How Should Angels Approach Board Seats At The Early Stages with Alicia Syrett of Pantegrion Capital

Alicia Syrett is the founder and CEO of Pantegrion Capital (http://www.pantegrion.com), an angel investment firm that focuses on seed and early stage investments. With over 10 years’ experience in the financial industry, Syrett is a member of several angel networks, including Golden Seeds and NY Angels. She presently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of HeTexted, and is also on the Advisory Boards of Beauty Booked and I-ELLA. Before starting Pantegrion Capital, Ms. Syrett was the CAO, Managing Director and very first employee of a multi-billion dollar private equity firm. She established numerous operational areas, including payroll, insurance coverage, healthcare and retirement platforms, vendor services and much more. Alicia Syrett is a frequent speaker on panels for various startup organizations in New York City as well as for entrepreneurship programs at NYU and Columbia. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How did Alicia get into the investing world? 2.) Having been first employee at a milti billion dollar private equity firm, what were Alicia’s biggest takeaways from this experience? 3.) How important is it for angels to have an entrepreneurial background? Does Alicia ever get the desire to rejoin the startup world as an entrepreneur? 4.) In the very competitive world of seed and angel funding that exists today, how does Alicia look to stand out as an angel? 5.) What are Alicia’s thoughts on boards at the very early stage? Are they an absolute requirement? How many members should there be? What makes a good board member? What should founders be wary of in their board? 5.) How important does Alicia believe networks can be as a source of deal flow for angel? What advice would Alicia give to someone looking to join a network? 6.) How does Alicia feel the female angel investing ecosystem is going? What can be done to encourage more females to enter the world of investing? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Alicia’s Favourite Investing Resource: Feedreader (http://feedreader.com) Alicia’s Most Recent Investments: iFunding (https://www.ifunding.co) As always, you can learn more about SyndicateRoom here: www.syndicateroom.com