I’m extremely excited to welcome our today’s guest, Esther Dyson, who had been a huge influence in my life as I got into angel investing. Esther is the chairman of EDVenture Holdings and founder of Health Initiative Coordinating Council (HICCup), dedicated to fostering and measuring the impact of critical-density health programs. Its first project is the Way to Wellville, a five-year, five-metric challenge to five US communities to dramatically improve the health of their residents. Overall, Esther is fascinated by new business models, new technologies and new markets (both economic and political).

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On this episode of The Pitch Deck, we are very excite to welcome Kevin Madden, Co-Founder  & CEO of NightOwl. Kevin is a fellow investor-turned-startup-founder. We invited Kevin to share his unique journey from financial world to co-founding a number of successful startups including NightOwl. Kevin explains the thought process behind founding his latest startup and how he was able to raise raise money for the business. Listen in for some phenomenal insight and advice that is sure to help you with  your fundraising efforts.

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This time on The Pitch Deck, I welcome the incredible Phil Nadel. Phil is the Co-Founder and Manager of Barbara Corcoran Venture Partners.  He is a serial entrepreneur with successes in the finance, publishing, online advertising and e-commerce spaces. He is also a prolific early-stage investor, having invested in over 50 companies. 

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This time on The Pitch Deck, I am thrilled to introduce Tiffany Tibbot. Tiffany is the founder and designer of B. Side Swimwear, a company that designs and sells swim suits for women who are looking for more variety in swimwear. B. Side Swimwear is a new company that aims to reinvent the traditional bathing suit. Bringing to market a new contemporary line of versatile bikinis that can be worn in 10 different ways.

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On this episode of The Pitch Deck, I am very excited to bring to you Mike Belsito. Mike is a startup entrepreneur and author of the book, Startup Seed Funding for the Rest of Us: How to Raise $1 Million for Your Startup Outside of Silicon Valley. Mike raised nearly $1 Million for his previous company, eFuneral, from his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. In his book, Mike recounts his own experiences and combines them with insights from 14 other entrepreneurs and seed-stage investors from all over the country to prove that you don't have to be in Silicon Valley to raise the seed capital you need to get your business off the ground.

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Welcome back to The Pitch Deck! On this episode, We are excited to welcome our guest, Vincent Tang. Vincent has spent ten years as a technology venture investor, most recently with Canrock Ventures, where he works with companies such as Crowdster, General Sentiment, Thrive Metrics and Sentiment Alpha.

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We invited Julia and Jules to share their incredible story of how they founded Hire an Esquire and acquired funding in order to grow the business. Joins to learn about the successes and failures they encountered on their fundraising journey and what they have learned in the process. Don’t miss Julia and Jules’ phenomenal advice that will help you find the right investors for your company and secure funding.

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Today, we have an amazing guest that we are so excited to introduce you to - Konrad Billetz. Konrad is the CEO and founder of Frameri Eyewear, the first maker of interchangeable, prescription eyewear for men and women. Konrad was recently named in the Forbes "30 Under 30" in the category of manufacturing, and Frameri's glasses were named one of the top 5 most ingenious eyewear products of 2014 by Vision Monday. TechCrunch also named Frameri as one of the first startups to disrupt Warby Parker's reign.

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Today, we are extremely excited to have Lo Toney on The Pitch Deck. Lo joined Comcast Ventures in 2014, and is responsible for the Comcast Ventures Catalyst Fund, which is focused on investing in early stage technology startups led by minority entrepreneurs. His investment focus is on consumer technologies including vertical eCommerce, marketplaces and on-demand services.

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Today, we are honored to have another Pitch Deck first - one of the sector group leaders at the Silicon Valley Band of Angels, Robert Kyle. Robert is also a Principal of Kyle Associates, a firm engaged in consulting and investing in the wireless, information security and communications areas. He had been founder and CEO of several successful companies in Silicon Valley that were involved in these areas. His companies were ultimately sold to General Instruments, General Electric and Honeywell.

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