Charlie Paparelli

Angel Investor and Entrepreneur

For over 20 years, I’ve been an professional angel investor and entrepreneur. My mission is to help you take the next steps in business and life.

10 facts about Charlie

1. Professional angel investor and co-founder of 12 startups.
2. Invested in 23 startups in the last 23 years.
3. Since 1992 focused on helping entrepreneurs start and build their company.
4. Mentors 10 startup founders and advise many more on a daily basis.
5. Offices at the Advanced Technology Development Center (ATDC) at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA.
6. Founder and director of Angel Lounge in Atlanta.
7. Had five exits which netted an 50% IRR (internal return rate).
8. Continually thinks about helping entrepreneurs build the company of their dreams and great value for investors.
9. A recovering alcoholic who, thanks to the recovery process, entered into a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ.
10. Has a God given passion for entrepreneurs, to love and serve them.

I have 3 beliefs…

1. There is a reason God puts each entrepreneur in my life. I need to discover the reason and help with next steps for the entrepreneur.
2. Every day I must intercede in prayer, asking God to share his mercy, blessing and protection for every entrepreneur who shares their story with me.
3. My investment and mentoring relationships tie my destiny to God’s destiny for the entrepreneur. It is always a wild ride.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO FAITH DRIVEN ENTREPRENEUR

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8 Must-Have Traits for Every Startup Board
8 Must-Have Traits for Every Startup Board

Startups have a short time to achieve sustainability or else die. You must have the best founding executive team and the best founding board. Be selective.

When Should an Entrepreneur Quit?
When Should an Entrepreneur Quit?

Can an Entrepreneur’s Perseverance Be Bad?

“I actually think he has too much perseverance,” my friend Mark, a fellow angel investor, commented.

Have you outgrown your investors?
Have you outgrown your investors?

You know you’ll be an entrepreneur sometime in middle school to early high school. I hear this in every entrepreneur’s story.

The Entrepreneur’s Hidden Value (That’s Often Overlooked)
The Entrepreneur’s Hidden Value (That’s Often Overlooked)

I was in church listening to a sermon when I realized why entrepreneurs are so important to our society. They see the same problems we see, but they do something about it

You Need a Salary Cap, Just Like the NFL
You Need a Salary Cap, Just Like the NFL

These are unprecedented times for all of us in business. It doesn’t matter if you are an employer or employee. The result of this whiplash is to cut expenses and to cut them fast. The biggest expense item is payroll. Cut people. The hardest thing you’ll ever do in business.

Responding in Unprecedented Times
Responding in Unprecedented Times

None of us, including experienced business people, have led a company in such a time as this. For over 20 years, Charlie Paparelli has been an professional angel investor and entrepreneur, co-founding 12 startups and investing in twenty-three. Read his take on where we go from here…

5 Steps to be a Christian Business Person Right Now
5 Steps to be a Christian Business Person Right Now

For over 20 years, Charlie Paparelli has been an professional angel investor and entrepreneur, co-founding 12 startups and investing in twenty-three. On a daily basis, he mentors 10 startup founders and advises many more. Read more about his practical tips to be Christian business person during the Covid-19 pandemic.

11 Thoughts on Failure for Entrepreneurs
11 Thoughts on Failure for Entrepreneurs

For over 20 years, Charlie Paparelli has been an professional angel investor and entrepreneur, co-founding 12 startups and investing in 23. On a daily basis, he mentors 10 startup founders and advises many more. Read more about his 11 thoughts on how to see failure as an entrepreneur.a

Do You Have a 10,000 Year Perspective?
Do You Have a 10,000 Year Perspective?

“What are you doing that will matter in 10,000 years?” It was the kind of question that stops you in your tracks–a truth bomb. And the kind of question rarely asked. Matt McConnell invites us to really think that question through.

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