Abdul GoldenChairman at Ajo Angels Collective

4 steps to get started in angel investing

Name: 4 steps to get started in angel investing
Uploaded: 2026-01-30T00:55:42+00:00
Duration: 55 s
Channel: Abdul Golden
Description: In this concise instructional video, Abdul Golden outlines the four fundamental steps for aspiring angel investors. First, he emphasizes the need to find…

30 Jan 2026 · 1 min

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In this concise instructional video, Abdul Golden outlines the four fundamental steps for aspiring angel investors. First, he emphasizes the need to find investment deals—identifying startups or products that align with the investor’s interests and community impact. Second, he describes evaluating those opportunities to ensure they meet quality and risk criteria. Third, he explains structuring and negotiating the investment, deciding on terms, valuation, and the amount of capital to commit. Finally, he covers making the investment, actively managing the stake, and planning an exit through acquisition, sale, or other liquidity events. The talk frames angel investing as a way to influence product development and community outcomes while providing a high‑level roadmap for newcomers.

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You can participate as an angel investor, and you can help influence some of these products that are being developed. You can help influence how these products affect you and your community. So how do you do that? There are really four steps of angel investing. The first one is you got to find deals. That's the first. That's the first thing. You got to find something to invest in. Then you have to evaluate it, right? You got to find it. Then you got to make sure that it's good enough to invest in. The second thing you got to do is you got to structure and negotiate the deal. Once you find it, you got to figure out how you're going to make the investment and how much investment you're going to make. Then the third step is you actually make the investment and then you manage it. The last step is that you exit, which is that's when the company sells or gets bought or whatever. That's how you cash out at a high level. Those are the four steps of angel investing.