I’m pleased to announce that NextView is co-organizing an event on November 11 called “Angel Bootcamp” along with the event’s original creator Jon Pierce.  The event will be held at MIT from about Noon – 7PM.

The first Angel Bootcamp happened several years ago. The goal was to mobilize and educate the angel community in Boston to become more comfortable and more active investing in early stage internet, mobile, and software companies. Both then and now, our belief is that there is a dearth of high-quality, angel and seed stage capital in the Boston market, and that it would be a huge benefit to the economy as a whole to motivate some of the capital sitting on the sidelines to participate in the innovation economy.

After a short hiatus, Angel Bootcamp is back! The content will be unique – consisting mostly of quick prepared talks on some specific aspect of angel investing or sharing personal stories. We have a packed schedule, and one of the most outstanding speaker lists I’ve seen in a long time. These are people who have been successful entrepreneurs and angel investors in companies that have touched hundreds of millions of people and created billions of dollars in value like:

Uber, Warby Parker, Instacart, Blue Apron, Kayak, GrabCAD, Angelist, Crashlytics, Coupang, Opower, and many others.

For angels or potential angels, this is a chance to hear some of the best in the business share their perspective on investing in the most raw but most exciting companies. For entrepreneurs, this event provides a unique lens into the way angels think and how and why they might get excited about a particular company.

Among the topics I’d expect we hear about:

• How David Tisch, one of the country’s most prolific angels got started investing at the very first Angel Bootcamp
• What to make of crowd funding, from the founder of Funders Club and a board member of Angelist
• How angels can make any money in hardware, from the founder of the best hardware accelerator in the country
• The perspectives of those who have been on both sides, like Andy Palmer, Diane Hessan, Paul English, Wayne Chang, David Cohen, and others.

It’s an amazing group of both local and out of town guests, and I’m super excited. You can see the full speaker list and further details here: http://seedboston.com/angelbootcamp/

Because of space constraints, the attendee list with be curated to manage an effective mix of angels, aspiring angels, founders, and students. Click the link above to request an invite, or shoot a note to myself, Jay Acunzo, or Jon Pierce.

Of course, this wouldn’t be possible without some terrific sponsors – many thanks to Wilmer Hale, Silicon Valley Bank, and Jones Lang LaSalle for generously offering to sponsor our efforts, and MIT for providing a terrific venue.