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Episode 65: Faith Driven Angel Investing | Will Thomas, Co-Founder of Ambassadors Impact Network
Jun 23, 2026
41m 12s
Episode 64: “We Pass on 98.5%” | Bio Angels Yaniv Sneor and Alex Pederson on Life Science Angel Investing, Screening Criteria, and Exit Discipline
Jun 16, 2026
41m 29s
Episode 63: Central Texas Angel Network's Rick Timmins on Data-Driven Angel Investing
Jun 9, 2026
37m 25s
Episode 62: Baylor Angel Network's Steven Diedrich on Training Students to Think Like Angel Investors
Jun 2, 2026
36m 56s
Episode 61: “40 to 60% of Angel Investors Gone?” | ACA Board Member Mark Friedman on Startup Policy, QSBS, and the INVEST Act
May 26, 2026
40m 22s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/23/26 |  Episode 65: Faith Driven Angel Investing | Will Thomas, Co-Founder of Ambassadors Impact Network | 🗞️ Get essential angel intel straight to your inbox every week with The Diligent Observer Newsletter. 🗞️ Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: ① Faith-driven investing is growing: Will shares how the ecosystem has expanded from a small number of early players into a much broader community of investors, funds, founders, and networks thinking seriously about faith and private markets. ② Return and impact should be measured separately: Ambassadors Impact Network evaluate... | 41m 12s | ||||||
| 6/16/26 |  Episode 64: “We Pass on 98.5%” | Bio Angels Yaniv Sneor and Alex Pederson on Life Science Angel Investing, Screening Criteria, and Exit Discipline | 🗞️ Get essential angel intel straight to your inbox every week with The Diligent Observer Newsletter. 🗞️ Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: ① Disciplined screening can be tested: Yaniv and Alex explain how Mid Atlantic Bio Angels reviewed more than a decade of life science startup applications to ask whether the group’s screening criteria were helping or causing them to miss the winners. ② Life science angel investing has different economics: In therapeutics, medic... | 41m 29s | ||||||
| 6/9/26 |  Episode 63: Central Texas Angel Network's Rick Timmins on Data-Driven Angel Investing✨ | angel investingdata-driven investing+3 | Rick Timmins | Central Texas Angel NetworkThe Diligent Observer Newsletter | — | angel investingdata+4 | — | 37m 25s | |
| 6/2/26 |  Episode 62: Baylor Angel Network's Steven Diedrich on Training Students to Think Like Angel Investors✨ | angel investingstudent education+3 | Steven Diedrich | Baylor Angel NetworkThe Diligent Observer Newsletter+1 | — | angel investorsBaylor Angel Network+3 | — | 36m 56s | |
| 5/26/26 |  Episode 61: “40 to 60% of Angel Investors Gone?” | ACA Board Member Mark Friedman on Startup Policy, QSBS, and the INVEST Act✨ | angel investingstartup policy+4 | Mark Friedman | ACAThe Diligent Observer Newsletter | — | angel investorsstartup policy+4 | — | 40m 22s | |
| 5/19/26 |  Episode 60: “Startups Are Hype Machines” | Carta’s Peter Walker on Angel Exits, SAFEs, and AI-Age Investing✨ | angel investingstartup exits+3 | Peter Walker | Carta | — | angel investingstartup exits+4 | — | 44m 44s | |
| 5/12/26 |  Episode 59: QCA Ventures Director Scott Jacobs on Angel Due Diligence, Board Governance, and AI-Powered Deal Evaluation✨ | angel investingdue diligence+3 | Scott Jacobs | QCA Ventures | — | angel investingdue diligence+5 | — | 46m 01s | |
| 4/14/26 |  Replay: "Your Board Can Make or Break the Company" | Curtis Feeny (Episode 17)✨ | board dynamicsdecision-making+3 | Curtis Feeny | Stanford | OklahomaSilicon Valley | board of directorsuniversity endowment+3 | — | 56m 58s | |
| 3/31/26 |  Episode 58: "$15 Million in Capital Gains: Gone" Startup Wealth Strategist Bryan Hasling on What Angel Investors Need to Know About QSBS, Maximizing the Tax Benefits of a Losing Investment, and the Limits of Tax-Driven Deal Selection✨ | tax provisionsangel investing+3 | Bryan Hasling | QSBS1244 losses | — | tax benefitsangel investors+3 | — | 52m 01s | |
| 3/17/26 |  Episode 57: "Old Money To New Money" | Lagos Angel Network Executive Director Dr. Solomon King on Mobilizing Legacy Nigerian Wealth into Venture, Building Angel Culture from Scratch, and Correcting African Founders' Biggest Misconceptions✨ | venture capitalangel investing+4 | Dr. Solomon King | Lagos Angel Network | NigeriaAfrica | old moneynew money+5 | — | 40m 53s | |
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| 3/3/26 |  Episode 56: "Hard Tech Is Hard, But So Is Software” | Industrial Sustainability VC Anthony Del Porto on Finding Step-Change Value in Hard Tech, Why the Valley of Death Is Shrinking, and Where he’s Seeing Alpha in 2026✨ | industrial sustainabilityhard tech+3 | Anthony Del Porto | universities | — | green premiumtech transfer+3 | — | 46m 53s | |
| 2/17/26 |  Episode 55: "We Need to Disrupt Ourselves" | SWAN Impact Network Executive Director Suresh Sundarababu on Breaking the Angel Group Mold, Building Great Founder Support Ecosystems, and Takeaways from The 2026 World Economic Forum✨ | angel investingfounder support ecosystems+3 | Suresh Sundarababu | SWAN Impact Network | — | angel investorimposter syndrome+3 | — | 43m 39s | |
| 2/5/26 |  Replay: The 3 T’s of Early Stage Investing | Larry Warnock, Partner Emeritus at Ring Ventures (Episode 16)✨ | early stage investingexecution+3 | Larry Warnock | Ring Ventures | Mars Rover | early stage investingexecution+3 | — | 59m 23s | |
| 1/13/26 |  Episode 54: Women at the Table | Golden Seeds' Loretta McCarthy & Angela Allen on Building America's Largest Women-Focused Angel Network, The 3% to 30% Transformation, and Why Angel Education is so Critical✨ | women in businessangel investing+3 | Loretta McCarthyAngela Allen | Golden Seeds | — | women-led companiesventure capital+3 | — | 48m 59s | |
| 12/9/25 |  Episode 53: “Where You Stand Depends on Where You Sit” | SWAN Impact Network Board Member John Jeffers on the State of CleanTech, Strategic Exit Models for Energy Startups, and Finding Opportunity Amidst Policy Upheaval | Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: It’s weird we measure data centers measured in gigawatts – John’s observation that we tend to discuss data centers based on their power consumption vs their computational output was fascinating – it’s like buying a car based on annual fuel consumption instead of its true utility. Geography drives energy politics – John’s "where you stand depends on where you sit" framework for understanding global energy p... | 47m 56s | ||||||
| 11/25/25 |  Episode 52: "Film Changes Culture" | Show Her The Money Executive Producer Catherine Gray on Film as Impact Investment, Vulnerability with Persistence, and the Power of Like-Minded Capital | Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: Film investment isn't always about ROI maximization – Many of Catherine's investors measure success by impact and community, not returns. Fundraising is a community-driven exercise - "You're not asking for yourself" reframes the entire process as mission-driven rather than personal. This is a powerful shift in perspective that stood out to me. Connection-making is a superpower - Catherine's emphasis o... | 39m 20s | ||||||
| 11/11/25 |  Episode 51: "Obsess Over Founder DNA" | Denver Ventures Co-Founder Amy Brandenburg on Founder Assessment Methods, Angel Community Scaling Strategies, and Portfolio Discipline | Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: Angel investment dollar-cost averaging - The vintage year matters, and Amy's comments got me thinking about how traditional finance concepts like DCA can be applied effectively in the angel investing world.Curation creates commitment - Amy's insight that showing fewer, highly-vetted deals can increase member engagement challenges a common assumption I see in the angel space that more deal flow equals more value.The fou... | 38m 48s | ||||||
| 10/29/25 |  Special Episode: Breaking Down "Angel Network Pulse: The First 101" | We just released Angel Network Pulse: The First 101 - an analysis of 101 angel network investments tracked over nine months through The Diligent Observer newsletter. Here's what I learned: The Big Picture 101 deals across 72 angel networks in 15 countries. $288M in announced funding (likely closer to $500M total funding, since only 53% disclosed round sizes). This represents roughly 8-10% of total annual angel network activity based on ACA's tracking of 1,200-1,500 deals per year. Key Finding... | 15m 04s | ||||||
| 10/14/25 |  Episode 50: "Crush the Cost of Diligence" | Serial Entrepreneur Wade Myers on Systematic Founder Scoring, 30 Years of Investment Lessons, and The Future of Angel Investing | Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: Binary scoring reduce bias - Wade's yes/no questions (vs typical “tell me a story” questions) help address the "I like every founder" problem. Transaction fees align incentives - Wade's preference for paying only when deals close checks out with many other conversations I’ve had in recent years. Perhaps the next evolution for angel investing in community? Scarcity really does drive urgency - Wade's amazing ... | 50m 33s | ||||||
| 9/30/25 |  Episode 49: "It's a Volume Game" | Redbud VC's Brett Calhoun on Generalist Investing Philosophy, the Missouri Startup Ecosystem, and Why Gritty Industry Veterans Make Compelling Founders | Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: The Missouri ecosystem is wild - I’ve 100% been sleeping on it. Names like Zapier, Equipment Share, Veterans United, and so many more all started there. It’s so easy to miss entire innovation hubs outside the usual suspects.Volume as competitive advantage - 300 LinkedIn messages weekly for five years straight. Sustaining this hustle is simple but NOT easy, and inevitably becomes a sourcing moat through sheer persistence.VCs pivot ... | 33m 40s | ||||||
| 9/16/25 |  Episode 48: "A Mile Deep" | North Texas Angel Network Co-Chairman Ichan Stall on Assessing Founder Psychology, Building Angel Communities, and Why Pulling the Lawnmower Behind Your Bicycle is the Way | Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: Small operational advantages compound infinitely - His lawnmower efficiency tracking and strategic positioning showed me how founders who obsess over tiny details can dominate markets.Angel networks fail without grassroots hustle - Growing NTAN from 15 to 70 members required zero silver bullets, just relentless coffee meetings and authentic relationship building.Community impact scales investment success - His ecosystem-building a... | 42m 57s | ||||||
| 9/9/25 |  Episode 47: "Friendly Competition" | The DEC Network's Bill Chinn on the Role of Angel Investors in North Texas, Healthy Ecosystem Rivalry, and Managing Type-A Personalities | Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: Ecosystem competition breeds innovation – The friendly rivalry between DFW Startup Week and Brad Feld's Denver Startup Week shows how healthy external competition is a wonderful thing. “Who gets the credit” politics can kill momentum - Bill's observation that meetings about who gets recognition are meetings NOT moving deals forward crystallized why ego management matters so much in building thriving ecosyst... | 19m 42s | ||||||
| 9/3/25 |  Episode 46: From "Anything But Healthcare" to "All-In on Healthcare" | Serial Healthcare Investor Trey Bowles on the Rise of Venture Studios, The Art of Problem-Focused Selling in Healthcare, and Why Internal Champions are Everything | Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: The courage to admit ignorance can be a competitive advantage - Trey's willingness to ask "dumb" questions in healthcare settings was one of the key distinctives that allowed him to learn and grow so quickly. Personal pain often drives conviction in healthcare entrepreneurship - Trey noted healthcare found often lost loved ones or had bad experiences, resulting in higher-than-average grit. Rela... | 32m 30s | ||||||
| 8/26/25 |  Episode 45: Breaking Down the 2025 Angel Funders Report | ACA Board Member John Harbison on Valuation Compression, Board Seat Decline, and Follow-On Performance | Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: Angel board representation dropped from 34% to 26% - Despite consistently seeing better returns WITH board representation, fewer angel groups are securing board seats. Early-stage valuation compression - The gap between median pre-seed ($10M) and Series B ($19M) valuations has shrunk by 3x over the last few years. Hybrid angel group models write bigger checks - Groups combining both “pure networks” a... | 49m 16s | ||||||
| 8/12/25 |  Episode 44: "Bridge Building, Not Wall Building" | Heartland Angel Network Lead Quinn Robertson on Connecting Local Founders to National Capital, the NW Arkansas Innovation Ecosystem, and Activating New Angel Investors | Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: Capital proximity ≠ capital access - Quinn's take on the "access to capital problem" was a thoughtful take on perceived geographic disadvantages in fundraising.Non-investment motivations often attract angel participation - His insight that professional development and community often drive an angel’s first steps in the ecosystem was well said and aligns with my own experience.New investment categories being created in Micro-SaaS -... | 41m 02s | ||||||
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