Insights from a former philosophy student who's built a 15,000+ member network of principled business leaders and facilitated values-aligned investmentsToday's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention:  T...

Insights from a patent strategist who's authored 1,000+ patents and is revolutionizing IP finance through patent insurance and IP-backed lending at BlueIronToday's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention:  ...

Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: * Some Patience Required: The nuclear industry's journey from 50-60% capacity factors in the 1970s to today's impressive 93% demonstrates that optimization o...

Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: * Commonality is the Way - Variance in design increases cost. Consistency in design reduces it. Tighe shared helpful parallels with other industries to highl...

Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention:* Nuclear's renaissance hinges on electricity demand growth - More than any other guest I’ve spoken with, Emmet nailed the point that macro demand growth—not ...

Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: * Demonstration Reactors are MVPs for Nuclear Energy - These reactors are 1/100 - 1/10 the size of a commercial scale reactor, and enable advanced reactor de...

Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: * Perception is Reality - The discussion of nuclear waste politics surfaced how fear-based narratives can derail rational energy policy for decades.* ...

Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: * AI is Transforming Nuclear Too - The possibility of applying AI tools to parse 4,500-page regulatory documents represents a breakthrough in addressing one ...

Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: * The “conjoined twin” - Water touches every form of energy generation. Doug’s laser focus on this point made me consider what other interdependencies we oft...

Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: * The “angel investor party trick” - Paul highlighted how the rush to become an angel investor mirrors the increase in the appeal of the “celebrity entrepren...

Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: * Long ball is the name of the game - Can this company survive long enough to close a deal? Maybe they’ve closed some VC funding, but the risk-seeking VC buy...

Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: * The Double-edged Sword of Government Grants - Fascinating perspective on how SBIR grants can either validate or misdirect founders. The pattern of companie...

Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: * The paradox of regulatory rigor - Many investors simply screen out opportunities in highly regulated spaces like medical, deep tech, and defense. “I only l...

Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: * The persistence of paper checks reveals deeper truths about business incentives - It totally blew my mind that half of B2B payments are issued by check. Bl...

Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: * It’s like 6yr too late for horizontal AI - Dan's commentary about how startups trying to “develop a new LLM” are wasting their time competing with billion-...

Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: * Immigrant founders outperform statistically - Patrick's research shows a strong correlation between immigrant status and startup success. Makes me wonder h...

Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: * The power of student innovation - The story of Ariana Williams turning a class paper into Prairie View A&M's first innovation center demonstrates how expos...

Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: * The Value of Intentional Silence - Mike’s approach to founder interviews, watching body language, and creating space for stories shows how sometimes what's...

Today's episode explores three ideas that caught my attention: * The university endowment mindset shift: Transition from the for-profit real estate world to Stanford's endowment revealed how different time horizons (cent...

Larry Warnock is the Founding Partner of Ring Ventures (part of the Alumni Ventures Group), a Venture Capital Fund that deploys investment capital into tech and tech-enabled early-stage businesses. He continues consulting with ...

Alden Zecha is the Managing Director at SideCar Angels and serves on the Board of the Angel Capital Association. He has invested in over 80 startups, two of which have become unicorns valued at over $1 billion. Alden has...

Igor Belagorudsky builds, advises and scales startups. From a germ of an idea through seed, VC rounds, strategic partnerships and anything that comes next. Sometimes, he invests in them too.He helps entrepreneurs make go...

Juan “Sebastian” Garzon serves as the Executive Director of Alamo Angels, the largest angel network in Texas. In his role, Sebastian facilitates access to capital via angel investing to companies across the U.S. and Latin Ameri...

Brook Stroud is a Senior Principal at Alumni Ventures, where he applies his passion for early-stage investing, drawing from his experience as both an entrepreneur and investor. He founded and successfully exited two consumer st...

Patrick Farrell founded Potomac Angel Capital (PAC) in early 2022 to bring like-minded angel investors together in the D.C. area to invest in mission-driven, early-stage entrepreneurs for mutual financial benefit, lasting impac...