Lessons Learned is a compilation of hard-won lessons in angel investing. They come from my podcast interviews over these seven years as well as from my three decades of angel investing. Hints on how to build your portfolio, how to eliminate sure losers and other practical advice will be offered in the voice of my guests and in my own voice. Sorry that the release of the episode is delayed until Friday 12/29 due to personal matters and this year's Christmas calendar. Thanks for listening.

Sal Daher - Lessons Learned - PODCAST LAUNCH DELAYED UNTIL 12/29/23 at 1:30 AM - Apologies!!

Tivan Amour is reinventing how urban bikes are designed and sold. This is a tall order. The competition is ferocious. Wise counsel is justifiably skeptical of the possibility of success in this endeavor. Yet, Tivan is gaining traction with his approach. He may be defying the odds. This young repeat founder bristles with energy but is also capable of contemplation. He is a growth hacker familiar with the Socratic Dialogue. He is hugely ambitious yet generous with the less fortunate. &nbsp;It was great fun interviewing him and he taught me a bunch of things. Among these were the real value of Techstars to founders and some pointers on growing a customer base. Here is a list of the topics covered:  Tivan Amour Bio What Effect Did Working for AT&amp;T While Still in College Have in Tivan’s Life? Tivan as a Product Manager at Abercrombie &amp; Fitch Tivan Starts His First Company Tivan Decides Boston Is Just Right for Him What Tivan Learned from Volunteering at BUILD How Tivan Structures His Day Tivan’s First Company Pivots Genesis of Fortified Bike – New Way to Market to Bike Shops – Cutting Out Distributors Fortified Bike Goes into Techstars The Real Value of Techstars to the Founder Changing Co-founders com Has Won Plaudits from Experts for Its Efficacy – Tivan’s Advice on Building a Website

Tivan Amour, Young Repeat Founder & Growth Hacker, "Growth Rider" Ep. 17

Through the Angel Invest Boston Podcast we seek to learn more about the creation of world-changing startups. Boston’s unique concentration of academic talent and entrepreneurial culture offer bountiful opportunities for conversations with people who have funded and built innovative companies. By recounting engaging stories, angels and founders convey lessons they have learned. These narratives illustrate the rewards of helping founders commercialize transformative technologies. We hope you too will find our dialogues entertaining and instructive. 
I’m Sal Daher, host of the Angel Invest Boston Podcast. After immigrating to Boston as a child and attending Belmont High School, I studied engineering at MIT and Stanford. Decades of work in international finance followed. During that time, I invested in a handful of ventures founded by friends and acquaintances. Now, I’m a member of Walnut Ventures and MIT Angels and spend most of my time as an angel investor taking stakes in about a dozen startups per year.

Sal Daher - Lessons Learned - PODCAST LAUNCH DELAYED UNTIL 12/29/23 at 1:30 AM - Apologies!!

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