Angellist's Parker Thompson on Why the Best Startups Tell You a Secret and How Platforms are Changing Investing

Parker Thompson’s a Partner at Angellist, an active investor and syndicate lead and likes to help startups in any way he can. Before AL, he was a mentor, partner and as an early employee at 500Startups, where he helped Dave McClure and co build 500 into a top tier accelerator., help His illustrious past includes Pivotal Labs, co-founding PlaceSite, preserving the interwebs at the Internet Archive, and working on digital copyright at UC Berkeley’s iSchool.

Listen and Learn:

What is the Internet Archive and how they are preserving techs past
Whether optimistic or pessimistic investors have better returns
What to think about before investing in ecommerce
The thing to know about investing platforms like Angellist, FundersClub and OurCrowd
How VCs balance chaos and productivity
What 500 startups looked like in the early days and how accelerators and incubators transformed venture
How investors can actively help portfolio companies
The benefits of passive investors