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Jean Hammond, the Boston angel investor whose first big investment in 2000 in a little company called Zipcar paid off handsomely, is a pretty big deal in the angel investment community. She helped found the Boston chapter of GoldenSeeds and is a member of Hub Angels Investment Groupand LaunchPad Venture Group She has also served as CEO at Quarry Technologies, is a founder of AXON Networks, interim CEO of Jam Technologies, and co-founder of LearnLaunchX, Boston’s ed tech accelerator. Recently, Hammond won an award from the  Angel Capital Association for her work, which has included significant achievements in the ed-tech sector. Hammond said she's learned a few things in her experience as an angel investor. Here's a list of Hammond's five lessons that she's learned in the angel investment world:

Image: Courtesy photo Angel investor Jean Hammond says Boston has a great startup ecosystem.