The Angel Next Door Podcast

The Angel Next Door podcast is a show about how people got started investing in startup companies. Hosted by Marcia Dawood, member of the SEC Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, Chair Emeritus of the board of the Angel Capital Association, the professional organization of angel investors across the US and globally, and author of Do Good While Doing Well. If you want to see change in the world you have to create it, invest in it or be it! Tune in to hear stories of what angel investing is, who does it and why!

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  • • 6/20/24

    Breaking Retail Investing Norms

    Have you ever wondered what it takes to turn a personal struggle into a thriving business? In this episode of The Angel Next Door Podcast, Marcia discusses with Vicky and Charisse Pasche their entrepreneurial journey, which transformed their frustration with ill-fitting fashion into the revolutionary brand Dapper Boi.

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  • • 2/2/23

    Jake Whitman talks fundraising through accredited investors and equity crowdfunding

    On this week’s episode of The Angel Next Door, listeners get a taste of what it takes to build a brand and raise capital as Marcia sits down with angel investor-turned-entrepreneur Jake Whitman. After a successful career with Procter & Gamble and working for SoFi in the SF Bay Area, Jake decided to head to Cincinnati with the objective of buying a company. There he joined Queen City Angels as an angel investor but then decided to enter the entrepreneurial world and start Really Good Boxed Wine.

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    • 10/14/21

    Rachel ten Brink talks E-Commerce and Retail

    This week on ‘The Angel Next Door,’ Marcia Dawood sits down with Rachel ten Brink. Rachel co-founded her company Scentbird and raised $29 million first from angels and then venture funds including Y Combinator. She has now started her own venture capital company, Red Bike Capital.

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