Summary: In this episode, Hall Martin of www.AngelConnect.info (http://www.angelconnect.info), interviews Barrett Wood, an investor who began as an attorney in what was a family-owned private investment venture. (http://finance4startups.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Angel-Connect-with-Hall-Martin-e1439120994222.jpg) In helping his father, he learned investment strategies. And also, his background as a lawyer helped him immensely in the investment arena — particularly in the area of RESEARCH. His key interests have been in the high-tech environment,as well as real estate — and even in oil and gas. As you will hear in this episode, Mr. Wood considers himself to be relatively new to the field, as he started with the venture as a general counsel. “Having fun and getting involved in deals” are the words that Mr. Wood used to describe the experience of this venture. In 2012, he ventured into the Tech opportunities,since they had been dealing with real estate, as startups that have come to him whose exit strategy was only “to be acquired by Google.” The business model has to be responsible and realistic. Mr. Wood provides help and support to theinvestments, as being active is veryimportant to providing elements for success. He is also looking to Health Care startups,which presents not only opportunites, but alsochallenges with barriers to entry. This is quite different than just Tech software startups. Select this link to listen to this audio episode in another window. (http://traffic.libsyn.com/fgcastgain/15-_Hall_Martin_interviews_Barrett_W.mp3) Copyright (c) 2015, Hall Martin of www.angelconnect.info andTxENetworks.com
