Investor Connect Podcast

Startup Boards -- Startup Investor Skills -- Evaluating the Product & Markets Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Startup investors need to hone their skills in order to succeed over the long run. Key skills include: Evaluating teams. Assessing products and markets. Accessing financial capital not only for the current...

Startup Boards -- Startup Investor Skills -- Evaluating the Team Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Startup investors need to hone their skills in order to succeed over the long run. Key skills include: Evaluating teams. Assessing products and markets. Accessing financial capital, not only for the current round of fu...

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Ian A. Brown, Attorney, Appraiser, Florida Real Estate Broker, and Founder of Yield Coach. Located in Jacksonville, Florida, Yield Coach is a real estate thought-leadership platform with both educational and investment concentrations. Ian is an experienced and dynamic real estate professional. Prior to founding Brown Brothers Realty, Ian was a sen...

Startup Boards -- 3X in 3 Term Sheet Walkthrough Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. The TEN Capital Early Exit term sheet includes a 3X redemption right, giving the investor the sole discretion over their right to 3X their investment at the three-year mark from the date of the investment. A redemption right gives the...

Startup Boards -- How to Perform Diligence in a Group Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In performing due diligence in a group of investors, it helps to assign roles and responsibilities. There are three phases to diligence: Documentation diligence Team diligence Domain diligence The lead investor should take the th...

Startup Boards -- Know Your Why Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. For startup investing, it's important to know why you are investing beyond the monetary gain. There's an old saying among angel investors: "Angel investors want to make a little money, do a little good, and have a little fun." Successful investors, I...

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Phil Blows, Founder and CEO at AQRU, and author of "The Money Triangle." Headquartered in London, England, AQRU is a business that specializes in helping institutional and retail customers earn high-interest rates on their cryptocurrency. AQRU just surpassed the 10,000 client count since its founding and is one of the only publicly-traded companie...

Startup Boards -- Building Your Entrepreneur Ecosystem Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. I have found a number of investors want to build their entrepreneur community as part of their investment thesis. The most common lament from a startup investor is, 'I invested my available funds and must wait 'til I see somethi...

Startup Boards -- Early Exit FAQ Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. It's easy to get into a startup investment, but it can be hard to get out. An Early Exit deal structure gives the investor a way out. The TEN structure uses redemption rights. What is a Redemption Right, and how does it work? A Redemption Right gives...

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Tim Cooley, Executive Director at Park City Angels and author of the #1 best-selling book on raising capital, "The Pitch Deck Book." The Park City Angels are a group of 50+ accredited investors located in Park City, Utah. They look to invest in promising opportunities that can produce significant shareholder returns. The active lifestyle of Park C...

Startup Boards -- Why Use an Early Exit Deal Structure Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In startup funding, 65% of the investments after three years are still in business but are no longer on the venture track. In most cases, they are growing businesses but are not going to be bought out for a significant return to...

Startup Boards -- Early Exit Deal Structure Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Investing in startups is risky. One way to reduce the risk is to define the exit. TEN Capital's Early Exit term sheet is a convertible note with a 3X in 3-year redemption right at 'investor sole discretion' to provide the investor an optio...

Startup Boards -- Diligence Process - Team Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Before investing in a startup, it's important to review the diligence documents, so you understand the business. There are three phases to diligence: Documentation diligence Team diligence Domain diligence Domain diligence is an important p...

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Corey Kupfer, Founder at DealQuest, Host of the DealQuest podcast, Founder and Managing Principal at Kupfer & Associates, and Author of "Authentic Negotiating." Corey founded DealQuest to provide courses, retreats, masterminds, and other valuable content designed to support entrepreneurs, high-level executives, and business leaders in achieving th...

Startup Boards -- Diligence Process - Team Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Before investing in a startup, it's important to review the diligence documents, so you understand the business. There are three phases to diligence: Documentation diligence Team diligence Domain diligence Team diligence is the most critica...

Startup Boards -- Diligence Process - Documentation Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. Before investing in a startup, it's important to review the diligence documents, so you understand the business. There are three phases to diligence: Documentation diligence Team diligence Domain diligence For Documentation diligen...

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Mark Hayward, business mentor and accredited leadership coach, creator, host of the Absolute Business Mindset podcast, and an experienced real estate investor. After 14 years in the corporate world, Mark left and started a podcast agency, where he teaches people the importance of the story, refining ideas, how to plan and publish episodes, and how...

Startup Boards -- Diligence Process Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. For startup investing, it's important to have a diligence process. In most cases, you'll sign a term sheet with funding contingent on passing due diligence. It helps to tell the company about your diligence process, such as what documents are requ...

Startup Boards -- Allocate Funds Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In preparing for Startup investing, you should determine up front how much you are going to invest. In general, it's best to keep your startup investing to 3-5% of your discretionary investment funds. These are funds you can lose and not impact your...

Startup Boards -- Deal Flow Sources Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. For finding startups to invest in, set up a number of sources that fit your investment thesis. Track each deal that fits your requirements. In general, you should spend some time networking with startups and investors to stay connected. Use your n...

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Debbie Saviano, Founder of Debbie Saviano LLC. Debbie represents those who wish to transition into another career, as she has done it three times. After a successful career in education as principal of five different campuses with students in pre-K to high school, she transitioned into the sphere of social media. Debbie recognized the need to maxi...

Startup Boards -- Investment Thesis Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In startup investing, you should have an investment thesis, which is what you invest in and why it will be successful. Here's how you build your investment thesis if you haven't done so already: Step one Look at 50 deals and write down what you li...

How to Find Deal Flow Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In running an angel group, you'll need to set up deal-flow sources to provide quality deals to the members. Here are some sources to consider: Ping the members of the group regularly for deals they recommend. Avoid the ones in which they say, "I'm not intereste...

On this episode of Investor Connect, Hall welcomes Thom Singer, Executive Search Consultant, Author of twelve books, featured Speaker at over 1,000 business events, and Host of Making Waves at C-Level Podcast. As the host of the popular podcast, Thom interviews business leaders, entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, and others who possess an extra dose of the entrepreneurial spirit. The information compile...

How to Recruit Members Hello, this is Hall T. Martin with the Startup Funding Espresso -- your daily shot of startup funding and investing. In running an angel group, it's important to recruit new members. The first step is to showcase the deals you have to prospective investors to see if they find them interesting. You can send them recently-funded deals so the prospective investor can see the ty...