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Hans Severiens Will Review Only Executive Summaries of Business Plans That Make It To His Desk

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  • Date Added : 3/1/2003
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Hans Severiens

  • Co-founder, Band of Angels
  • male
  • Caucasian
  • 1929 (Age: 95 years old)
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
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Biography

Johannes C. "Hans" Severiens earned a bachelor's degree in physics from Harvard College and a Ph.D. in nuclear physics from Johns Hopkins. He worked as a scientist at Perkin-Elmer, Columbia University, the Atomic Energy commission, and the Niels Bohr Institute.

He eventually began a "second" career in finance and became a Vice President in investment banking with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, Merrill Lynch, and Paine Webber.

Over the last 10 years, Severiens has been an officer in three venture capital funds. In 1995, he co-founded the Band of Angels, a Silicon Valley investor group of over 100 executives, which invests in tech companies.

Dr. Severiens passed away on February 3, 2004 in Sonoma, California, after battling lung cancer for more than a year. He was 74.

Obviously, you know, we have developed this brand name, which is nice to have. It also means you get your name in all sorts of directories, and so you get a lot of deals that get thrown at you kind of what we call over the transit, and you take a look at those. The history of venture investing or ...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).

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Video 1 of 22 Hans Severiens Discusses Background in Science Before Entering a Second Career on Wall Street
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
  • Hans Severiens
  • 1 min. 47 sec.
Video 2 of 22 Hans Severiens Discusses Second Career as a Securities Analyst on Wall Street
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
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  • 4 min. 20 sec.
Video 3 of 22 Hans Severiens Discusses Third Career in Venture Capital and Angel Investing
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
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  • 2 min. 0 sec.
Video 4 of 22 Hans Severiens Discusses Beginnings of Angel Investment Group, Band of Angels
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
  • Hans Severiens
  • 2 min. 34 sec.
Video 5 of 22 Hans Severiens Explains Difference Between VCs and Angels and Who Is Funded By Which
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
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  • 2 min. 39 sec.
Video 6 of 22 Hans Severiens Discusses Market Analysis That Led Him To Target San Francisco Area For Angel Fund
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
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  • 4 min. 2 sec.
Video 7 of 22 Hans Severiens Discusses Importance of Deal Flow to the Angel Organization
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
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Video 8 of 22 Hans Severiens Provides Overview of Band of Angels
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
  • Hans Severiens
  • 1 min. 39 sec.
Video 9 of 22 Hans Severiens Shares Some Comical Slides Outlining the Deal Process
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
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  • 1 min. 22 sec.
Video 10 of 22 Hans Severiens Discusses Creation of Infrastructure for Band of Angels
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
  • Hans Severiens
  • 4 min. 51 sec.
Video 11 of 22 Hans Severiens Clarifies Point Regarding the Creation of a Parallel VC Fund
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
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  • 0 min. 43 sec.
Video 12 of 22 Hans Severiens States Band of Angels Investment Infrastructure is the Cleanest
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
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  • 0 min. 42 sec.
Video 13 of 22 Hans Severiens Shares Challenges Facing Entrepreneurs Seeking Angel Funding in Today's Market
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
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  • 1 min. 21 sec.
Video 14 of 22 Hans Severiens Discusses Management Involvement of Angel in Entrepreneur's Company
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
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  • 1 min. 20 sec.
Video 15 of 22 Hans Severiens Discusses Diversity of Angel Investors Within Band of Angels
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
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  • 1 min. 8 sec.
Video 16 of 22 Hans Severiens Will Review Only Executive Summaries of Business Plans That Make It To His Desk
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
  • Hans Severiens
  • 2 min. 8 sec.
Video 17 of 22 Hans Severiens Discusses How He Evaluates a Business Plan
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
  • Hans Severiens
  • 1 min. 8 sec.
Video 18 of 22 Hans Severiens Shares Good Deal Opportunities Will Be New Ideas With An Existing Market and Few Entrants
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
  • Hans Severiens
  • 3 min. 13 sec.
Video 19 of 22 Hans Severiens Discusses Professional Status of Fellow Angels
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
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Video 20 of 22 Hans Severiens States Students Should Surround Themselves With Good People and Understand Marketplace
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
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  • 0 min. 59 sec.
Video 21 of 22 Hans Severiens Discusses Band Of Angels Return on Investment (ROI)
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
  • Hans Severiens
  • 2 min. 29 sec.
Video 22 of 22 Hans Severiens States Better to Invest in A Great Management Team with a Good Idea Versus A Great Idea With A Good Team
  • Hans Severiens - Lecture to AEM 325 - Topic of Venture Capital and Angel Funding
  • 3/1/2003
  • Hans Severiens
  • 1 min. 40 sec.

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