{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Skin in the Game VC Podcast","title":"Zach Coelius - From Entrepreneur to Investor","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1680,"description":"Investing in your first business can be incredibly daunting.\nThere are so many unknowns and so many what if? questions running through your head. It’s the same situation for both the entrepreneur and the investor. Entrepreneurs and investors alike have a goal in mind—and they need the other person in order to get there. It’s risky, but sometimes it’s totally worth it in the end.\nToday’s guest is Zach Coelius. Zach has worked on both sides of the story. He is a four-time entrepreneur, but now that he’s sold his last company, he shifted to full-time angel investing. In this episode, Zach tells us all about his experiences of getting started in investing, what his strategies are, and how he has become so successful.\nSo get ready to learn about Zach’s journey so far. Along the way, ask yourself: what will it take for me to get started? \nSome Questions I Ask: \nWhat do you like better: being an entrepreneur or being an investor? (2:04)\nHow did you first get involved in angel investing? (3:34)\nWhere do you get your deal flow in? (7:10)\nWhat are you looking for in an investment? (8:51)\nWhen investing, when do you look for in the founder of the company? (11:54)\nThere’s a lot going on in technology today. What are you interested in? (14:57)\nWhat red flags do you look out for in investing? (16:28)\nHow much do you get involved in your investments? (21:55)\n\nIn This Episode, You Will Learn: \nAbout both the dark and light sides of entrepreneurship and investing. (2:07)\nHow Zach transitioned from entrepreneurship to angel investing. (3:38)\nAbout how Zach’s “lazy-helpful” work with Silicon Valley changed the course of his career. (7:14)\nHow entrepreneurship experiences can change investment behavior. (8:58)\nWhy the founder is what can make or break the choice to invest. (12:10)\nWhy Zach gets as involved as possible in his investments. (22:00)\nWhy pitch competitions are ineffective and inefficient. (24:12)\n\nResources:\nChaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/zkSS0qttApj2pwP9AAYl36NCLBFb_wNbCWkv53I67cg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS85MmIw/YjQyMTMwMDg2YjVi/OGRmYjIwZWNlNjhj/NDc4Yy5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}