 💭

This pivot and journey is about Alex the App Developer. An identity that I held onto deeply for 3-4 years. I wrote this in a way to remember, and yet some of you may still see me as Alex the app developer. 📱

This is my story of how I built one of BlackBerry's most popular BB10 apps, at a time that BlackBerry was trying to reinvent themselves and take on the likes of Apple (iPhone) and Google (Android). ✨

Started my "at-home" Barista Journey on April 21st. Here's where I'm at in just under 3 short months of making two single-shot 8oz latte's per day (comes out to about 150 attempts). ☕

We talked about Automation (Zapier, Asana, automation, delegation, data leak...)

We discuss the pivots it took to get into the space that we're in now, and what it’s like being a business owner in this rapidly evolving, semi-enigmatic niche of workflow design.

Over 250,000 downloads (Across 142 episodes) + $400/mo via Patreon Support

I was one of the main hosts in a weekly BlackBerry-focused technology podcasts (Upstream)

efficient.link/upstream (Watch Episode Archive)
youtube.com/watch?v=Ql1buY… (Behind The Stream)

Fully built and launched WDCS myself, a Built for BlackBerry Certified BB10 App.

The Journey Behind Creating The App: alexbass.xyz/JcT60Ge7NqGh9M…

Video Overview: youtube.com/watch?v=FrXDrC…

30k+ downloads with 730+ 5-Star reviews (efficient.link/wdcs)

One of just a few apps that completed the BlackBerry 10k Commitment and won top 10 CrackBerry BB10 App of the year award.

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