David S. Rose, the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of New York Angels, is an Inc. 500 CEO, serial entrepreneur, super angel investor and best selling author who has founded or funded over 100 pioneering companies. He has been described by Forbes as "New York's Archangel", by BusinessWeek as a "world conquering entrepreneur", by Crain's New York Business as "the father of angel investing in New York", and by Red Herring magazine as "patriarch of Silicon Alley". He is the New York Times best selling author of both "Angel Investing: The Gust Guide to Making Money & Having Fun Investing in Startups" and "The Startup Checklist: 25 Steps to a Scalable, High-Growth Business."
