Name: Matt Lerner - Successful companies do things differently by Angel Insights
Duration: 32 min 8 s
Description: Matt Lerner is an angel investor, founder of Startup Core Strengths, and tech industry legend. In this episode we delve into what he's learned from helping to build some of the biggest names in the game (Paypal being one), mentoring countless companies scale during his time at 500 startups, and investing in many others.

This was one of my favourite episodes to record having known Matt for a few years. What's struck me in that time is that he is always learning, evolving, and upping his game. Every conversation with Matt is an insightful experience.

Today we had the privilege of chatting with Caroline Halliday, from the Green Angel Syndicate. Caroline has a wealth of experience working with environmentally-minded businesses and investing in cleantech startups. Listen in to learn how she approaches a cleantech investment opportunity.

Investing in Cleantech with Caroline Halliday

Denzel Walters, co-founder for Community Growth Ventures, sat down to chat with us about his professional experience, his approach to angel investing, and the gap in the market in backing diverse founders that led to the founding of Community Growth Ventures.

Backing diverse founders with Denzel Walters

Peter Cowley started life as an engineer but quickly developed a passion for entrepreneurship which has stuck with him his entire career. He fell into angel investing before he really knew what it was all about and soon became a true student of the game.

Peter Cowley on angel investing and the importance of being coachable

Sarah Turner, co-founder of the incredible Angel Academe, joins us today to discuss the changes she has seen in the angel investing ecosystem over the last decade and shares thoughts on what more needs to be done to bring more women into angel investing.

Sarah Turner on the importance of bringing more women into angel investing

Dr. Silvia Mah, PhD, MBA, is a founding partner of Ad Astra Ventures, Stella Angels, Stella Labs and Women's Venture Summit, and is a prolific angel investor.

The parallels between Molecular Marine Biology and Angel Investing

The incredible Mac Conwell discusses how he got into VC and what drives Rarebreed Ventures. From investor product fit to the value of twitter for networking, and what the next steps are to get more diverse founders backed.

Mac Conwell on what drives Rarebreed Ventures

Matt Lerner is an angel investor, founder of Startup Core Strengths, and tech industry legend. In this episode we delve into what he's learned from helping to build some of the biggest names in the game (Paypal being one), mentoring countless companies scale during his time at 500 startups, and investing in many others.

Matt Lerner - Successful companies do things differently

Nick Jenkins, the founder of Moonpig.com and a former member of BBC's Dragon's Den, joins us on Angel Insights to share what he's learned and how he invests.

From Moonpig.com to Dragon's Den, Nick Jenkins talks angel investing

Srin Madipalli seems to have tried a bit of everything before turning his attention to building a startup. Fortunately all of the insights he'd picked up as a geneticist, lawyer, MBA and self-taught coder came in handy and he ultimately founded Accomable which he then sold to Airbnb. Since his departure from Airbnb he's focused his time on angel investing and mentoring startups. Today he shares some of the lessons he's learned along the way.

Srin Madipalli - Lessons from selling Accomable to Airbnb

Sean was on the Founding team at Trulia (acq Zillow for $2.5bn), Sean was also the founder and CEO at Sequoia funded, Crunched (acquired by ClearSlide). On the investing side he is an investor at Correlation Ventures and a prominent angel investor in several marketplace companies including SeatGeek, NerdWallet, Zeel, Paintzen, Peach and the home improvement app Smith.

In Today's Episode You Will Learn:
1.) How Sean made his start angel investing in startups?
2.)How startups can deal with the mass of advice on offer to them today? What makes a great mentor? What should they look for and what should they be wary of?
3.) What are Sean's views on accelerator alumni? How can investors get early access to accelerator companies pre demo day?
4.)What does Sean make of companies attending multiple accelerators? What are the good reasons and what are the bad?
5.) As an angel investor now, how does Tom determine the 'eye of the tiger' within the entrepreneur? Having worked with many at Techstars, what are the commonalities amongst the successful entrepreneurs?

Items Mentioned In Today's Show:
Sean's Fave Book: Robert Cialdini: Influence
Sean's Fave Blog: CB Insights
Sean's Most Recent Investment: NerdWallet

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www.twitter.com/SeanBlack

How Investors Should Approach Accelerator Alumni With Sean Black, Founding Team @ Trulia

Angel Insights takes you inside the world of angel investing. Join our host Tom Britton as he chats with the world's most successful investors, to understand their investment strategy, approach to due diligence, and tips that can dramatically improve your approach to investing. 

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Matt Lerner - Successful companies do things differently

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