Terri Mead is an angel investor, IT consultant, expert witness, speaker, angel investor and a startup advisor.

She is President of Solutions2Projects LLC a consulting company for IT project management and IT compliance for life sciences and high-tech companies.

She is the former VP of Sand Hill Angels in Silicon Valley. She is an advocate of supporting start-ups that offer products and services that improve people’s lives and supports the female founders.

In this episode, Terri shares how having a diversity of thought can be an advantage in having new business perspectives. Also, she shares how she advocates female investors and help them penetrate the male dominated investment industry.

• 01:55– Terri walks us through how she accidentally stumbled upon angel investing coming from IT and entrepreneurial background?
• 03:14– What is Terri’s investment thesis about?
• 04:38- How did she transitioned from being an individual angel investor into VP of Sand Hill Angels?
• 10:36 – Terri shares how diverse thought can bring new startup perspective.
• 11:36 – What are the challenges faced by the Silicon Valley angel invertors and what value have you’ve seen you brought to the ecosystem?
• 22:15 - Why Terri chose to advocate in supporting startups with female founders or co-founders?
• 25:00 – What is Terri’s investment portfolio looks like? What kind of startups does she advocate?
• 30:20– What is more for Terri
• 40:16– Final Four Rapid Fire
• 39:04– Silvia’s episode recap

Full show notes: http://www.sheinvests.com/10