AARP Angels of MN

$1M fund deploying in $7,500 increments to MN startups. LIKES: Angel timing w/venture risk DISLIKES: Buying green banana's, conv. notes, & ketchup (too spicy)

[Kathy Grayson @graysonk]

People, I just had coffee with @aarpangelsmn Never stop pursuing the truth

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

What about a ‘former but now retired’ and/or ‘group’ of BigCo middle managers? Asking for some friends..

[Startup MN Jackson @StartupMJackson]

Taking startup advice from a career BigCo middle manager is like asking a dairy cow how to win the Kentucky Derby.

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

@toddhgardner Yes. Annoying I have to log in with my AOL password, then verify my profile, then find the original link, then read the content I already read somewhere else.

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

Still waiting.

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

We will fund any startup who can 'disrupt' the way I have to enter my user/pass/LinkedIn every time I want to read a @TECHdotmn article

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

@DarenCotter @markgritter @GopherAngels Lolzzz. Compared to what?

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

Reminder: if we are on a panel of previously important people, and describe the type of investment we LOVE RN, which matches *exactly* what you do - don’t get in touch with us. We obviously weren’t serious. Makes it weird for both of us.

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

@robertjweber @ChrstphrCSmth @KipsuExperience @EY_EOY Pound sign humble brag

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

@casey__allen @hardy101 Neat. Guessing his analyst position at Piper in the late 80’s makes him an expert at founding companies?

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

Wait a sec. Rick Brimacomb, Founder of Brimacomb Capital, Proclaimed Venture Capitalist who ‘fuels emerging companies’, founded of world famous ‘network pretender investors connect’, actually made a single (one) investment over his career?! Preposterous. https://t.co/lVk5ImkUXz

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

Suggestion on voting criteria to simplify for busy readers: “Of these choices, which startup name do you recognize?”

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

Well I’ll be darned. Another startup beauty contest! We definitely need more of these - makes our job easier to skip due diligence and go straight to ‘no’.

[Minne Inno @MinneInnovation]

Nominate a local startup for Inno on Fire, our annual awards show.
https://t.co/RE7HMBcryQ

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

@mspbjGrayson @mspbjWittenberg Laughing out loud graphic. We don’t provide reasons for a pass - just radio silence.

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

Normally a perfect use-case for one of those frowny face smart phone graphics, but those are also just our normal faces, so confusing. Who’s going to cover the deals we don’t do now?

[Kathy Grayson @mspbjGrayson]

Personal personnel announcement: This is my last week at @MSPBJnews (and also my last week in the news business.)

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

@mspbjGrayson We could obviously not support anything leading to the broken hip epidemic facing our peers. Penny-farthing, hoop rolling and stickball however - all fundable in 2019. (After we get back from Naples)

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

We go to bed at 7:15. Did project goldfish crackers win the @Target startup pep fest thing?

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

Pound sign #TCSW18

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

Uhhh. Hellllllo? We have, up to, three $2,300.00 novelty checks to deliver this wk but can’t reach any founders on their landlines this wk thx to this “#tcsw.” Anyone actually building a business? Just talking about it? No wonder we’re not the xyz of the Midwest. #boondoggle

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

Neat blog post from guy giving advice about thing he’s never done: https://t.co/31JDlg28WV

[Rochester Rising @RochesterRising]

How Smart Entrepreneurs Become Natural Leaders- Part 1 https://t.co/XwXrBXlPJD @graemethickins #entrepreneurs #leadership

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

@InkitMail @mspbjGrayson Yes. As soon as we figure out what that is. American music award about books we’ve read?

[AARP Angels of MN @aarpangelsmn]

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