Chnnl is #19 in the FKA stable of great startups. Funded under COVID conditions and off the great start with an Aussie contract for 20,000 users. Cornelius is our first aider on the Board working with Liz.

Jordan Green is the President, pompous word for Chief Cat Herder, of Melbourne Angels. Yet, he is anything but pompous. We recommend that some FKAs join his session to learn how Aussies do it. More here!

Two interesting articles on lies, founders lying and sociopathic liers.

"If you are only allowed to tell the literal, complete truth, and you’re compelled to tell that truth at all times, □□ □□ □□□□ □□□□□□□□□ □□ □□□□□□ □□□□□□□□□ □□□ □□ □□□□□□□."

High Technology Manufacturing Report August 2013, TIN predecessor.

In addition to the garment, all investors have received a small share in a company that is on an exciting growth trajectory. Hengji, Alliv, Jordan, and Bob, such growth brings new pains but if anyone can, YOU CAN! 

And as of yesterday...

Our investor rep may not have the looks to go to Hollywood but he is proud to help a super team to take their great tech there. With US$80m Frame has out-funded Moxion by 20x still, Moxion outperformed Frame.

He gives a shoutout to FKA at about 14:40 into this podcast.

So, the next Startup Weekend in Auckland is already 2-4 October. Great learning for founders! Erick and Glen have already signed on as mentors.

Pauli the organiser is still looking for more female mentors. Our Chief Member Maker Maheen has already linked two women with Pauli from his member pipeline. Campbell and Imche ask, how about our local Angels? Averill, Debra, Genevieve, Jackie, Katheren or Marisa? 

Martin was appointed the new chair of the Aotearoa Wave & Tidal Energy Association (AWATEA) to drive river, micro-hydro and marine energy in NZ. He is therefore calling for Kiwi founders to outsmart Aussie founders in the Ocean Impact - Pitch Fest 2020.

Wondering... How many chairs in FKA? Tell Rudi and/or send your guess!

He explained, your booking system has a longer memory for emails than the average lifespan of my startups □

An interesting critique of the docu by Casey Newton in The Interface.

Bob's reaction, "Will do anything for ARR growth", Hengji "We always gonna need an SEO hacker/spammer eventually, are you trying to put your hand up [Rudi]?" 

CEO Josh has been committed to DJ FKA's next party

Germans don't miss Freibier - Rudi is going. So come along

Here a taster video - the last 4x4 day was awesome!

The detailed day sessions are free, $50 for the nighttime celebrations.

Rumour has it that Angels from none commission charging groups will enjoy one free drink Tui?

He went on to schoolmaster. "Kami users annotated 150M documents. Printed that would give a paper stack over 500km high. Higher than: a) 1,500 Sky Towers (328m) b) 60 Mt Everests (8,748m) c) the altitude of the International Space Station (408km)."

Also, Kami on Techcrunch yesterday

Okay, that webinar in the middle of the night would have been tough. So we have obtained the recording "Pricing in SaaS Business" for you here. Watch out for further related videos in the Vimeo stream.

Rudi likes to think of himself as a cat herder, Garth, on the other hand, is into camel husbandry. As evidenced by this article that he recommended to his group of Investor Reps.

White Star Capital is Mapping The Gaming and Esports VC Landscape with this interesting analysis of this segment that is growing in numbers and significance.

Roughly 74% of companies that raised their first investment through angel financings between 2006 and 2014 were able to raise follow-on funding. By contrast, companies that did not raise angel capital received further funding at a rate of just 59%.

See our LinkedIn post.