I've been angel investing for 4.5 years, making 50 total investments, with 46 of them being early-stage Y Combinator companies.

I've been involved in startups for about 20 years and investing for the past 12 years, during which I've invested in hundreds of companies and interviewed thousands of founders.

As an angel investor, you need to meet with at least a hundred companies to ensure you have sufficient deal flow.

Investors in Y Combinator companies are top-tier VCs, frequently investing in these startups and often making multiple investments.

I've seen a lot of patterns in the startup ecosystem after funding 467 startups over the years.

Despite starting Y Combinator with the goal of helping a few entrepreneurs, we never anticipated funding a thousand startups, many of which have become very successful.

It's important for new angel investors to meet with many founders and companies to make educated judgments about investments.

My first angel investment was in a Y Combinator company called Wufoo, which returned 44 times my investment when it was acquired by SurveyMonkey.

The course aims to create thoughtful angel investors who make informed decisions and build better relationships with the companies they invest in, and I invest when I get excited about a company, believing I can always help because I've seen so many companies over my thirteen years of angel investing.