David Kessler - #1 Peeve with Founders

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Tech founder David Kessler discusses his journey as an angel investor in companies such as CleanFiber, Wasabi, and Hilltop Bio.

 

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

 

Highlights:

• Sal Daher Introduces David Kessler
• "... This is like a very counterintuitive investment for angel investors, but it was angel-funded..."
• The Importance of Updates
• What Hilltop Bio Does
• "... This is why I want to create infrastructure to help the angels support these academic founders with connections..."
• Wasabi
• "... helping founders hone their messaging, hone their presentation..."
• "... Basically, the question is, what other ways of looking at the world are there and are you flexible enough to say that there are other ideas out there, and you may wind up pivoting into one of those..."
• How David Kessler Got into Angel Investing
• "... Start slow, start small, and don't invest alone..."
• Advice to the Audience

 

Topics: angel investing strategies, building wealth, product