319: Navigating the Angel Investment Landscape: Strategies, Statistics, and Success Stories with Marcia Dawood

In today’s episode, Heather talks to Marcia Dawood about angel investing and what it means for you. Marcia has been an angel investor for over a decade. She is the author of Doing Good While Doing Well and hosts The Angel Next Door podcast. She’s Chair Emeritus of the Angel Capital Association and a founding member of their Growing Women’s Capital Group. Marcia is a member of Golden Seeds, one of the largest angel groups in the US. 

In this conversation, she shares what angel investing is and why you want to be involved. Heather and Marcia discuss the importance of angel investing, especially for women and people of color. Marcia breaks down the ways you can become an investor with as little as $50, and how you can use charity money to invest. This is an important and educational conversation that will get you excited to get involved!

 

In this insightful episode, you'll learn: 

• Introduction to Angel Investing - Heather and Marcia had an overview of what angel investing is and its significance in the investment landscape.

• Investment Strategy and Risk Management - Heather and Marcia advising audiences on how much of one’s investable assets should be allocated to angel investing, emphasizing the importance of risk assessment and not using essential funds for high-risk investments.

• Networking Opportunities through Angel Investing - They both discuss the value of networking through Angel investing or getting to know entrepreneurs and companies before investing, highlighting the long-term nature of angel investing. 

• The Halo Strategy - Heather and Marcia had an introduction to the "halo strategy," which refers to investing based on admiration for a founder rather than a structured investment approach.

• Discussion on Women and Minority-Owned Companies - Marcia and Heather are having an important conversation about addressing the statistics related to female founders in the investment space and the need to change the narrative around investing in women.

• Differences in Questioning Between Male and Female Founders - Heather and Marcia had an examination of the different types of questions male and female founders receive from investors.

• Equity Crowdfunding Explained - Heather and Marcia have provided an overview of equity crowdfunding, explaining how it works and its benefits for new investors.

• Conclusion and Summary of Key Points - A wrap-up of the episode, summarizing the key takeaways and encouraging listeners to engage with the topics discussed.

 

Marcia’s book choice is Buoyant: The Entrepreneur’s Guide to Becoming Wildly Successful, Creative and Free. 

Her song choice is Unstoppable by Sia

Link to buy the Doing Well While Doing Good book: 

https://bit.ly/3yxekKD

Link to buy the Doing Well While Doing Good workbook 

bit.ly/3ToZMUN

Marcia’s website is

www.marciadawood.com

Her  podcast is The Angel Next Door

https://www.marciadawood.com/angelnextdoor

 

In this episode for Libsyn: 

[00:49] - Introduction to Angel Investing

[03:28] - Investment Strategy and Risk Management

[08:00] - Networking Opportunities through Angel Investing

[10:27] - The Halo Strategy 

[12:13] - Discussion on Women and Minority-Owned Companies

[16:53] - Differences in Questioning Between Male and Female Founders

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