Show #92 Listen (48:38) Download

Jim Armstrong of Clearstone Venture Partners offers up many pearls of wisdom for entrepreneurs and angel investors. "All early stage and all big leadership positions," Jim describes the firm, "learning to love to take risk."

"Get on the balance sheet" and "entrepreneurs who have seen the movie," Jim has so many pertinent comments. During the interview I pop-off with a reference to H.W. Brands' book on the California gold rush, The Age of Gold: The California Gold Rush and the New American Dream, where the author describes those times as the first time in history when an 'entrepreneur' isn't tarnished for life because of a business failure. From then on I let Jim do the talking.

Show #91 Listen (38:39) Download

He's Chairman for life at the Pasadena Angels, meet DuWayne Peterson.

Remember Sid Mohasseb of Venture Farm, Show #81? In the podcast I announce his first investment in TrendPoint.

And the show features a pitch from Riverside entrepreneur Amro Albanna regarding QMOTIONS. The new Nintendo Wii has created quite a buzz for his gaming accessory products.

Show #90 Listen (28:45) Download

Doug Giese runs Tech Coast Angels high tech pre-screening committee in San Diego. They have a new approach to funding early stage startups; Doug calls it SEED TRACK.

One of the first companies to apply: Joe Moreno's Ambaza.