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ACA Volunteer Opportunities: Engage with Your Community

The ACA is conducting its annual solicitation for passionate and energetic members willing to serve as a volunteer leaders. As ACA continues to fulfill our mission of being the steward and thought leader for the global angel community, we are seeking highly energetic, motivated, and experienced candidates to serve in a variety of capacities.

Volunteering for a leadership role at ACA is a chance for you to build your personal network with other active investors and practitioners and gain new insights and perspectives from your peers. Serving on a committee can be a first step toward additional leadership roles within and outside of the ACA network.

Angel University Instructor

Role Overview:

We are seeking experienced angel investors to teach synchronous, virtual courses as part of our education program. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in angel investing, a passion for education, and the ability to communicate complex early-stage investment concepts

Responsibilities:

  • Deliver engaging, live virtual classes on topics such as start-up evaluation, due diligence, portfolio strategy, and deal structuring.
  • Share personal experiences, case studies, and real-world insights to enhance learning.
  • Facilitate discussions and Q&A sessions, encouraging active participation.
  • Collaborate with program staff to tailor content to the needs of students.


Requirements:

  • Proven experience as an angel investor, with a successful track record of investments.
  • Strong knowledge of early-stage investing, start-up evaluation, and risk management.
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills.
  • Availability to teach live virtual classes on a set schedule.

Create and maintain an inventory of smart practices in angel investing and in angel group management through an evolving ACA Angel University. Create and deliver a program of education for angels and angel group managers based upon the inventory of smart practices. While it is not responsible for producing ACA events, the committee shall provide the current inventory of smart practices to the event leaders to help them with their program planning. The Committee will also oversee the curation of existing content and the development of an ACA-branded publication series. The Committee also supports the expansion of volunteer faculty for the ACA Angel University. 

Establish and communicate member value proposition through product/service conceptualization and marketing strategy and messaging. Identify opportunities to increase membership and strengthen existing membership ties. Strengthen overall value proposition to increase ACA revenue. Ensure that all members understand ACA membership benefits. 

Establish and oversee the regular collection, maintenance, and reporting of ACA member and member group investment data. Establish the necessary partnerships and relationships required to facilitate efficient data collection. Provide contributing angel groups the opportunity to compare their group’s financial metrics with angel groups in their region and angel groups on a national level. Establish and oversee an ACA revenue plan based on aggregated data access provided to ACA member and non-members, and provide academic institutions the opportunity to utilize the ACA data for research. Publish the annual ACA Angel Funders Report and other data insights/learnings monthly. These data and financial metrics are compiled, analyzed, and reported to improve angel group performance and individual angel outcomes.

Develops a strategy for an ACA public policy program for approval by the Board and assists in implementation of the program. Committee focus includes determining public policy issues for ACA to address, how and when ACA will take positions on issues, and how to provide information and education of interest to members. This committee has the support of an advisory council of attorneys and accountants for research and advice and works with a government affairs firm to assist in strategy, implementation, and connections. Guides the work of a team of angel volunteers who conduct grassroots education and inform policymakers at the Federal and State level of ACA positions.

Promote ACA as the thought leader for angel investors. Oversee and mange (with staff leadership) ACA communications including website, newsletters and other membership and external communications.

Support the development of the ACA Summit through one of these committees: Programming, Sponsorship, & Marketing

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