Investor Connect Podcast

In this episode, Hall interviews Daniel Carter of Windmill Investments. Daniel talks about his background in the Texas real estate market, and how they came through the real estate bubble and recession. Daniel talks about their philosophy of improving revenue rather than focusing on costs, and how attention to the smaller details of improvements can affect the bottom line.

In this episode, Hall interviews Kyle Samani of MultiCoin Capital. Kyle talks about investing in cryptoassets, and why they are a good investment opportunity today.

In this episode, Hall interviews Greg Bohlen, Managing General Partner at Union Grove Venture Partners. Greg discusses Union Grove's investment strategies, and their partnership criteria.

In this episode, Hall interviews Craig Vaughan of Vaughan Capital Advisors. Craig talks about his background, how he started VCA, their focus on media and consumer technology, and how VCA helps founders and owner/operators achieve successful outcomes from the mergers & acquisitions process.

In this episode, Hall T. Martin interviews Thomas Hawes of Sandbox Industries.

In this episode, Hall T. Martin interviews Michael Falcon of Bandgap Ventures.

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Christopher Mirabile, Managing Director of Launchpad Venture Group.

In this episode, Hall T. Martin interviews Julie Smith, director of Medici Ventures. Medici Ventures is a wholly owned subsidiary of Overstock.com, Inc., created to manage and oversee the company's investments in firms building solutions leveraging and servicing blockchain technologies. Hall and Julie speak about Medici's investments in cryptocurrency and their goal of advancing blockchain.

In this episode, Hall T. Martin interviews Chris Marks, the founder and managing partner of Blue Note Ventures. Chris has been investing in early-stage technology companies and working with entrepreneurs for over 15 years. They speak about Blue Note's investments, and Chris talks a little about the company, as well as what Blue Note looks for in a startup.

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Randy Goldsmith, founder and director of Rapamycin Holdings. Rapamycin Holdings is a San Antonio-based company that is developing and commercializing a patented oral formulation of Rapamycin for the prevention of cancer progression and recurrence. Hall and Randy discuss his background in the industry. They also discuss the FDA process and...

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Brett Hurt of data.world. Data.world is an Austin-based platform that helps people who work with data solve problems faster by creating new ways to discover, prep, and collaborate. Brett and Hall speak about Brett's journey in angel investing and he came to found data.world. They also speak about entrepreneurs and their missions, as well a...

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Vaughn Blake, the managing director of Autochrome Ventures, an inception and seed stage venture capital fund. They speak about Autochrome and their VC model and focus on applied frontier and emerging technologies. Hall and Vaughn also discuss how Autochrome came to focus on underserved technologies in the space.

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Ryan Pollock of Iron Gate Capital. Ryan joined Iron Gate Capital in March 2013 and is a Managing Director. They speak about Iron Gate and their investment portfolio. Hall and Jeremy also discuss startups and their business models as well as what Iron Gate looks at when investing. They touch on both sales and marketing and the dilemma of ho...

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Jeremy Arendt of Cottonwood Venture Partners, a Texas-based venture capital firm partnering with companies that provide digital solutions for the oil & gas industry. They speak about CVP and their investments. They also speak about key sectors in the oil and gas industry and how they focus on the digital space. Jeremy also speaks a little...

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Candice Landry founder of 10e5 Solutions. 10e5 Solutions helps investors, technology firms, and attorneys through the three major phases of the innovation lifecycle.

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Mark Huson and Scott Fuzer, of West Monroe Partners, a multinational management and technology consulting firm headquartered in Chicago, IL.

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Andrew Romans of Rubicon Venture Capital, a fund on the cutting edge of venture capital technology.

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with angel investor Bill Feldott. Bill talks about his personal experience with angel investing with startups and the lessons he's learned, in particular with companies with which he has a personal relationship via family or friends.

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with John Shaw of the Central Texas Angel Network. John talks with Hall about recent changes at the CTAN group. He also discusses his work on improving the angel network in Austin, and his work on streamlining the angel investment process.

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Doreen Lorenzo, the Assistant Dean for the School of Design and Creative Technologies at the University of Texas. Doreen talks about the School, what they are doing, and how they prepare students to work in the design and creative technology fields.

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Duncan Davidson of BullPen Capital. Duncan talks about how the venture capital community has changed over the past 10-15 years. In particular, he talks about how the increasing need for smaller seed funds drove Duncan and his cofounders to start BullPen Capital. BullPen defined something they called "post-seed", in the range of 3-4 million...

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Charlie Carr of PwC. Charlie has been working with family offices for the past 15 years. Charlie talks about family office investments, his experiences with direct investment, and the trends he is seeing in that sector.

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Andrew Goldner of GrowthX Capital. Andrew talks about GrowthX's model, and why they choose the investments they do. GrowthX looks for startups that are capital-efficient, and invests primarily on software. Their primary focus is on market development: bringing their startups to market.

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Jeff Pomeranz of Right Side Capital Management. Jeff talks about how Right Side's investment model differs from others. Right Side focuses exclusively on pre-seed stage tech startup investing, a generally underserved sector of the market.

In this episode, Hall T. Martin conducts an interview with Erica Lill of the Keiretsu Forum. Erica has been an angel investor and entrepreneur of almost 30 years. She talks about her start with the Keiretsu forum, and the ins and outs of starting a new fund.