Default Effect
Default Effect The Default effect is defined by Wikipedia as when given a choice between several options, the tendency to favor the default one. It's also called the Status Quo bias in which people choose the default option because it's less risky. Startups should position their deal as the default…
Expectation Bias
Expectation Bias The expectation bias is defined by Wikipedia as the tendency for experimenters to believe, certify, and publish data that agree with their expectations for the outcome of an experiment, and to disbelieve, discard, or downgrade the corresponding weightings for data that appear to conflict with those expectations. Startups…
Fading Affect Bias
Fading Affect Bias The fading affect bias is defined by Wikipedia as a bias in which the emotion associated with unpleasant memories fades more quickly than the emotion associated with positive events. Startups encounter both hard times and good times. People forget the hard times but remember the positive moments.…
Framing Effect Bias
Framing Effect Bias Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The framing effect bias is defined by Wikipedia as drawing different conclusions from the same information, depending on how that information is presented. How you frame the…
Investor Connect: Yaniv Sneor of Mid Atlantic Bio Angels
On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Yaniv Sneor, Founder of Mid Atlantic Bio Angels (MABA). Mid Atlantic Bio Angels is a NY-based life science angel investment group that was formed in 2012 with the goal of bringing together the expertise required by investors to make informed investment decisions…