Lisa Frusztajer - Opening Up Angel Funding

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Lisa Frusztajer is Investor in Residence at The Capital Network, where she supports founders in raising angel money more effectively. We discussed some exciting startups that have benefitted from Lisa’s wisdom, skill and network. A powerful episode!

Sponsored by Purdue University entrepreneurship and Peter Fasse, patent attorney at Fish and Richardson.

Highlights:

• Sal Daher Introduces Lisa Frusztajer
• "... What we're doing is we're breaking down how early-stage funding works, but we're also expanding the definition of what constitutes early-stage funding..."
• "... We're seeing the potential of digital health really exploding into all new areas that are both patient-friendly, and provider friendly..."
• "...The leadership training series creates a cohort where it's one of the few places where founders can really get together and let their guard down. Because one of the things with entrepreneurs, one of the things with founders is that you're under a lot of scrutiny, and you've got a lot of accountability..."
• How Lisa Came to Entrepreneurship
• "... I think there is potential for the number of women angel investors to increase even more than it has. You'd be surprised, the younger generation of angel investors that there are a lot more women among them than the older generation..."
• Sal's View of the Change in Investment Practices
• Advice to the Audience

Topics: angel investing strategies, discovering entrepreneurship, management