The document discusses factors for picking winning companies to invest in, including evaluating the market and future market potential, the strength and drive of the founding team, the ambition and vision of the product or service, whether there is early traction or users, and preferring companies led by founders who are smart, charismatic and have a technological advantage in addressing a large market. The author is Thomas Korte, who has experience with 120 seed investments and 15 exits totaling $1.1 billion, and recommends an accelerator program as one way to mentor high-impact startups.

1. Picking Companies Winners
Thomas Korte
@thomask

2. 120 seed investments, 15 exits - $1.1B

3. 12-Week High-Impact Mentorship
Thomas Korte
@thomask

4. Thomas Korte
@thomask

5. “Probably the Best Accelerator Program
in the U.S.”

6. “Fall in love first,
rationalize to get married later”
Thomas Korte
@thomask

7. Market
Team
Vision
Product
Traction

8. “If a great team meets a lousy market,
it’s the markets’ reputation that stays intact”
Thomas Korte
@thomask

9. Market & Future Market

10. Team: passion, hunger, drive &
“unfair advantage”

11. Vision & Ambition

12. Product & Product Design

13. Traction

14. Smart, driven, charismatic founders with
an unfair advantage taking on a huge
market using technology as leverage –
and you really like them
Thomas Korte
@thomask

15. thomas@angelpad.org
angelpad.org/investors