Entrepreneur Joe Stump on Learning the Startup Investing Game

In Chapter 12 of 14 in his 2012 interview, Internet entrepreneur Joe Stump answers "How Have Your Entrepreneurial Pursuits Taught You to Be a Better Investor?" After raising money for three companies, advising a venture capital firm and investing his own money in three companies, Stump shares what he has learned about startup investing. He describes the portfolio theory approach VC firms take and how as an entrepreneur he has learned to compete as a portfolio firm. He learns the mechanics of angel, seed, series A and series B investing and how to negotiate contract terms. Joe Stump is a serial entrepreneur based in Portland, OR. He is CEO and co-founder of Sprint.ly, a product management software company. Previously he founded SimpleGeo, which was sold to Urban Airship in October 2011. He advises several startups - including attachments.me and ngmoco:) - as well as VC firm Freestyle Capital. He earned a BBA in Computer Information Systems (CIS) from Eastern Michigan University.