Sponsors:  Purdue University Entrepreneurship Peter Fasse, patent attorney at Fish &amp; Richardson Sal's Syndicate:   Ty Danco is an outlier in a population of outliers. His interests are varied and pursued passionately. He’s founded two fintech companies, he’s invested in a gazillion startups and he’s been a hugely generous advisor to companies, in fact the chief advisor at Techstars. Oh, I forgot to mention he’s an Olympian and also deeply involved with crypto-currencies. In this really meaty interview, Ty and I covered a wide range of topics. He explained his ideas in his affably quirky way. This was a super fun conversation. Quotes: "Danco, why are you here? You're a marketing guy." And I said that I was here to see Lever Brothers and he goes, "You idiot, you signed up for Lehman Brothers." “So, I took a leave of absence from school, and Wharton let me make up my remaining credits over the summer, and so I tried doing all three things at the same time. It was a success on paper, I did make the 84 [Olympic] team, I did complete the MBA, I did work at Lehman Brothers, but in truth I was overwhelmed, I did everything badly. I ended up breaking my heel and didn't compete in Sarajevo. I learned nothing in my last classes at school and I was just lost and floundering my first year on Wall Street. So, there's a pretty obvious lesson there about the need to focus and my inability to multi-task. That's maybe why they say focus on one metric that matters, don't try to do five balls in the air at once.” Topics covered include:  Ty Danco’s Bio How Ty Danco Stated His Career – Lehman Brothers vs. Lever Brothers – Olympic Team "Danco, why are you here? You're a marketing guy." And I said that I was here to see Lever Brothers and he goes, "You idiot, you signed up for Lehman Brothers." Ty Danco Doing Too Much Ty Danco and the Importance of Focus Ty Danco on the Cover of Sports Illustrated Ty Danco Moves from New York City to Burlington, Vermont Ty Danco Discovers that, Thanks to Michael Bloomberg, It Was Possible to Do Investing in Vermont Ty Danco Founds His First Startup - eSecLending Ty Danco Recalls Wall Street Misogyny of the Past – Women Found a Haven in Hugely Complex CMO Deals Ty Danco’s Company is Hit by the Crash of 2008 Sal Daher Asks for you to Review the Podcast on iTunes – It Really Helps! Why Ty Danco’s Second Startup Failed Ty Danco’s Angel Investments Ty Danco Thinks Crypto-currencies Are Worthy Alternative Investments Ty Danco Believes One Can Eliminate Many Losers - But at a Cost Ty Danco’s Philosophy of Angel Investing Why Mass Medical Angels Is the Only Angel Group Ty Danco Attends Why Ty Danco Does Not Invest Based on Cold Calls Ty Danco Reveals the Secret of Getting into Techstars Ty Danco Likes VCs Involved in Every Deal, Why? “Virtually all of my deals, 99% of the deals come not from me directly stumbling over something, but from a lead from my network.” Boston Angel Pantheon: Michael Mark, Joe Caruso and Jean Hammond What Are ICOs and Why should VCs be Scared of Them? Some of Ty Danco’s Favorite Startups Ty Danco’s Categorization of Mentoring Styles What Sets Accelerators Apart in Ty Danco’s Estimation Ty Danco Takes a Page from Manu Kumar in Starting His Next Venture  Topics: fintech, crypto, angel investing strategies, techstars

Ty Danco, Fintech + Olypmics

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.

Ty Danco, Fintech + Olypmics

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