Angel Insights with Chris Schultz of LaunchPad

Chris is an active angel and tech entrepreneur as the founder of Voodoo Ventures, a platform that invests in companies and builds out their own products he has invested in several companies across a range of sectors at the very early stage. Furthering this, in 2009 Chris co-founded Launch Pad, a community that provides workspace, mentor network, and educational events to develop the talent in the New Orleans ecosystem. Prior to LaunchPad, Chris also co-founded Flatstack, a software development company with offices in Kazan, Russia and New Orleans that builds applications for clients worldwide. Before we dive into the show do not forget to check out the accompanying article to the show today discussing the 2 different types of angels and what works best for what type of company. It is a fascinating read and you can find that on syndicateroom.com. However, enough from me so it is now time to welcome the man himself, Chris Shultz, Founder @ LaunchPad. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Chris made his way into the world of investing and startups? 2.) What are the main benefits for Chris of collaboration both in the working space and the investing realm? Is there anything that can be done to maximize the effectiveness of this type of working from the investor perspective? 3.) What is Chris’ investment strategy? How does he approach deal flow? What is his filtering methods? 4.) In the past Chris has discussed 2 different types of investors, engineers vs financiers. What are these two different types of investors? Which one is right for which business? 5.) Chris has written about the abundance of solutions provided to white people problems. What does he mean by this and where does he see potential for true problem solving ability on a much wider scale? 6.) Finally I would love to discuss one of my fave topics in the world of pitching and investing and that is FOMO. So how does Chris create it for the investor as an entrepreneur and how does he as an investor stay cautious and aware that FOMO can misguide him when investing? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Chris’ Fave Startup Investing Resource: Paul Singh, 500 Startups Chris’ Most Recent Investment: 86co As always, you can learn more about SyndicateRoom here: www.syndicateroom.com and see Chris' latest tweets here: www.twitter.com.cschultz