Startup Termsheets impact Angel Investing W/ Geoff Harris

As you are negotiating the details of your Angel Investment, whether you are the Investor or the Startup Founder, the Terms of the agreement make a difference. Sometimes, a great company with the wrong expectations around terms can sour all of their efforts. At other times, investors may have a detail missing which makes or breaks the negotiations.
The kinds of companies you can invest in will depend on the types of terms you are willing to accept. The types of investors you can attract and engage also depend on your terms.

ABOUT GEOFF HARRIS
One of the 3 founding partners of Flying Fish Ventures, Geoff Harris spent 15 years at Microsoft in Engineering Leadership and Executive Leadership positions. His career at Microsoft began in digital media where he ran the Windows Media Player team. He then moved on the mobile space where he founded the first mobile services team within Microsoft, growing the team from zero to 250 in just over a year, which included a medium-sized international acquisition. Geoff was then General Manager for the Speech and Natural Language team where he led advancements in Speech Recognition and Natural Language Processing which are shipped in Xbox, Windows Phone and Cortana.

Geoff was an active angel investor with a portfolio of more than 40 investments. He has become heavily involved in promoting angel investing within Seattle in an effort to grow the funding ecosystem for local startups. Geoff Is an Alumni of Seattle Angel Conference. Geoff is an avid musician.

Geoff holds a BA in Political Science from Brown University.