Angel Invest Boston

Sponsored by Peter Fasse of Fish & Richardson, Patent Attorney: https://www.fr.com/team/j-peter-fasse/ Austin-based super angel Hall Martin has an intriguing approach to investing in technology startups that can benefit investors and founders. He’s also done quite a bit of equity crowdfunding. This interview was rich in lessons for me. I recommend you listen. “…my conclusion after looking at it 20 years, it's not that I'm investing in the wrong deals. I'm investing with the wrong deal structure.” Highlights: Sal Daher Introduces Hall Martin, Super Angel from Texas “Put my money in. In about six months, lost all of it. I started to realize this is harder than it looks and decided I needed to join a group to invest in, rather than do it by myself.” “In Austin, we didn't have an angel network until about 2006. When they started it, I was the first member to sign up for it.” “We got about 5 million invested in 20 deals and got a 40x return out of one of the deals.” “We were in the home of Whole Foods. We sta