AngelList, established in 2010 as a portal that makes access of entrepreneurs to investors, assesses for product/market fit and business models. The primary objective of the founders/entrepreneurs, Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi, was to support and develop the start-up community. First they write a blog that facilitates the founders and after that develop AngleList to give them access to investors. Along with utilizing conventional methods of communication, the investors also have incentives to associate with entrepreneurs as a part to ensure their entrance to top startups, constraining detectable operations and outcomes on AngelList.
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