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AllClear. App is the product of thirty plus tech veterans who gave their time to make it easier for people to get tested for COVID-19. Tech exec and angel investor Mark Bissell joins us to tell how he and his colleagues responded to the contagion that has paralyzed the world. Inspiring.

Join Sal's Syndicate: Click Here "So, there's been a hole in the market for that kind of company that's going to be a great company that's not venture-scale." Repeat founder and super angel Jay Batson talks about his new passion: Revenue-Based Finance. He likes the possibility it opens up for startups that are great but not quite venture-scale. Learn what RBF does for founders and investors. Highl...

Sal's Investment Syndicate: Click for Sal's Syndicate Page If you've used an Amazon Kindle you've used tech pioneered by Russ Wilcox and co-founders at E Ink. Russ is now a VC who remembers well the trials of being a founder and is a deep well useful knowledge about building startups. I learned a lot. Highlights include: brief bio of Russ Wilcox the founding story of E Ink the mistake of focusing...

S a l ' s I n v e s t m e n t S y n d i c a t e : https://www.angelinvestboston.com/our-syndicates Joe Caruso is treasured by tech founders for his kind support and sage advice. He's back to tell us how his startups are dealing with the COVID Crisis. Fun chat. Here's Joe's other interview which delves into how he became involved with founders. It's one of the most popular episodes I've recorded: L...

S a l ' s  I n v e s t m e n t  S y n d i c a t e : https://www.angelinvestboston.com/our-syndicates "We have solved in two weeks problems that were completely intractable before..." Martin Aboitiz, CEO and founder of Healthjump and I explore the opportunity for scientific advancement from compiling a massive and accessible database of de-identified patient data made possible by the urgency COVID-...

They met at Techstars Boston and were getting their startups off the ground and then COVID-19 struck. Here's what they're doing about it. Oguzhan Oyar, founder of Metrobi which does B2B deliveries, Jinesh Patel, founder of UptimeHealth which automates compliance for healthcare, Susan Conover, founder of LuminDX which is building a database for the diagnosis of skin conditions. Both Jinesh and Susa...

Sal's Investment Syndicate: Click Link to Sal's Syndicate Mike Nardella built an ad agency while an undergrad at Boston College. That work would eventually lead to the founding of Relevize, a platform that facilitates the interactions of big brands with their local partners. Trends in social media are presenting big opportunities for this Boston-based startup. Highlights from the interview: Sal Da...

Sal's Investment Syndicates : Link to Sal's Syndicate Part-time work to pay off student debt led Michelle Carazas to the opportunity she's pursuing in her startup, Host Events. Her tech-enabled service provides insured and vetted bartenders to liven up corporate events at companies that seek to create a welcoming culture for Millennial employees. Fast and profitable growth, together with funding f...

Sal's Investment Syndicates: Investment Syndicates 101 The dispersal of medical equipment by the move to outpatient medicine has presented a huge opportunity for repeat founder Jinesh Patel. His startup, UptimeHealth, provides outsourced monitoring of the complex compliance requirements of equipment located at the proliferating outpatient facilities. UptimeHealth is also creating a marketplace for...

Invest with Sal's Syndicate: Sal's Syndicates "The biggest thing that we learned is that 78% of them were struggling to share those stories with their consumers, the biggest reason being a fear of feeling inauthentic." "What do I mean by the organic model? I mean that the influencers we're engaging for these brands are not paid." Ashland Stansbury, age 23, is building a new category with her start...

Invest with Boston's Top Angels: Sal's Syndicates "Their internal users will see that their access time to an instrument goes down. They can get on it sooner, which is counter-intuitive, but it is reality." What if scientists could plan and run experiments much faster? Meenta's software platform is making the use of high-end research equipment far more efficient. Co-Founder & CTO Stephan Smith is...

Invest Alongside Boston's Top Angels: Sal's Syndicates Creating new ways to experience startup events has led Oana Manolache to found Introvoke, a streaming service tailored to this growing space. Relying on her work at HP, Oana is getting strong traction from organic growth. A great interview with a compelling immigrant founder. Highlights include: Oana Manolache Bio & Introvoke Introvoke "…we ta...

Invest Alongside Boston's Top Angels: Our Syndicates Lessons from a failed IPO led Christian Magel to great success in his own businesses. Now he's built a shared work space applying those valuable lessons. A bravura interview recorded live at Venture Lane Startup Hub. Highlights include: Introduction to the Podcast and the Guest, Christian Magel Christian Magel Bio Sal Daher Explains How Nell Meo...

Invest Alongside Boston's Top Angels in Our Syndicates: Learn About Sal's Syndicates Making the capture of high school sports video easy and affordable is the mission of Realplay. Founder Justin Real explains the business and his motivations to get into it. Fun and insightful conversation with an energetic and focused founder. Highlights include: Shoutout to Podcast Listener and Walnut Member Erik...

Invest Alongside Boston's Top Angels: Our Investment Syndicates The brilliant son of immigrants discovers a way of identifying and counting bacteria that could upend the world of diagnostics. Listen to this engrossing interview with professor and founder Ed Goluch of QSM Diagnostics. Highlights include: QSM Diagnostics Is What Jeff Behrens Calls a "Scrappy Biotech" Ed Goluch Bio QSM's Mission: Ide...

Invest Alongside Boston's Top Angels: Our Investment Syndicates How to fund scrappy biotech startups is foremost on Jeff Behrens' mind. He was CEO if a startup that raised $20 million in funding but not one cent from VCs. An invaluable interview for anyone thinking of starting or investing in a life science company. Highlights include: Jeff Behrens Studied Philosophy at Harvard but Stumbled Upon E...

Invest Alongside Boston's Top Tech Angels: Our Syndicates DipJar makes charitable giving fast and compelling. 8,500 devices are deployed to 4,500 clients and the business is set to scale fast. My interview with Chris Selland, CEO was an excellent opportunity to learn more about this exciting company just after I invested. Interview highlights include: Sal Introduces Chris Selland, CEO of DipJar Th...

Learn About Sal's Syndicates:   Link to Sal's Syndicate Page Silicon Valley's angel-investing phenomenon Jason Calacanis is our guest. Hear how he turned $700K into a portfolio worth $100 million. We had an inspiring conversation about building companies and investing in them. Highlights include: Sal Daher Introduces Jason Calacanis as his Guest on Angel Invest Boston How Jason Built the Stellar T...

Invest Alongside Boston's Top Angels in Our Syndicates:   Click to Learn More Which Founding Teams Succeed? Are Founders Born or Made? Can Innovation Be Crowdsourced? How Many Jobs Do MIT & Stanford Add to the Economy? Blockchain for the Supply Chain? Chuck Eesley, Stanford's Startup Prof Addresses These Questions and More. Highlights include: Introduction Professor Charles Eesley Bio The Traumati...

Invest Alongside Boston's Top Angels:   Our Syndicates - Get Qualified The need to re-skill is essential for workers confronting AI with obsolescent knowledge. Techstars alum Ace-Up is addressing this problem with a software platform that makes executive coaching more accessible and accountable. Founder Will Foussier opened for us a fascinating window into this important but obscure industry. High...

Invest Alongside Boston's Top Angels:  Check Out Our Syndicates A professor of entrepreneurship in Paris who discovered a way to use art to help business people think more creatively, Sylvain Bureau met his unlikely collaborator at a wedding. The product of this chance encounter, Art Thinking, has gained acceptance in boardrooms around the world. My sound engineer Raul Rosa really liked this episo...

Invest Alongside Boston's Top Angels:   Click Here to Learn About Our Syndicates Still in his thirties and still working full-time, Phillip Lachman is a leader at Walnut Ventures. How this startup exec finds time to invest as an angel is a remarkable story. Clever, articulate and full of good cheer, Phillip is always a delightful interlocutor. Fun episode! Highlights: How Phillip leverages his ang...

Invest Alongside Boston's Top Angels:   Our Syndicates Seasoned entrepreneur Nancy Briefs on her startup's daring swing at Type 2 diabetes. AltrixBio is creating a pill that simulates the benefit of the best gastric bypass surgery: remission of diabetes in 80 percent of cases. With co-founders Jeff Karp and Ali Tavakoli, she is re-purposing an existing treatment with a great safety profile to addr...

Invest Alongside Boston's Top Angels:  Link to Our Syndicates Barely two years out of Harvard, founder Ben Pleat of Cobu has owners of premier apartment buildings excited by the community-creating activities that make their properties more desirable places to live. Owners spend heavily on making the physical spaces attractive but are frequently frustrated by tenant turnover that averages 50 per ce...

Invest Alongside Boston's Top Angels:   Our Syndicates Scientist and intrapreneur Gillian Isabelle, PhD, founded Enlivity ( https://enlivity.com/ ) to make chemotherapy more bearable for cancer patients. The first product is a supplement invented by an oncologist that helps prevent sores from forming in the mouths and digestive tracts of patients receiving chemotherapy, a problem that can delay li...