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Episode 54: Women at the Table | Golden Seeds' Loretta McCarthy & Angela Allen
Watch now | Insights from leaders of the largest US angel network investing in women-led companies, having deployed nearly $200 million across 260…
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Episode 53: “Where You Stand Depends on Where You Sit” | SWAN Impact Network Board Member John Jeffers on the State of CleanTech, Strategic…
Insights from a 32-year energy industry veteran who serves on the Swan Impact Network board and helps early-stage clean tech companies navigate the…
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Episode 52: "Film Changes Culture" | Show Her The Money Executive Producer Catherine Gray on Film as Impact Investment, Vulnerability with…
Watch now (39 mins) | Insights from a media entrepreneur who's screened her documentary in 200+ cities to drive cultural change around the women's…
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Episode 51: "Obsess Over Founder DNA" | Denver Ventures Co-Founder Amy Brandenburg on Founder Assessment Methods, Angel Community Scaling…
Insights from a VC who built Denver Ventures from informal angel group to $65M+ AUM venture firm in five years
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Special Episode: Breaking Down "Angel Network Pulse: The First 101"
We just released Angel Network Pulse: The First 101 - an analysis of 101 angel network investments tracked over nine months through The Diligent…
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Episode 50: "Crush the Cost of Diligence" | Serial Entrepreneur Wade Myers on Systematic Founder Scoring, 30 Years of Investment Lessons…
Insights from a former Army Ranger who's invested in 150+ ventures and thoughtfully built systems that process 20,000 pitches a year
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Episode 49: "It's a Volume Game" | Redbud VC's Brett Calhoun on Generalist Investing Philosophy, the Missouri Startup Ecosystem, and Why…
Watch now | Insights from a Forbes 30 Under 30 VC honoree tapping into Missouri's massive operator pool by focusing on industry veterans solving…
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Episode 48: "A Mile Deep" | NTAN Co-Chairman Ichan Stall on Assessing Founder Psychology, Building Angel Communities from Scratch, 7 Why…
Insights from a community builder who earned Dallas Entrepreneur of the Decade after just four years by treating angel network growth like a grassroots…
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Episode 47: "Friendly Competition" | The DEC Network's Bill Chinn on the Role of Angel Investors in North Texas, Healthy Ecosystem Rivalry…
Insights from a Silicon Valley transplant leveraging nonprofit neutrality to unite angel investors in America's fastest-growing metro market
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Episode 46: From "Anything But Healthcare" to “All-In on Healthcare” | Serial Healthcare Investor Trey Bowles
Watch now (33 mins) | Insights from a former Techstars Managing Director who went from healthcare investment skeptic to building Texas-focused venture…
 • Andrew Kazlow
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