Introduction: an insider's overview
Start-ups and investing: a roller-coaster ride
Judging potential: seeing the future
Judging promoters: the fulcrum of early-stage investing
Product-Market fit: balancing the three-legged stool
Growth trajectory: cash and wealthy conundrum
Value and price: ingredients to strike a deal
Process: how angels fear to tread, where fools rush
Risk: an opportunity to ride the power law
Metamorphosis: from start-up to star business
Cash focus: frugality and monitoring investments
Impact investing: life-up complements trickle down
Start-up ecosystem: angels, syndicates, incubators and accelerators
Becoming an angel: mastering the art of performance
Appendix: a quick checklist

"There's a good chance that you have heard of Sachin Bansal (of Flipkart), Navin Tiwari (of InMobi), Bhavish Agarwal (of Ola) and Ritesh Agarwal (of Oyo). They are Indian start-up founders who have achieved celebrity status with their business success. But, have you heard of Ashish Gupta, Sasha Mirchandani, or Anupam Mittal? They are angel investors who funded start-ups like Flipkart, InMobi and Ola in their early years. Their little investments helped build legendary companies and yielded life-changing returns. Welcome to the exciting world of angel investing and entrepreneurship. Using his rich experience as an investor and mentor to numerous start-ups, Sanjay Kulkarni provides you a ringside view of this world. In an accessible, jargon- free approach and illustrated with insider stories, the book arms you with all the tools and strategies needed to become a successful angel investor. Like a good guide, this book will help you in navigating the start-up eco-system, avoiding common pitfalls, investing smartly and identifying the next billion-dollar start-up. Look back twenty-five years, Flipkart, Ola, InMobi, weren't even born. A whole new wave of start-ups is set to define the next twenty-five years. Would you like to be a part of this revolution?"