The Bad Bitch Empire is a show to help you break free of “Good Girl Brainwashing” and unleash your inner Bad Bitch so you can create the life and career you’ve always dreamed of.

Social Wealth Partners are a group of angel impact investors, venture founders, government leaders, and philanthropists guiding early-stage for-profit ventures, impact investing funds, and social impact initiatives to success. Rob Hanna has designed and brought to market the world's largest impact accelerator, engaging over 6000 social entrepreneurs in 100 countries. He coined the term social wealth in 1991 while working on Wall Street.

Keiretsu Forum Northwest is an angel investment community and the world's largest angel investor network. Keiretsu Forum has been ranked #1 by Pitchbook as the most active investment community in early and late-stage rounds. They’ve invested over 950 million in more than 1100 companies.

My guests are Brittany Davis and Christie Pitts, Partners at Backstage Capital. This is an investment fund focused on investing in people of color, women, and LGBTQ+ founders. Currently, less than 10% of all venture funds go to these groups. Whereas other VCs see this as a pipeline problem, Backstage Capital sees it as the biggest opportunity in investment.

Claire Diaz-Ortiz is an author, a speaker, and an angel investor. Now she’s also a partner at Magma Partners, a venture capital fund focused on investing in the best entrepreneurs in Latin America. Her mission is to help these startups to launch and scale in the United States, but more than that, Clair is heading up a new firm-wide initiative to invest in at least 20 female-founded Latin American companies over the next three years.

My guest is the formidable Joanne Wilson, also known as the Gotham Gal. She's a New York City-based angel investor and one of the earliest angel investors to have a female entrepreneur-driven investment thesis. She's also a co-founder of the Women's Entrepreneur Festival, blogger, and podcaster.

Today I’m on with Marlon Nichols, Managing Partner at MaC Venture Capital. Marlon has a background in technology, private equity, media, and entertainment. As an investor, he has a unique eye for global trends and shifts in consumer behavior. We’ll discuss the investment thesis, investment frameworks, and upside industries.

My guest today is Brandon Andrews, a serial entrepreneur and the Casting Director for ABC’s hit reality show Shark Tank. Brandon is leading a nationwide casting tour focused on bringing more diverse voices and ideas to Shark Tank. He’s also been named a global innovation fellow by the US Department of State. Brandon is on a mission to bring capital and resources to diverse entrepreneurs.

In Part 3 of our educational series on How to Become an Angel Investor, I discuss my framework for evaluating companies and the best ways to source new deals. Due diligence is often the most difficult part for the new investors, but after today’s lesson, you should have a good idea of the basic questions you need to ask. We will also go through some of the most popular crowdfunding platforms and the importance of having a like-minded community of investors to find the right deals for your first angel investments.

How do you define your investment goals? How do you properly diversify your portfolio? How do you choose your first industry to invest in? These are the questions I’ll be answering in today’s episode. With this knowledge, you’ll be able to take a long-term view of the future and confidently define your own investment thesis to make your first startup investments.