Mar 31, 2021
Sponsored by Peter Fasse of Fish and Richardson, Top Patent Attorney: https://www.fr.com/team/j-peter-fasse/
A successful founder who has become a respected angel investor in Boston, Raza Shaikh is a pleasure to speak to and to learn from. Raza also has a podcast called On Boards which is great for people who are on boards or would like to be.
Highlights:
- Sal Daher Introduces Raza Shaikh, Founder, Angel & Podcaster
- “I started angel investing actually on AngelList a bunch of years back and realized that that's a little hands-off and you don't connect with the companies for real.”
- Sal Daher Speaks Up for Syndicate Investing
- Raza Shaikh’s Favorite Startups: MentorWorks the Income Sharing Agreements Platform
- “…the founder, Karthik, is a professor at Northeastern and a Launchpad member, but knowing the higher education space, he really thought that there was an opportunity for an alternative to student loans…”
- Raza Shaikh’s Favorite Startups: KUVA Is a 10X Cheaper Way to Find Gas Leaks
- Raza Shaikh’s Favorite Startups: RaySecur Uses Millimeter Waves to Scan Incoming for Hazards
- Raza Shaikh Talks About His Fund: Beacon Venture Partners
- Sal Daher Talks About Peter Fasse of Fish & Richardson Who Sponsors the Podcast
- Raza Shaikh Bootstraps His First Startup, and His Second
- What Motivated Raza to Found His First Company
- Raza’s First Angel Investment
- Raza Shaikh’s Parting Thoughts
- Raul Rosa’s Startup, PodSpot