Venture-capital firms investing in angel funds? What? Who’d have ever thunk it? Historically, VCs have not always had the best working relationship or opinion of angels and angel funds.

The Y Combinator force multiplier is that they couple-seed investment with something of much greater value – proven expertise.

Entrepreneurs want to know the real stories behind successful startups, the hits AND the misses. Not just the high points. Is it more helpful to hear about the low points experienced by investors and entrepreneurs and how they overcame them? Does IA need to bring in more of these folks to talk about what they [...]