by Karthik Krishnan | Jan 8, 2019 | Blog
ISA investing strategy, like any other investment option, has risks. Having invested in early stage companies as angel investors, the co-founders of MentorWorks take risk and risk mitigation very seriously. Our ISA investment risk assessment strategy is similar to...
by Karthik Krishnan | Jan 8, 2019 | Blog
In our time as angel investors, we have conducted due diligence through a relatively extensive process, with multiple checklists, reference checks, expert conversations, and document checks. Christopher Mirabile, Managing Director at Launchpad Venture Group describes...
by Karthik Krishnan | Jan 8, 2019 | Blog
The predominant ISA opportunities currently available are passive financial investments. An important aspect of this is that the school shares in the risk of outcomes by participating in the investment. This is certainly a viable argument, and one that we believe....
by Karthik Krishnan | Jan 8, 2019 | Blog
What are income share agreements (ISAs), and how are they different from student loans? In simple terms, an income share agreement is an obligation, but not a loan, where the investor receives a fraction of income from a student during the payment term. The investment...
by Karthik Krishnan | Jan 8, 2019 | Blog
Q: How did ISAs come about? What is their history? Although income share agreements have become more popular in recent years, the idea dates back to the 1950s. Milton Friedman originally proposed the concept of income share agreements in his essay “The Role of...
