Podcasts about sand hill angels

In this episode, we dive into the fascinating journey of Abhi, an innovator and entrepreneur who seamlessly blends technology and filmmaking. With 17 international patents and publications in top journals like NATURE, Abhi is a key player in healthcare technology as the chair of TiECon Health and a member of Sand Hill Angels. However, Abhi's passion for the Marathi film industry sets him apart. Despite being an outsider, he has created a significant legacy in Marathi cinema and won the prestigious Swarn Kamal in 2012, a national award in India for his movie Deool featuring Sonali Kulkarni, Nana Patekar, and directed by Dr. Jabbar Patel, demonstrating that innovation knows no bounds. Before founding Optra Ventures, focusing on medical devices and digital healthcare, Abhi's first venture was acquired for $100 million. Now, Optra Ventures leads with companies like Optra Systems, Optra SCAN, and Optra Health.

Drue Freeman is an Independent Board Director at Ideal Power (NASDAQ:IPWR) and is currently serving on the Board of Directors at Sand Hill Angels.   The former CEO of the Association for Corporate Growth, Silicon Valley (ACGSV) and a 30-year semiconductor veteran, Drue advises and consults for early-stage startups, multi-billion dollar corporations, and for financial institutions studying the implications of technological disruptions on the automotive industry. Drue is on the Advisory Boards of several public and private companies as well as Silicon Catalyst. His Venture Capital and Angel Investments focus primarily on the automotive sector.   Previously, Drue served as Sr Vice President Global Automotive Sales & Marketing at NXP (2009 - 2015), gaining significant automotive semiconductor TAM share. In his career with NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductors), Drue spent 3 years in Shanghai establishing a #1 position in the China automotive market while launching and serving as Board Member for the first Chinese automotive semiconductor company, Datang-NXP Semiconductors. Prior to China, he worked 7 years at NXP's Automotive HQ in Germany, including 4 years as VP of Automotive Quality. He has also been based in Tokyo, with Philips and VLSI Technology and held positions in key account management, applications engineering, and development engineering for various companies in California.   We talk about Who are the most active angel groups in Silicon Valley? What types of due diligence does one do on a company before investing? What role do syndicate members play after making an investment? What are the negatives or benefits of investing as an individual or a syndicate? How does one find boards to be on? What technologies do you see really helping in West Africa? And much more Connect with Drue https://www.linkedin.com/in/drue-freeman-b67a12/ drue@betterbigpicture.com

#78, Jack Guedj, Band of Angels, one of Silicon Valley's oldest & most active angel groups   Fireside with a VC diving into current seed and early stage investing and fundraising market environment and conditions. How are valuations and terms changing, the importance of QSBS tax and when to use convertible notes and the dangers of SAFE notes.   Next episode #79 includes the roundtable discussion with the Band of Angels. Jack Guedj is also an active member of Sand Hill Angels. Disclaimer: many of these angel groups are LP investors in our VC funds and active members of our network sourcing deal flow, conducting due diligence, taking board seats, actively adding value to our portfolio companies, impacting our exits and helping us raise more LP capital for our VC funds. Many of the members of The Band are highly successful senior executives from large tech titans as well as successful entrepreneurs that have founded startups, raised angel and VC funding and experienced the spectrum of positive and negative outcomes making them more valuable than many VCs to have in your corner in good and bad times along the startup journey.   On all podcast platforms: https://open.spotify.com/show/57V2XYhekz5ETiOwtanWIn?si=a835a3f3b5804cbb   YouTube: https://youtu.be/yfcoZgSLZew   andrew@7bc.vc https://www.linkedin.com/in/romans/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/firesidevc/message

Mina Mitry has become a great example of what it means to think big and follow through on it. His space startup has already raised tens of millions of dollars on its mission to build essential infrastructure in space. His venture, Kepler Communications, has attracted funding from top-tier investors like IA Ventures, Tribe Capital, Sand Hill Angels, and Costanoa Ventures.

Jeff Grass knows how to get your hesitant employees back to the office.  This serial entrepreneur is Co-Founder & CEO of Hungry Marketplace. Based in Arlington VA, Hungry is tackling the $100 Billion business food & events industry with a food-tech marketplace & logistics platform that provides unparalleled food & engagement solutions for businesses, powered by top local chefs. In short, Hungry partners with local chiefs to bring food to your office. So far, they operate in 9 markets with 250 employees. Clearly, Jeff's onto something big. Hungry doubled revenues last year, despite the pandemic. And he's raised capital from leading VC firms: 10X Capital, Bread and Butter Ventures, Evolution PC Partners, GP Ventures, James Madison Innovations, Marcy Venture Partners, Motley Fool Ventures, Sand Hill Angels, Sands Capital Ventures, The Heritage Fund, The Torch Fund After earning his MBA at The Wharton School and a stint with McKinsey & Company, Jeff was Co-Founder of other successful companies LiveSafe and buySAFE, which enables online businesses to increase trust & confidence with site visitors. In this 20-minute conversation, Jeff reveals how he's put a Rockstar in every seat of Hungry (and how he keeps them)

Alicia Castillo is an agronomist from Universidad Central de Venezuela, she is a prolific investor based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is part of Sand Hill Angels and she currently runs the wealthing.com institute. Alicia has written a number of books, “Funding your million dollar idea” and created more than 18 companies. She runs a nonprofit Boxoflife to support Ancianato San Jose in Aragua Venezuela. In this interview Alicia explains her approach to investing in companies and her passion for supporting entrepreneurs of all backgrounds, women and what in the US is known as “minority groups”. Alicia created the first seed capital fund in Chile. Before being an investor in Silicon Valley, Alicia made a career in research and product development in Bayer and Shell in Venezuela for the agricultural industry. She championed laws and regulation that balanced productivity and the environment, fostering collaboration across industry players. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/venezueladiaspora/support

Drue Freeman, an investor, advisor, and board of directors at Sand Hill Angels, with a background in the semiconductor industry and more, joins #TheLounge and discusses how one can implement a customer-centric model, that Drue developed, throughout his various experiences.Drue introduces clever, new nomenclature: "The Tao of Profibitility", something he derived from his time in Japan!Roh and Drue go way back - and so it is interesting to see how their previous experiences together came out in this discussion. Regardless of what your role is, or what industry vertical you are in, this episode is a must-listen, because the customer-centric approach covers not just the customer, but the very conception of the product itself to the very factories where the raw materials are being put together and everything that comes after. In effect, covering every base, from conception to consumer The fellas look at real-world examples, fictional examples, and examples where Drue is an actual advisor for a company Roh started, called Blackbird Lab, Inc. These examples are then tied back into the main theme of the conversation! Drue highlights the importance of "promise", and the integrity of promises, especially in a b2b scenario, where it isn't just a one on one ordeal. This idea of promise, which can turn ugly at times, if promises are not kept, is directly connected to some of the critical problems, Boardwalktech, Inc., is solving at the moment.  DM @infoloungepod  you are interested in learning more about that, or email info@boardwalktech.com, with the subject header "Promises from The Information Lounge"!The two conclude that, in essence, one can achieve some variation of a customer-centric model by applying the following emotions and ethics: Empathy and Transparency! Till next week!#TheInformationLoungers

In this episode of Fundraising Radio, Jim Connor the member of Sand Hill Angels and an Executive Producer at Game Changers Silicon Valley, explains how to find the right investors, how to reach out to them and how to give a great pitch (and how to prepare one!) Sand Hill Angels: https://www.sandhillangels.com/

In this episode of Fundraising Radio our speaker, Alan Fisher - member and angel investor at Sand Hill Angels tells about the major differences between angel groups, explains how Sand Hill Angels work and who should consider applying. He also covers some resources available for founders that are provided by Sand Hill Angels. Insights into the angel groups in this episode by Alan Fisher. Sand Hill Angels: https://www.sandhillangels.com/ Apply for practice pitch with SHA here: https://www.sandhillangels.com/raw-application Invest in your host through an IPO: https://humanipo.app/id/konstantin.dubovitskiy

The startup ecosystem continues to create new products and services that contribute to our productivity and quality of life.  The participating parties including research and intellectual property from universities, programs for entrepreneurs,  technologists and an established set of service providers from startup accelerators to a range of outsourcing services for everything a startup company needs to grow efficiently.   A key driver to allow these components to produce results is the startup investor class and within that class, the provider of seed capital.  The first outside capital contribution is incredibly important giving the startup validation and working capital to continue their mission.  Today, we see a range of seed capital providers from the angel investor community and specific seed funds from the venture capital community. Finding the Right Seed Investor As an entrepreneur, if you have a lineage coming from several years at a brand name IPO, or you are part of the founder team with a track record of successful exits, then you have the basis to shop your company’s financing needs to venture capital funds and angel investor groups.   If you are first time entrepreneurs with no track record in the startup world, then you are likely to find the most receptive investor audience within the angel investor community.  The angel investor community is not a single type of investor.  There are unique aspects and preference to each angel investor and angel investor group.   The podcast is about the mind and heart of the angel investor as Jonathan Wu, Vice President of the Sand Hill Angels, sits down to give us his perspective on seed funding, how entrepreneurs gain traction with angel investors, and avoidable mistakes entrepreneurs make.  Jonathan also provides insight into the type of mentorship an angel investor can make including his own experiences in helping startup companies to accelerate their growth.

Welcome to the Conscious Millionaire Show for entrepreneurs who want to Make Your First Million, with your Host, JV Crum III…  Terri Mead: How to Act on Opportunities Terri Mead is President of Solutions2Projects, LLC, a consulting company that provides IT strategy and IT compliance services in the life sciences space. She is also an angel investor and Vice President of Sand Hill Angels, regularly advises startups and in her spare time, flies helicopters. Like this Podcast? Get every episode delivered to you free!  Subscribe in iTunes And, download your free gift today... Get the High Performer Formula to Make Millions – Click Here! Please help spread the word. Subscribing and leaving a review helps other entrepreneurs and business owners find our podcast… and turn their big impact into their First Million. They will thank you for it.   Conscious Millionaire Network has over 1,800 episodes and 12 Million Listeners in 190 countries. Our original Conscious Millionaire Podcast was named in Inc Magazine as one of the Top 13 Business Podcasts!  

Welcome to the Conscious Millionaire Show for entrepreneurs who want to Make Your First Million, with your Host, JV Crum III…  Terri Mead: How to Act on Opportunities Terri Mead is President of Solutions2Projects, LLC, a consulting company that provides IT strategy and IT compliance services in the life sciences space. She is also an angel investor and Vice President of Sand Hill Angels, regularly advises startups and in her spare time, flies helicopters. Like this Podcast? Get every episode delivered to you free!  Subscribe in iTunes And, download your free gift today... Get the High Performer Formula to Make Millions – Click Here! Please help spread the word. Subscribing and leaving a review helps other entrepreneurs and business owners find our podcast… and turn their big impact into their First Million. They will thank you for it.   Conscious Millionaire Network has over 1,800 episodes and 12 Million Listeners in 190 countries. Our original Conscious Millionaire Podcast was named in Inc Magazine as one of the Top 13 Business Podcasts!  

In this episode, we talk to Silicon Valley investors, Jim Connor, currently with Sand Hill Angels and Nick Triantos, an investor at Ignition Partners, with 20 years experience in the industry, from being a successful technical founder right through to his current role as an investor. Our investors discuss: The characteristics that make a successful entrepreneur What’s involved in the sometimes harsh but rewarding reality of being a startup founder The best way to reach out to investors If you like what you hear, please rate, review and subscribe so that we can keep bringing you more investors!

Terri talks to Alicia Castillo about her circuitous path into angel investing that started in a rural town in Venezuela that has landed her in Silicon Valley and how her global experience has made her realize how important it is for us to acknowledge that we, as people, are more similar than we are different. Who is Alicia Castillo? Alicia Castillo Holley is an international expert in creating wealth and is passionate about prosperity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. She is an active angel investor and the creator of the 10-week online program called Women Get Funded. Alicia’s career started as a young scientist and professor on Agronomy before becoming involved in product development for a Bayer-Shell joint venture and eventually turning into an entrepreneur and angel investor. As an entrepreneur, she has started nine companies -successfully exiting from five of them- and two non-for-profit. She played a pivotal role in the development of the entrepreneurial curriculum and the Venture Capital industry in Chile, where she lived between 1996 and 2002. She has also consulted, mentored, or coached hundreds of entrepreneurs worldwide, is a prolific author and speaker, and pushes academic institutions to reinvent business education. Philanthropically, she supports organizations that foster education, social entrepreneurship and prevent and turn domestic violence into harmony. A global trotter, she has visited over 100 countries, and has lived in Venezuela, Chile, Australia, Denmark, Switzerland, and the US and currently resides in Menlo Park.     Show Highlights Alicia shares her journey into angel investing. Her journey started in a socialist household in a rural town in Venezuela and took her to all parts of the world. Terri and Alicia talk about bias and chemistry in decision making. Alicia talks about how she operates as an angel investor, what areas she focuses on and the characteristics of the founders she looks to back. Alicia talks about her 10-week, online program called Women Get Funded to educate women on how to get their companies funded. If Alicia could wave a magic wand to change something in the world, she would change war. She would get people to realize that we are more similar than different. Alicia’s favorite founder resources include two of her books How to Fund Your Million Dollar Idea and The Ten Unwealthy Habits and Rich Dad Poor Dad. Terri’s Key Takeaway It’s important to build channels of trust regardless of gender. References in the Podcast Alicia Castillo Holley: http://www.aliciacastilloholley.com/ Sand Hill Angels: http://www.sandhillangels.com/ Women Get Funded: https://womengetfunded.com/ How to Fund Your Million Dollar Idea: http://www.aliciacastilloholley.com/books/ The Ten Unwealthy Habits: http://www.aliciacastilloholley.com/books/ Rich Dad Poor Dad: https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/1612680003/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=   Contact Alicia can be reached on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/aliciacastilloholley/ or through her website http://www.aliciacastilloholley.com/. You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.  Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Terri talks to Amy Chang about how at the age of 35 she had checked all life’s boxes but wasn’t completely fulfilled. She found religion to fill the void and was able to redefine success for herself.  Amy talks about how this changed the way she operates in the world and how she wants to see more women angel investing.   Who is Amy Chang? Amy C. Chang is the CEO of Delta Nutrassentials, a consumer health supplement company. Previously, she was VP of Strategy & Investor Relations for AMN Healthcare and prior to joining AMN, she held various leadership roles with other companies in operations, customer service and finance after beginning her career with KPMG.  Amy is an advisor, board member, and investor of various start-ups in San Diego, as well as a board member of Hera Angels and member of the Keiretsu Forum, Wharton Angel Network, and SheEO. She served as a board member of the National Investor Relations Institute - San Diego Chapter and has been a member of the San Diego YMCA Overnight Camps Board of Advisors.  She is Chair-Elect of the San Diego YMCA Board of Governors and has been involved in homeless ministries and has served as a foster youth mentor and foster parent.   Show Highlights Amy talks about being the driver’s seat of your life (similar to Terri talking about being the pilot in your own life) and not just letting life happen. Amy talks about being driven and the importance of checking the boxes to achieve ‘success’ in her life and still being unfulfilled.  She realized that she might have had the wrong measure of success in her life. Despite checking all of the boxes, she realized she wasn’t happy enough.  She became a born-again Christian at the age of 35 which has made the biggest difference in her life and has changed the way she looks at her life and the rewards she wants to get out of life. Her definition of success has changed, and she worries about far fewer things as a result. She thinks that people are happier when they are living something beyond themselves. Amy talks about what she looks for as an angel investor and some of the startups she’s invested in.  Three years ago, Amy didn’t know that angel investing was an option but has since invested in quite a few companies directly.  She joined the Keiretsu Forum, the Wharton Angel Network and she is now on the board of Hera Ventures.  Amy likes to invest directly into a startup to help them fuel their growth which helps to create innovation and helps the local economy.   She does caution that angel investing is not for everyone. Amy talks about the importance of diversifying your portfolio and how networking has contributed to her deal flow.  She has learned the most from other angel investors.  Terri talks about her experience in Sand Hill Angels being a great training ground.  Amy and Terri would like to see more female angel investors, and both shared the importance of being supported by other female angel investors. Based on what she wishes she knew when she started investing, Amy recommends that women start with small checks and get to know the founders as much as you can.  If Amy could wave a magic wand, she would encourage people to get to know each other on an individual basis.    Terri’s Key Takeaway Founder integrity is critical when investing in a startup.   References in the Podcast Venture Deals:  https://www.feld.com/archives/2016/10/venture-deals-third-edition.html JDoe: https://jdoe.io/ Delta Nutrassentials: https://www.deltanutra.com/ Keiretsu Forum: http://www.keiretsuforum.com/ Wharton Angel Network: http://www.whartonangelnetwork.co/ Hera Angels:  https://www.heraangels.com/ Tech Coast Angels:  https://www.techcoastangels.com/     Contact Amy can be reached via LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/amychang8/ or her company’s website, www.deltanutra.com.   You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.  Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.  

Show Highlights Terri answers Jacqueline’s questions about pitch events and demo days Terri talks about the Ada program in Berlin to encourage more women to be founders and entrepreneurs where she will be a mentor in their first cohort. Terri talks about the SwissNex event last year where she met Anne Cocquyt of The Guild where she had to ask to be on the all-male panel and the facilitator said they would be declaring the king of the evening.  Terri had to shout out “or queen.” The winner ended up being a female founder.  Terri comments on how she dislikes pitch events where winners are declared but there’s no actual financial reward. Terri attends events to learn about what is going on, the latest technology, and potentially find new startups to invest in.  She also looks for founders/startups to help even if she doesn’t invest in the startups.  Terri clarifies her understanding of an evergreen fund for her own investing. How long does it take a company to exit?  Typically, 7-10 years.  But it depends on the business and the exit strategy (IPO, acquisition).  What is an accredited investor?  Terri talks about the discussions around investing in startups and the SEC requirements and that the net worth and income requirements limit who can invest regardless of knowledge and experience.  Terri shares what she is listening for at the various pitch events.  It depends on which hat she is wearing.  In addition to the standard pitch elements, she is looking for ability to communicate.  Is Terri looking for leadership style in the pitches?  Indirectly, yes.  The point of the pitch is to pique interest for follow up conversations.  In early stage startups, you are generally investing in the team.  Terri is excited about one of her investments, Zum, that just announced their $19M Series B raise. Zum is on demand and scheduled rides for kids ages 5-15.  They have a female co-founder/CEO.  At what point do big VCs invest in startups?  What are the various rounds?  Seed, Series A, Series B, etc.  Terri talks about the current landscape with more money coming into startups earlier and VCs investing earlier in the startups.  Geography impacts this as well.  Terri talks about when she invests in convertible notes versus priced rounds. Terri is excited about the first deal, Sendaride, she is syndicating on AngelList.  (This is not a solicitation for funds).  Terri is sharing out to folks in her network who she knows are accredited investors to get them onto the AngelList platform.  Terri found getting onto the platform a bit confusing without a specific deal to invest in.  Terri and Jacqueline were saved by the bell when Terri’s neighbor, Sean,  came over with a cocktail to discuss cryptocurrency, blockchain and ICO’s.    Call to Action Subscribe to one podcast or one newsletter about angel investing and get into the groove of listening and reading.  Feel free to reach out to Terri if you have any questions or comments or other suggestions for resources for new angel investors.  PilotingYourLife@gmail.com   References in the Podcast The Guild: https://theguilded.org/guild/home/index.html#/ Founder Institute: https://fi.co/ Sand Hill Angels: http://www.sandhillangels.com/ Terri’s Medium post on what she looks for in a pitch: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead/pitching-to-angel-investors-or-at-least-to-me-30696345ebe6 Y Combinator: http://www.ycombinator.com/ 500 Startups: https://500.co/ Acceleprise: http://acceleprise.vc/ Alchemist Accelerator: http://alchemistaccelerator.com/ Ada Accelerator (Ignore Gravity):  https://www.ada-accelerator.com/ SwissNex: https://www.swissnexsanfrancisco.org/ Terri’s Medium post on cryptocurrency, blockchain, ICOs: https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead/cryptocurrency-and-ico-resources-55766cae29e GoBambino: http://www.gobambino.com/ Ben Narasin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennarasin/ NEA: http://www.nea.com/ Accredited investor requirements: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/accreditedinvestor.asp SeedInvest: https://www.seedinvest.com/ Jason Calacanis: http://calacanis.com/ Launch Festival: https://www.launchfestival.com/ Jobs Act: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumpstart_Our_Business_Startups_Act Clara Brenner of Urban Venture Fund talks about the Series A crunch at a Founder University event: http://thisweekinstartups.com/founder-university-clara-brenner/ Sequoia Capital: https://www.sequoiacap.com/ AngelList: https://angel.co/ Sendaride: https://sendaride.com/   Contact You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead.  Feel free to email Terri at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

Amos Ben-Meir, Investor & Board Director at Sand Hill Angels, is a veteran angel investor. You will hear lots of details on working with a prominent angel group, as well as other types of syndicates.

DevOps is a hot topic, but is that heat driving adoption? Are organizations on the adoption path making headway in the cultural and technological changes necessary for DevOps success? A panel of DevOps experts discusses these and other issues in this freewheeling conversation. The Panelists Nicole Forsgen, Founder and CEO, DevOps Research and Assessment LLC, Beaverton, OR Leonid Igolnik, Product Development Executive, Startup Mentor and Advisor, Sand Hill Angels, San Francisco Bay Area. Alena Prokharchyk, Principal Software Engineer, Rancher Labs, Cupertino, CA Baruch Sadogursky, Developer Advocate, JFrog, Cupertino, CA Shay Shmeltzer, Director of Product Management, Oracle Cloud Development Tools, Redwood Shores, CA Kelly Shortridge, Product Manager at SecurityScorecard, NYC Coming Soon Combating Complexity An article in the September 2017 edition of the Atlantic warned of The Coming Software Apocalypse. Oracle's Chris Newcombe was interviewed for that article. In this podcast Chris joins Chris Richardson, Adam Bien, and Lucas Jellema to discuss heading off catastophic software failures. AI Beyond ChatbotsHow is Artificial Intelligence being applied to modern applications? What are the options and capabilities? What patterns are emerging in the application of AI? A panel of experts provides the answers to these and other questions.  

Terri had the pleasure of moderating a panel at Slush in Helsinki on November 30th and the video was released which allowed Jacqueline to strip the audio for your listening pleasure. The topic was shifting demographics and the need to shift investment along with it. Terri was joined by Monique Woodard of 500 Startups and Albert Wenger of Union Square Ventures.   Who is Terri Mead? Terri Hanson Mead is President of Solutions2Projects, LLC, a consulting company that provides IT strategy and IT compliance services in the life sciences space in addition to expert witness consulting services.  She is also an active angel investor and former Vice President of Sand Hill Angels, regularly advises startups and in her spare time, flies helicopters.  She is passionate about supporting, and advocating for, female founders and investors and has created Class Bravo Ventures to more formally do so.  Show Highlights Setting the stage for the panel discussion with Monique Woodard of 500 Startups and Albert Wenger of Union Square Ventures (USV): this is not a diversity panel; it is a panel on investing Why don’t we see more venture capital going to startups focused on building and providing products and services for these underserved markets? What is the market shift that you see so clearly and how can VCs capitalize on the opportunities for significant and real returns? Should we see the recent IPO of Stitch Fix as something that will ignite the interest of investors in startups targeting the female consumer? Should we see the shift of digital health, specifically in FemTech, from B2C to B2B as being potentially more attractive to the primarily male VCs or will the startups still be overlooked due to lack relatability or the ‘Ick’ factor so commonly associated with female-focused companies? Where are you seeing progress in getting more money into the hands of the startups focused on the black and LatinX markets? Or are you? Do you think we are going to be able to get VCs to shift along with the demographics and demand or do you think we are better off creating new investors to focus on investing in startups that more closely align with their values? Do you think that the political climate in the US will have any impact on startups targeting these under-represented markets? How do we convince our primarily male, white VCs that if they don’t shift their investing lens and strategies that they will be missing out on huge opportunities?   References:   Slush Helsinki: http://www.slush.org/home-2/ Clue app: https://www.helloclue.com/ Ida Tin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Tin Rent the Runway: https://www.renttherunway.com Jennifer Hyman: @Jenn_RTR Stitch Fix: https://www.stitchfix.com/ The Wing: https://www.the-wing.com/roots/   Contacts You can follow Monique on Twitter @moniquewoodard or on her website at http://www.moniquewoodard.com/   You can follow Albert on Twitter @albertwenger or on their website at https://www.usv.com/about/albert-wenger     You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead Feel free to email her at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com. To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife.

 Terri talks about traveling to the startup conference Slush in Helsinki last year via the specially charted flight and how it is like no other startup conference.  She learned about digital health in the Nordics, operated on very little sleep, and was impressed by how well run the event is.  Terri is looking forward tosome new experiences at the event this year including moderating a panel on shifting demographics and the need to adapt to the shift in terms of investing.      Who is Terri Mead?  Terri Hanson Mead is President of Solutions2Projects, LLC, a consulting company that provides IT strategy and IT compliance services in the life sciences space in addition to expert witness consulting services.  She is also an active angel investor and former Vice President of Sand Hill Angels, regularly advises startups and in her spare time, flies helicopters.  She is passionate about supporting, and advocating for, female founders and investors and has created Class Bravo Ventures to more formally do so.   Show Highlights  Terri talks about the chartered flight from SFO to Helsinki, Santa Claus visiting the flight,  the mannequin challenge and collecting her posse as she leaves the plane  Terri takes you through the various events including visiting the Swedish and US embassies in Helsinki   Terri hits a wall on day three of the event, gets a power nap and attends another US embassy event followed by dinner at the hotel to thank her concierge and driver  Terri talks about what she’s afraid on this trip including being in a bathing suit in a sauna in the winter and being disappointed   Terri, Stu and others get to the airport for the flight home in a sleep-deprived state    References:  Slush Flight mannequin challenge video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnigL3ggyVU  Slush Helsinki: http://www.slush.org/home-2/  TheVault: https://www.thevault.co/  Hotel Kamp Helsinki: https://www.hotelkamp.com/en/  Maria 01:  https://maria.io/  Napue gin:  http://kyrodistillery.com/products/#  Roster Helsinki:  https://rosterhelsinki.com/  Clue app:  https://www.helloclue.com/  Ida Tin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ida_Tin    Contacts  You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead  Feel free to email her at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.  To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife. 

Terri talks about finding equilibrium as a mom and combatting social expectations.      Who is Terri Mead?  Terri Hanson Mead is President of Solutions2Projects, LLC, a consulting company that provides IT strategy and IT compliance services in the life sciences space in addition to expert witness consulting services.  She is also an active angel investor and former Vice President of Sand Hill Angels, regularly advises startups and in her spare time, flies helicopters.  She is passionate about supporting, and advocating for, female founders and investors and has created Class Bravo Ventures to more formally do so.   Show Highlights  Looking for equilibrium instead of balance  How the reality of becoming a mom didn’t align with expectations  Saving for therapy for her kids  Combatting unreasonable societal expectations   Watching Deadpool with her 15 year old son was awkward  Each day is a new day to do better  She kisses her hugs her kids as much as possible and makes sure they know she loves them  Women need to do a better job of supporting each other and not judging Contacts  You can follow Terri on Twitter at @terrihansonmead or go to her website at www.terrihansonmead.com or on Medium:  https://medium.com/@terrihansonmead  Feel free to email her at PilotingYourLife@gmail.com.  To continue the conversation, go to Twitter at @PilotingLife and use hashtag #PilotingYourLife. 

Terri Mead is an angel investor, IT consultant, expert witness, speaker, angel investor and a startup advisor. She is President of Solutions2Projects LLC a consulting company for IT project management and IT compliance for life sciences and high-tech companies. She is the former VP of Sand Hill Angels in Silicon Valley. She is an advocate of supporting start-ups that offer products and services that improve people’s lives and supports the female founders. In this episode, Terri shares how having a diversity of thought can be an advantage in having new business perspectives. Also, she shares how she advocates female investors and help them penetrate the male dominated investment industry. 01:55– Terri walks us through how she accidentally stumbled upon angel investing coming from IT and entrepreneurial background? 03:14– What is Terri’s investment thesis about? 04:38- How did she transitioned from being an individual angel investor into VP of Sand Hill Angels? 10:36 – Terri shares how diverse thought can bring new startup perspective. 11:36 – What are the challenges faced by the Silicon Valley angel invertors and what value have you’ve seen you brought to the ecosystem? 22:15 - Why Terri chose to advocate in supporting startups with female founders or co-founders? 25:00 – What is Terri’s investment portfolio looks like? What kind of startups does she advocate? 30:20– What is more for Terri 40:16– Final Four Rapid Fire 39:04– Silvia’s episode recap Full show notes: http://www.sheinvests.com/10

Terri is President of Solutions2Projects, LLC, a consulting company that provides IT strategy and IT compliance services in the life sciences space. She is also an angel investor and Vice President of Sand Hill Angels, regularly advises startups and in her spare time, flies helicopters. Get the 5 proven steps to rapidly grow your business, make a bigger impact, and achieve your First Million. Attend the next LIVE First Million Webinar  with international business coach JV Crum III.  Like this Podcast? Then get every episode delivered to YOU!  Subscribe in iTunes Please help spread the word. Subscribing and leaving a review helps other business owners and entrepreneurs find our podcast…and make their big difference. They will thank you for it.   Conscious Millionaire Podcast: With over 500 episodes and 10 Million Listeners in 176 countries, this is the podcast for business owners and coaches who want to grow their businesses, make a bigger impact, and ultimately achieve their First Million! JV interviews the top entrepreneurs, experts, authors, and coaches on how to get the right mindset, develop your business systems, and execute to achieve bigger results, faster!  

Terri is President of Solutions2Projects, LLC, a consulting company that provides IT strategy and IT compliance services in the life sciences space. She is also an angel investor and Vice President of Sand Hill Angels, regularly advises startups and in her spare time, flies helicopters. Get the 5 proven steps to rapidly grow your business, make a bigger impact, and achieve your First Million. Attend the next LIVE First Million Webinar  with international business coach JV Crum III.  Like this Podcast? Then get every episode delivered to YOU!  Subscribe in iTunes Please help spread the word. Subscribing and leaving a review helps other business owners and entrepreneurs find our podcast…and make their big difference. They will thank you for it.   Conscious Millionaire Podcast: With over 500 episodes and 10 Million Listeners in 176 countries, this is the podcast for business owners and coaches who want to grow their businesses, make a bigger impact, and ultimately achieve their First Million! JV interviews the top entrepreneurs, experts, authors, and coaches on how to get the right mindset, develop your business systems, and execute to achieve bigger results, faster!  

In this episode of "100K Freedom Formula," best selling author and business advisor Julie Gordon White brings on CEO of Solutions2Projects, VP of Sand Hill Angels, and friend Terri Mead. The two discuss how Terri made 6 figures in 6 months and now... her next venture! A Glimpse at the Life of Terri MeadFile Size: 52862 kbFile Type: mp3Download File [...]