Angel funding with an authentic impact, by founder Steve Walsh
Release Date: 05/17/2022
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If you’re a startup founder and have ever wondered about the ins and outs of angel investing—when it could be right for your company, what makes it different from other types of investing, and why it can be so beneficial to your growth—this episode is for you.
In this episode of the Measure Success Podcast, host Carl J. Cox chats with Steve Walsh, the founder of Hands On Angel LLC. He is an entrepreneur and angel investor with a 20+-year executive portfolio across the sales, marketing and operations divisions of some of the largest technology and media companies, including Comcast & Cox Communications.
For more on what early-stage startup founders should look for in an angel investor, some common misconceptions CEOs might have about investors, and details about all the different types of startup investment (and which could be right for your company), tune into the full episode.
Here’s a Glimpse of What You’ll Learn:
- Some of the most common challenges Steve says he sees startups struggling with
- The mindset shifts that early-stage startup founders need to make in order to succeed and scale
- Why Steve believes being “overly candid” is helpful in business
- The biggest misconception that startup founders have about venture capital and investment
- The differences among angel investors, venture capitalists, and private equity
- When it’s time for a founder to give up 51% ownership
- What Steve enjoys the most about his work with startup founders
- Why the hardest thing you’ll ever do is start, plus Steve’s advice for how to “bet on yourself”
- How Steve measures his business’s success
- The methods Steve uses to maintain a healthy mind, body, and spirit, and why that balance helps him in business
- The book that changed the way Steve looks at the investment community
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