Join Sal's Investment Syndicate: Click to Join Young founder Derek Canton was obsessed with making restaurant payments frictionless. COVID scrambled his product plans but opened up a huge opportunity to provide contactless payment. Throughout lockdown Paerpay has gotten traction for its text-driven payment system which is a perfect fit for the times. Highlights: Sal Introduces Founder Derek Canton of Paerpay What Paerpay Does How Paerpay Makes Money The Competition is Device-Centric, Paerpay Is ...
Sep 09, 2020•37 min•Season 4Ep. 25
Join Sal Daher's Investment Syndicate: Click to Join Ben Littauer travelled an unlikely path from philosophy to communications technology. He brings to life the exciting turns in his careers as founder and angel investor. In his light-hearted style, Ben provides a thoughtful tour of Boston’s angel scene in this episode that ranges over many topics including equity crowdfunding. In particular, he explains what leads founders to make the worst fund-raising mistake of all. The philosopher’s clarity...
Sep 02, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 24
Join Sal Daher's Investment Syndicate: Click to Subscribe The sense of purpose and focus that led Klaudyne Hong to do her PhD at MIT in two years helped her turn a chance comment during a fly-fishing trip into a groundbreaking startup. Peach IntelliHealth is building AI for acute medical care. Her project was seeded by the Government of Singapore where she found great help in building her data set. She’s now seeking FDA approval. Highlights include: Sal Daher Introduces Klaudyne Hong, PhD, Found...
Aug 26, 2020•47 min•Season 4Ep. 23
Sal Daher's Investment Syndicate: Click Here Vets have known for a century that injecting extract from fetal tissue helps wounds heal faster However, the procedures required were arduous. Hilltop Bio is taking the hassles out of this time-tested therapy and creating a new revenue stream for clinics. Amanda Drobnis, founder and Jess McLear, board member update us on the company's progress. Interview highlights include: Sal Daher Introduces Amanda Drobnis and Jessica McLear What Hilltop Bioscience...
Aug 12, 2020•32 min•Season 4Ep. 20
Sal Daher's Investment Syndicate: Click Here Ralph Wagner recalls his journey of self-discovery that led from failure in engineering to incandescent success in marketing and sales. The man who could not do calculus or write code excelled at identifying and exploiting opportunities created by computer technology. In this interview one sees that Ralph’s captivating personality is firmly ballasted by good sense and common decency. It is made evident how his interest in people was vital to the succe...
Aug 12, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 4Ep. 21
Join Sal's Investment Syndicate List: Click to Join Joe Selvaggi, entrepreneur and podcaster straddles the worlds of business and policy in his podcast HubWonk, one of two podcasts from Boston’s Pioneer Institute. Joe and I talked about compelling interviews of founders and how they relate to the work of the free-market think tank. Fun & Instructive. Highlights include: Sal Daher’s Introduction of Joseph Selvaggi The Pioneer Institute and Entrepreneurship Joe Selvaggi’s Business – Plaster Fu...
Aug 05, 2020•46 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Join Sal's Investment Syndicate: Click Here Super angel investor Michael Mark tells fascinating stories that take us from the precocious founding of his first startup straight out of MIT to his being a highly-prized investor in hundreds of startups today. The narratives are interwoven with valuable lessons on how tech startups are built in Boston's vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem. They include entertaining observations of subjects ranging from comedians to co-founders. Some of the most interes...
Jul 29, 2020•58 min•Season 4Ep. 18
Join Sal's Investment Syndicate: Click Here Curious Reactor, the AI built by founder Jenny Ro, PhD, helps participants at life science conferences figure out who to meet. It's only the first step in a promising road map. Loved the chat with this compelling founder.
Jul 22, 2020•35 min•Season 4Ep. 17
Join Sal's Investment Syndicate: Click to Join An MBA and an architect who got together as co-founders at MIT to build software that helps designers make decisions based on numbers and science. Spatiometrics is now helping to make offices COVID-resistant. During the interview we discussed the company's founding story, its workflow and how they are helping with back to work planning....
Jul 15, 2020•31 min•Season 4Ep. 15
Join Sal's Investment Syndicate: Click Here Founder Gillian Isabelle, Ph.D. returns to give us an update on how her startup Enlivity is navigating the COVID crisis. Here is Gillian's origin story: Gillian Isabelle's Full Interview
Jul 15, 2020•17 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Join Sal's Syndicate: Click Here To celebrate our 100th episode, Raul Rosa and I curated snippets from various interviews that illustrate particularly valuable lessons in entrepreneurship. Below you will find a list of the full episodes next to the name of the guest cited. Starting at the launch of the 100th episode it will also be possible to search for content on https://angelinvestboston.com based on a list of topics, some of which I list below. Focus: Michael Mark – Click to Listen to the Co...
Jul 08, 2020•55 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Join Sal's Investment Syndicate: Click Here Brazilian patients struggle to access specialized medical care. Precavida, which just graduated from Techstars Boston, is addressing this problem. Here is my interview with founder Lais Fonseca.
Jul 01, 2020•33 min•Season 4Ep. 131
Sal's Investment Syndicate: Click Here Events platform Host Events confronts going virtual with COVID-19. I also talked to Brian Megill about his entrepreneurial journey.
Jul 01, 2020•30 min•Season 4Ep. 132
Join Sal's Investment Syndicate: Link to Syndicate Page Trying to create a bike startup, repeat founder Tivan Amour builds a texting tool that quickly outgrows the original business and is then launched as an independent company. Listen to the founding story of Tone (tonemessaging.com) and how it’s allowing brands to speak directly to customers. A great chat with one of my favorite founders. Highlights include: Sal Daher Introduces Tivan Amour, Founder of Tone How Tone / Save My Sales Was Born O...
Jun 24, 2020•34 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Join Sal's Syndicate: Click to Join Born in a Brazilian slum, Artur Souza has founded a promising startup in Boston. His experience with the complexity of adopting his dog led to the creation of Adopets, a platform to facilitate pet adoption. The surge in pet adoption caused by COVID-19 has opened up opportunities for this inspiring founder.
Jun 17, 2020•19 min•Season 4Ep. 122
Sal' Investment Syndicate: Click Here Meenta is the platform for sharing the use of high-end scientific equipment. Its founders, Gabor Bethlendy and Stephan Smith, are using resources they have built to help companies test employees for COVID. You can learn more about Meenta in the following interviews: Here is my interview of Gabor Bethlendy: https://www.angelinvestboston.com/ep-65/gabor-bethlendy-meenta Here is my interview of Stephan Smith: https://www.angelinvestboston.com/ep-90-stephan-smit...
Jun 17, 2020•20 min•Season 4Ep. 121
Sal's Investment Syndicate: Link to Sal's Syndicate In VentureFizz, Keith Cline has created a place where great tech companies and great tech talent meet. Check it out at: https://venturefizz.com/ I had a wide-ranging interview with this most affable and informed guest, here are some highlights: Sal Daher Introduces Keith Kline of Venture Fizz How VentureFizz Came About The VentureFizz Podcast Origin Story “Yeah, the drama of building a new company is just so absorbing. Lots of stories to tell.”...
Jun 10, 2020•39 min•Season 4Ep. 12
Join Sal's Syndicate: Click to Join Techstars alum COBU has been getting traction at leading apartment buildings for its ability to build community and thus lower tenant turnover. During the lockdown, it has been a social lifeline for apartment dwellers. Founder Ben Pleat returns to the podcast to tell the story. Listen to the founding story of COBU here: COBU: Community in Rentals...
Jun 03, 2020•15 min•Season 4Ep. 112
Sal's Investment Syndicate : Link to My Syndicates An alum of Techstars and Shark Tank backed by Mark Cuban and Sara Blakely, Alice's Table was a promising startup. Then, the virus struck. For an events company this could have been fatal but Alice Lewis pivoted in an intriguing direction that is already showing strong traction. Hear this great story told by an inspiring founder. Here's Alice's full-length interview: From Techstars to Shark Tank...
Jun 03, 2020•18 min•Season 4Ep. 111
More secrets for founders raising money. Angel investor Sal Daher has suggestions to make your raise less painful. Highlights include: Sal’s Intro – New Fundraising Secret at the End Sal Daher’s Opening Statement on Funding for Startups Angels vs. VCs Walnut Ventures & MIT Angels Angel Groups in Boston Super Angel Joe Caruso and His Pet Peeve about Pitch Decks “…if you got it flaunt it.” “What I look for, my goal is a platform technology. Technology that's widely applicable and can be develo...
May 27, 2020•58 min•Season 4Ep. 11
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.
May 20, 2020•22 min•Season 4Ep. 101
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. Highlights include: Sal’s Intro Jay Batson’s Bio Acquia & Drupal Revenue-Based Finance Is Introduced ...
May 13, 2020•46 min•Season 4Ep. 10
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 on a financing strategy rather than product development burning $2 million per month but clients hat...
Apr 29, 2020•35 min•Season 4Ep. 9
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: Link to Joe Caruso's Story...
Apr 27, 2020•47 min•Season 4Ep. 83
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-19 created. Here's my interview with Martin on his entrepreneurial journey towards the founding of Hea...
Apr 22, 2020•29 min•Season 4Ep. 82
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 Susan are alums of the podcast. Here are their full-length interviews: Jinesh Patel's Podcast Susan Cono...
Apr 20, 2020•34 min•Season 4Ep. 81
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 Daher’s Intro Chance Encounter at Venture Lane Startup Hub Mike Nardella’s Bio What Mike Nardella’s Co...
Apr 15, 2020•41 min•Season 4Ep. 8
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 from Launchpad Venture Group are validating Michelle’s idea. Great interview with a compelling founde...
Apr 01, 2020•56 min•Season 4Ep. 7
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 service technicians to reduce response times and costs. Jinesh’s affable manner and clear understan...
Mar 18, 2020•56 min•Season 4Ep. 6
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 startup, Because Intelligence. Belief marketing helps brands create genuine connections with their custom...
Mar 04, 2020•49 min•Season 4Ep. 5
