Basil Peters

Basil Peters is an angel investor with a passion for exit transactions. After being an investor for a couple of decades he finally realized that successful investing requires two things: making the right investment decisions and getting your money back. The most fun Basil's had as an entrepreneur, and an investor, are when companies are successfully sold.Dr. Peters is the principal of Strategic Exits Corp and fund manager for Fundamental Technologies II - an angel fund (seed stage venture fund). He also founded a venture capital firm and a hedge fund, and has been a CEO in Vancouver and Silicon Valley.Basil writes a blog on best practices for entrepreneurs and angel investors at http://www.AngelBlog.netHe just published his first book: Early Exits - Exit Strategies for Entrepreneurs and Angel Investors (But Maybe Not Venture Capitalists).Basil is an Entrepreneur in Residence at Simon Fraser University where he helps students and faculty spin-off research into promising technology companies.He has a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia in Electrical and Computer Engineering and has received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award, Canada Awards Silver Medal in Entrepreneurship, BC Science and Engineering Gold Medal and Business Leader of the Year Award.For more: http://www.basilpeters.com/