The Diligent Observer Podcast
Duración total:
28 h 18 min
Episode 78: The ETA Financing Angel Group | Frontier Angels Managing Director Graham Conran
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42:01
Episode 77: Why Great Products Still Lose with AngelsRound founder Ashher Syed
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37:31
Episode 76: NuFund Executive Director and Co-Fund Manager Ashok Kamal on A Faster Angel Model
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34:40
Episode 75: Tourist Town → Tech Hub with Bridge Angel Investors Linda Jellison and Peter Offringa
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52:09
Episode 74: SaaS Isn’t Dead | Lighter Capital CEO Melissa Widner
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26:44
Episode 73: Why Food Tech Is So Hard to Fund with New York Angels Executive Director Peter Bodenheimer
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47:59
Episode 72: When the Deal Goes Sideways | TEN Capital Network Founder and CEO Hall Martin on Angel Investing’s Next Era
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53:55
Episode 71: Nebraska Angels Executive Director Josh Bartels on Building a High-Trust Angel Network
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32:00
Replay: Episode 20: Part Art, Part Process | Elevate Ventures Principal Patrick Sweeney on Data-Driven Startup Investing
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34:38
Episode 70: "The Story Is the Asset" | Courtside Ventures Founding Partner Vasu Kulkarni on Collectibles, Community, and Angel Investing
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51:11
Episode 69: "Roll Up Your Sleeves or Go Home" | Israel365 Media's Ben Woolf on Israel's Prove It First Investment Culture, Founder Grit, and Why Ideas Alone Don't Get Funded
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41:08
Episode 68: "Dual Use Isn’t a Distraction" | 757 Collab President & CEO Paul Nolde on Dual-Use Startups
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45:14
Episode 67: Charlotte Angel Fund Administrator Greg Brown On Why a $50M Exit Might Not Be Enough
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52:06
Replay: Episode 19: "Smart Money Goes Beyond the Checkbook" | Seasoned Angel Investor Mitra Miller on the Importance of Founder "Relentlessness", Innovation in Houston, and "Poker" vs "Roulette"
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45:16
Episode 66: “Build vs Buy” | Black Prism Capital Partners Founder Steven Miller on Dual-Use Investing, Government Sales, and Deep Tech Diligence
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53:51
Episode 65: Faith Driven Angel Investing | Will Thomas, Co-Founder of Ambassadors Impact Network
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41:12
Episode 64: “We Pass on 98.5%” | Bio Angels Yaniv Sneor and Alex Pederson on Life Science Angel Investing, Screening Criteria, and Exit Discipline
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41:29
Episode 63: Central Texas Angel Network's Rick Timmins on Data-Driven Angel Investing
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37:25
Episode 62: Baylor Angel Network's Steven Diedrich on Training Students to Think Like Angel Investors
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36:56
Episode 61: “40 to 60% of Angel Investors Gone?” | ACA Board Member Mark Friedman on Startup Policy, QSBS, and the INVEST Act
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40:22
Episode 60: “Startups Are Hype Machines” | Carta’s Peter Walker on Angel Exits, SAFEs, and AI-Age Investing
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44:44
Episode 59: QCA Ventures Director Scott Jacobs on Angel Due Diligence, Board Governance, and AI-Powered Deal Evaluation
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46:01
Replay: "Your Board Can Make or Break the Company" | Curtis Feeny (Episode 17)
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56:58
Episode 58: "$15 Million in Capital Gains: Gone" Startup Wealth Strategist Bryan Hasling on What Angel Investors Need to Know About QSBS, Maximizing the Tax Benefits of a Losing Investment, and the Li
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52:01
Episode 57: "Old Money To New Money" | Lagos Angel Network Executive Director Dr. Solomon King on Mobilizing Legacy Nigerian Wealth into Venture, Building Angel Culture from Scratch, and Correcting Af
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40:53
Episode 56: "Hard Tech Is Hard, But So Is Software” | Industrial Sustainability VC Anthony Del Porto on Finding Step-Change Value in Hard Tech, Why the Valley of Death Is Shrinking, and Where he’s See
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46:53
Episode 55: "We Need to Disrupt Ourselves" | SWAN Impact Network Executive Director Suresh Sundarababu on Breaking the Angel Group Mold, Building Great Founder Support Ecosystems, and Takeaways from T
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43:39
Replay: The 3 T’s of Early Stage Investing | Larry Warnock, Partner Emeritus at Ring Ventures (Episode 16)
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59:23
Episode 54: Women at the Table | Golden Seeds' Loretta McCarthy & Angela Allen on Building America's Largest Women-Focused Angel Network, The 3% to 30% Transformation, and Why Angel Education is so Cr
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48:59
Episode 53: “Where You Stand Depends on Where You Sit” | SWAN Impact Network Board Member John Jeffers on the State of CleanTech, Strategic Exit Models for Energy Startups, and Finding Opportunity Ami
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47:56
Episode 52: "Film Changes Culture" | Show Her The Money Executive Producer Catherine Gray on Film as Impact Investment, Vulnerability with Persistence, and the Power of Like-Minded Capital
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39:20
Episode 51: "Obsess Over Founder DNA" | Denver Ventures Co-Founder Amy Brandenburg on Founder Assessment Methods, Angel Community Scaling Strategies, and Portfolio Discipline
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38:48
Special Episode: Breaking Down "Angel Network Pulse: The First 101"
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15:04
Episode 50: "Crush the Cost of Diligence" | Serial Entrepreneur Wade Myers on Systematic Founder Scoring, 30 Years of Investment Lessons, and The Future of Angel Investing
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50:33
Episode 49: "It's a Volume Game" | Redbud VC's Brett Calhoun on Generalist Investing Philosophy, the Missouri Startup Ecosystem, and Why Gritty Industry Veterans Make Compelling Founders
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33:40
Episode 48: "A Mile Deep" | North Texas Angel Network Co-Chairman Ichan Stall on Assessing Founder Psychology, Building Angel Communities, and Why Pulling the Lawnmower Behind Your Bicycle is the Way
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42:57
Episode 47: "Friendly Competition" | The DEC Network's Bill Chinn on the Role of Angel Investors in North Texas, Healthy Ecosystem Rivalry, and Managing Type-A Personalities
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19:42
Episode 46: From "Anything But Healthcare" to "All-In on Healthcare" | Serial Healthcare Investor Trey Bowles on the Rise of Venture Studios, The Art of Problem-Focused Selling in Healthcare, and Why
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32:30
Episode 45: Breaking Down the 2025 Angel Funders Report | ACA Board Member John Harbison on Valuation Compression, Board Seat Decline, and Follow-On Performance
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49:16
Episode 44: "Bridge Building, Not Wall Building" | Heartland Angel Network Lead Quinn Robertson on Connecting Local Founders to National Capital, the NW Arkansas Innovation Ecosystem, and Activating N
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