Speaking
Book Nicolaj Højer Nielsen
Eighteen years as a business angel. Seventy-three startups, five exits, twenty funerals. Fifteen years teaching entrepreneurship at Copenhagen Business School, and more than three thousand students who have heard him argue the case. Nicolaj has been explaining startup investing to rooms full of skeptics since before most of them had a portfolio, and he does it the way the book does: with the numbers on the screen, losses included.
In the book, he describes himself on stage as 'funny, insightful, and handsome.' Audiences have confirmed at least two of the three.
Topics
What he talks about
Not a motivational speech. Every talk is built for the room, from these topics:
Why most business angels lose money, and why they will not find out for ten years.
Reading founders: what the best ones have in common, and the red flags that look like confidence.
Herd behavior in the pitch room, and why a VC inviting you into a deal is not the compliment you think it is.
Portfolio math for real people: how many checks, how big, and how to stay solvent long enough to be right.
The view from the other side of the table, for founders raising from angels.
For founders, investors, executives, or students. Delivered in English or Danish, in person or online.
Credentials
Why him
18
years as a business angel
73
startups
5.7x
first fund
>30%
annualized return
3,000+
students taught
On stage he does what the book does: shows the numbers, including the ugly ones, and tells your audience what nobody on the panel will.
- Keynote (30 to 45 minutes)
- Fireside chat or moderated Q&A
- Investor and board sessions
- Workshops for angel networks
- Guest lectures
Booking
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