Let's Talk Serious Startups: The Nuts & Bolts

Serial entrepreneur and angel investor Peter Shankman shares his coming up with HARO, how so many startup ideas are sparked from personal need, and how to get his attention as an investor. And what not to do!

In this episode angel investor and venture capital fund manager Shane Spencer breaks down funding types, what investors are looking for, the specifics to know if you want to get funded, and how to get past the first round!

Tim Ozgener explains the importance of customer experience, how he transitioned from an actor and comic to CEO of CAO Cigars, led the company to exit, and now is giving back to the world of modern art as a philanthropist.

Eric Dobson is the CEO of Angel Capital Group. Since growing two companies to more than $4M in investment as an entrepreneur, he now manages the portfolio of 25 companies in which ACG has already invested. Eric plans to increase ACG’s investments to one per month in 2014 as ACG activates its crowd funding initiatives.

Mark W. Schaefer is a globally-recognized blogger, speaker, educator, business consultant, and author who blogs at {grow} – one of the top marketing blogs in the world. He teaches graduate marketing classes at Rutgers University and has written three best-selling books including The Tao of Twitter (the best-selling book on Twitter in the world) and Return On Influence,which was named one of the top business titles of the year by the American Library Association.