Peter Cowley: Angel Investor of The Year (Episode 16)

Mentions and links:

• Peter’s website
• Peter’s Linkedin
• Peter’s Twitter

• Angel investor of the year, 2014
• Arachnys, due diligence website
• Vantage Power
• Syndicate Room
• Michael Blakey
• Ela Madej
• Ready Steady Mums
• Bitspiration

 

Table of contents:

Peter’s Background

• 00:47 Sam’s introduces to the show
• 02:16 Richard discusses how he and Peter met
• 04:04 Peter, the Cambridge businessman, discloses his location
• 06:54 Peter introduces himself

Investing in the Spirit of an Entrepreneur

• 10:57 Defining one’s success
• 14:40 What brings people to angel investing
• 22:04 The entrepreneurial journey
• 24:52 Choosing people to associate with
• 26:23 Developing an entrepreneurial community
• 28:49 Discussing Peter’s life coach/span>

Judging the Market

• 29:48 Monetization of technology
• 32:30 Finding new problems and inventing different solutions
• 38:41 Recommendations to eastern European startups
• 41:27 Opposition of the Silicon Valley narrative

Doing Your Investment Research

• 44:26 How to not get Peter to invest in you
• 46:55 Type of angel investors to attract
• 48:31 Properly finding your references
• 51:11 Entrepreneur-investor relationship

Value of Outside Resources

• 55:44 The foreigner impact
• 56:57 Building international trading centers

Ending the Show Right

• 59:40 Proving Peter is somewhere else
• 01:00:53 Sam’s wrap-up
• 01:02:19 Richard’s quick recap