In this episode, Colin and Harry are joined by Shawn Wang. Shawn is a well-known developer, product manager, and angel investor who is actively involved in the developer relations and developer tools community. He has made a name for himself as a blogger, speaker, and community organizer in the tech industry.

0:00 - Intro

3:03 - What are Dev tools?

7:20 - Why did Shawn get into Angel Investing?

8:04 - What is a Scout?

14:41 - Putting people on a path to being a Scout

22:00 - Where does most of Shawn’s deal flow come from?

24:23 - What are some areas that Shawn is excited about that are under the radar?

26:42 - Details on Shawn’s new Startup in the AI Space 33:46 -Twitter Thread - Should one stop angel investing and accumulate huge positions instead?

38:38 -Twitter Thread - Should K-1s from small checks be regretted?

Links to Additional Info:

Shawn Wang

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnswyxwang/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/swyx

Website - https://www.swyx.io/

Will Manidis Tweet - https://twitter.com/WillManidis/status/1643611361698541576?s=20

Katelyn Donnelly Tweet - https://twitter.com/krdonnelly/status/1641403145132847106?s=20

Other Ways to connect with Wannabe Angels

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTd0VpLRUqEfQ5mk431z2Lg

Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@wannabeangels -

Twitter - https://twitter.com/wannabe_Angels

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/wannabe-angels/

About Colin: Colin Gardiner has spent a number of years in the tech startup space. He has worked in business to consumer tech for over a decade. Most recently, he worked for Outdoorsy as Chief Revenue Officer. He currently focuses on advising startups and guiding them through the fund raising process.

Colin LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/colingardiner/

Colin Twitter - https://twitter.com/ColinGardiner

About Harry: Harry Campbell runs The Rideshare Guy, a popular community for drivers and gig workers in the rideshare and delivery space. He’s an active angel investor having invested over $500k in 30+ companies and funds over the past few years, still trying to figure it all out though!

Harry LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrygcampbell/

Harry Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheRideshareGuy

Harry and Colin are joined by Gale Wilkinson. Gale is the founder and Managing Partner at VITALIZE, a seed fund and angel community investing in transformative WorkTech software. Previously, Wilkinson founded IrishAngels, one of the largest angel groups in the world. Gale has led $70M+ in early-stage deals across 125+ portfolio companies, and she has made 50 personal angel investments. Her experience prior to VC includes founding two HR tech startups, consulting for new product launches with Nielsen, and data strategy with Orbitz.

Links to Additional Info:Gale WilkinsonLinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/galevc/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/galeforceVCVC) / Twitter

Websites - https://gale.vc/ https://www.vitalize.vc/ https://www.vitalize.vc/vitalize-angels/

Ed Suh Tweet - https://twitter.com/edsuh/status/1639134290922590209?s=20

David Belle Tweet - https://twitter.com/davidbelle_/status/1641063289944780808?s=20

Other Ways to connect with Wannabe Angels

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTd0VpLRUqEfQ5mk431z2Lg

Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@wannabeangels

Twitter - https://twitter.com/wannabe_Angels\

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/wannabe-angels/

About Colin: Colin Gardiner has spent a number of years in the tech startup space. He has worked in business to consumer tech for over a decade. Most recently, he worked for Outdoorsy as Chief Revenue Officer. He currently focuses on advising startups and guiding them through the fund raising process.

Colin LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/colingardiner/

Colin Twitter - https://twitter.com/ColinGardiner

About Harry: Harry Campbell runs The Rideshare Guy, a popular community for drivers and gig workers in the rideshare and delivery space. He’s an active angel investor having invested over $500k in 30+ companies and funds over the past few years, still trying to figure it all out though!

Harry LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrygcampbell/

Harry Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheRideshareGuy

In this bonus episode, Harry and Colin discuss their interview from episode 8 with Kirk Ouimet.

Time stamps

0:00 - Intro

3:30 - Will Harry change the way he invests based on what he learned from Kirk?

4:39 - Thoughts on investing beyond your own network/area of expertise

7:09 - Colin’s story about investing in idea and not people

12:15 - Favorite Kirk Quotes

Links to Additional Info:

Episode 8 Links

Podcast - https://rss.com/podcasts/wannabeangels/

YouTube - https://youtu.be/DUg1t4j0mVc

Other Ways to connect with Wannabe Angels

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTd0VpLRUqEfQ5mk431z2Lg

Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@wannabeangels

Twitter - https://twitter.com/wannabe_Angels

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/wannabe-angels/

About Colin: Colin Gardiner has spent a number of years in the tech startup space. He has worked in business to consumer tech for over a decade. Most recently, he worked for Outdoorsy as Chief Revenue Officer. He currently focuses on advising startups and guiding them through the fund raising process

.Colin LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/colingardiner/

Colin Twitter - https://twitter.com/ColinGardiner

About Harry: Harry Campbell runs The Rideshare Guy, a popular community for drivers and gig workers in the rideshare and delivery space. He’s an active angel investor having invested over $500k in 30+ companies and funds over the past few years, still trying to figure it all out though!

Harry LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrygcampbell/

Harry Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheRideshareGuy

In this episode, Harry and Colin talk to Kirk Ouimet. Kirk Ouimet is a successful entrepreneur, inventor, and investor who founded Scan, a computer vision company that created a popular app downloaded over 250 million times. He sold the company to Snap Inc. and helped scale their engineering team and launch an office in Utah. Kirk authored over 20 patents and provided his team and investors with $100M+ in returns when Snap went public. He now focuses on investing in and advising startups, with over 250 investments, including several unicorns.

Links to Additional Info:

Kirk Ouimet

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/kirkouimet/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/kirkouimet

Websites - https://www.kirkouimet.com/

https://www.randomseed.com/

Private Equity Guy Tweet - https://twitter.com/PrivatEquityGuy/status/1638523809903804418

Dennis Hegstad Tweet - https://twitter.com/dennishegstad/status/1638556297703440384

Other Ways to connect with Wannabe Angels

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTd0VpLRUqEfQ5mk431z2Lg

Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@wannabeangels -

Twitter - https://twitter.com/wannabe_Angels

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/wannabe-angels/

About Colin: Colin Gardiner has spent a number of years in the tech startup space. He has worked in business to consumer tech for over a decade. Most recently, he worked for Outdoorsy as Chief Revenue Officer. He currently focuses on advising startups and guiding them through the fund raising process.

Colin LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/colingardiner/

Colin Twitter - https://twitter.com/ColinGardiner

About Harry: Harry Campbell runs The Rideshare Guy, a popular community for drivers and gig workers in the rideshare and delivery space. He’s an active angel investor having invested over $500k in 30+ companies and funds over the past few years, still trying to figure it all out though!

Harry LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrygcampbell/

Harry Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheRideshareGuy

Brian is the co-founder and lead for the Lyft syndicate UpLyft which has 3,500+ members. And a Co-Founder of Hustle Fund's Angel Squad. Across all of his syndications they have raised $55M+. He has also been an operator working at Lyft, Zoox and Blackbird and co-founded two companies.

0:00 - Intro

08:11 - What is the story behind the UpLyft syndicate?

15:19 -.Angel Squad Thesis- why would a VC fund want an angel school?

19:11 - What types of angels are you trying to attract?

20:42 - What are the top three tips for new and aspiring angel investors?

25:07 - What excites Brian most about the hustle fund?

27:42 - Jason Lemkin: “Why Seed Investing is For Suckers”

34:34 - Martin Tobias: “Why New Angel Investors Should Start With a Venture Fund”

Links to Additional Info:

Brian Nichols LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/briannichols11/

Brian Nichols Twitter - https://twitter.com/b_nicks11

Hustle Fund - https://www.hustlefund.vc/

Angel Squad - https://www.hustlefund.vc/squad

Jason’s Tweet - https://twitter.com/jasonlk/status/1632090893477101568?s=20

Martin’s Tweet - https://twitter.com/MartinGTobias/status/1631383930086596608?s=20

Other Ways to connect with Wannabe Angels

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wannabeangels

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTd0VpLRUqEfQ5mk431z2Lg

Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@wannabeangels

Twitter - https://twitter.com/wannabe_Angels

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/wannabe-angels/

About Colin: Colin Gardiner has spent a number of years in the tech startup space. He has worked in business to consumer tech for over a decade. Most recently, he worked for Outdoorsy as Chief Revenue Officer. He currently focuses on advising startups and guiding them through the fund raising process.

Colin LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/colingardiner/

Colin Twitter - https://twitter.com/ColinGardiner

About Harry: Harry Campbell runs The Rideshare Guy, a popular community for drivers and gig workers in the rideshare and delivery space. He’s an active angel investor having invested over $500k in 30+ companies and funds over the past few years, still trying to figure it all out though!

Harry LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrygcampbell/

Harry Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheRideshareGuy

In this episode, Harry and Colin speak with Andrew Arruda. Andrew is a serial entrepreneur and active angel investor. Andrew is the CEO/Co-founder of Flexpa. Andrew speaks internationally on the subjects of startups, innovation, and entrepreneurship and has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, BBC, Wired, CNBC, CBS, Bloomberg, Fortune, Forbes, TechCrunch, The Washington Post, and The Financial Times. Andrew is a former TED speaker and member of the 2017 Forbes 30 under 30 class. In this episode, Andrew talks about his experience as an Andrew investor while also running a company. Andrew also discusses why he considers angel investing a hobby. Colin, Harry, and Andrew then discuss some recent trending twitter threads in the world of angel investing.

Links to Additional Info:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/andrewarruda

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewarruda/

Flexpa - https://www.flexpa.com/

Other Ways to connect with Wannabe Angels

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTd0VpLRUqEfQ5mk431z2Lg

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/wannabeangels

Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@wannabeangels -

Twitter - https://twitter.com/wannabe_Angels

About Colin: Colin Gardiner has spent a number of years in the tech startup space. He has worked in business to consumer tech for over a decade. Most recently, he worked for Outdoorsy as Chief Revenue Officer. He currently focuses on advising startups and guiding them through the fund raising process.

Colin LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/colingardiner/

Colin Twitter - https://twitter.com/ColinGardiner

About Harry: Harry Campbell runs The Rideshare Guy, a popular community for drivers and gig workers in the rideshare and delivery space. He’s an active angel investor having invested over $500k in 30+ companies and funds over the past few years, still trying to figure it all out though!

Harry LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrygcampbell/

Harry Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheRideshareGuy

In this episode, Harry and Colin talk with Scott Paul. Scott is a long time angel investor based in Utah and focused in Utah, he is well known startup comedian, hair-influencer and general fun and irreverent personality. He is also a founder/partner of Convoi Ventures with Trent Mano which is a Utah focused pre-seed fund. In this episode, Scott discusses what he has learned over the last 9 years as an angel investor and advice for people starting out.

0:00 - Intro

01:50 - Scott’s angel investing journey

04:10 - What % of your net worth have you put into angel investments?

05:39 - How does Scott decide where to invest?

07:32 - Why Scott likes the early stage, being the first check.

09:49 - Fastest one of Scott’s deals has gone out of business.

11:13 - How does Scott Handle company failure in terms of Angel Investing

14:05 - Should companies/entrepreneurs do better in communicating with investors?

18:52 - Scott’s advice to himself as a new angel investor.

21:06 - Scott’s transition to funds.

24:07 - Why does Scott focus on Utah in terms of Angel Investing?

27:58 - Trending Twitter threads

Other Ways to connect with Wannabe Angels

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTd0VpLRUqEfQ5mk431z2Lg

Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@wannabeangels -

Twitter - https://twitter.com/wannabe_Angels

About Colin: Colin Gardiner has spent a number of years in the tech startup space. He has worked in business to consumer tech for over a decade. Most recently, he worked for Outdoorsy as Chief Revenue Officer. He currently focuses on advising startups and guiding them through the fund raising process.

Colin LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/colingardiner/

Colin Twitter - https://twitter.com/ColinGardiner

About Harry: Harry Campbell runs The Rideshare Guy, a popular community for drivers and gig workers in the rideshare and delivery space. He’s an active angel investor having invested over $500k in 30+ companies and funds over the past few years, still trying to figure it all out though!

Harry LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrygcampbell/

Harry Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheRideshareGuy

Links to Additional Info

Scott Paul

Twitter - https://twitter.com/gscottpaul?

https://angel.co/p/scott-paul2

https://www.convoiventures.com/

https://hyperactivecap.com/

In this episode, Colin and Harry discuss what they have recently been up to in the world of angel investing, a recent twitter thread, and what types of companies they chose to invest in and why.

0:00 - Intro

01:00 - What did Harry do recently in the World of Angel Investing?

01:51 - What did Colin do recently in the World of Angel Investing?

03:24 - Featured Twitter Thread- Should you invest only if there’s a lead?

11:25 - What is Harry investing in?

15:10 - What is Colin investing in?

17:00 - Is it best to do what everyone else is doing or taking bets here and there when it comes to investing?

Other Ways to connect with Wannabe Angels

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTd0VpLRUqEfQ5mk431z2Lg

Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@wannabeangels -

Twitter - https://twitter.com/wannabe_Angels

About Colin: Colin Gardiner has spent a number of years in the tech startup space. He has worked in business to consumer tech for over a decade. Most recently, he worked for Outdoorsy as Chief Revenue Officer. He currently focuses on advising startups and guiding them through the fund raising process.

Colin LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/colingardiner/

Colin Twitter - https://twitter.com/ColinGardiner

About Harry: Harry Campbell runs The Rideshare Guy, a popular community for drivers and gig workers in the rideshare and delivery space. He’s an active angel investor having invested over $500k in 30+ companies and funds over the past few years, still trying to figure it all out though!

Harry LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/harrygcampbell/

Harry Twitter - https://twitter.com/TheRideshareGuy