Nick is a co-founder and Managing Director of New Stack Ventures and Moran Capital Partners. Nick has been an angel investor since 2013 and is also the host of The Full Ratchet podcast, a more advanced podcast on angel investing. Nick shares his insights on what angel syndicates are, what to look for when joining a syndicate, and the difference between an angel group versus an angel syndicate.

Show Highlights

• 00:45 - Thank you for rating Angel Investing podcast on iTunes!
• 03:00 - What did Nick do before he became an angel investor?
• 07:40 - How did Nick get started in angel investing?
• 10:40 - Nick's podcast is like angel investing 201.
• 10:50 - How did Nick come up with the name for his podcast?
• 16:10 - Who is listening to Nick's podcast?
• 20:25 - What are angel syndicates?
• 30:00 - What should you look for in an syndicate?
• 32:00 - What is Nick's investment philosophy?
• 34:40 - Start investing broadly and then narrow it down as you get more experience.
• 40:00 - Make small investments in the first ten or so deals.
• 43:05 - Nick gives a shout out to two of his favorite startups right now.
• 45:25 - Final piece of advice for angel investors?
• 47:00 - Don't forget to sign up to Nick's newsletter.

Tweetables

Angel investing is a really hard thing to learn and it does take time.

I always recommend to new angel investors to make small investments for the first ten or so deals.

The better connected you are, the better opportunities you're going to see.

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