{"id":722,"date":"2018-04-19T11:42:38","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T11:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/williambissett.com\/?p=722"},"modified":"2018-04-19T12:14:14","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T12:14:14","slug":"charlotte-angel-connection-episode-050-t-j-eberle-entrepreneur-and-angel-investor-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/williambissett.com\/2018\/04\/19\/charlotte-angel-connection-episode-050-t-j-eberle-entrepreneur-and-angel-investor-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlotte Angel Connection Episode 050: T.J. Eberle, Entrepreneur and Angel Investor, Part II"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n Today we welcome T.J. Eberle<\/a> back to the podcast.\u00a0 As you learned last week, T.J. has been involved in the angel community in Charlotte since 2011 when he sold his company NouvEON.<\/p>\n As a recap into last week, T.J. enjoys being the crazy uncle who can come in and mentor and advise company founders but ultimately being able to step aside and watch the founders work through the execution of developed strategies.\u00a0 T.J. also gave us great insight into three questions he asks of the founders before making an investment – including what are you willing to sacrifice if things don’t go right.<\/p>\n In today’s podcast, we explore more about Charlotte as an investment city with the following questions and more.<\/p>\n T.J.\u2019s insights over the last two weeks as an angel investor and entrepreneur in Charlotte was really insightful.\u00a0 We look forward to having him back on the podcast in the future to talk about successful exits and maybe from Virginia Tech softball!!<\/p>\n Next week we have the first of two podcasts with Jude Colangelo<\/a>, Founder and CEO of Eat the Bear<\/a>.\u00a0 Jude raised $1 million for Eat the Bear last year and did it by leaving Charlotte to find his investors.\u00a0 We spend the first half talking about Jude the entrepreneur and the second half talking about his experience raising money and the Charlotte scene in general.\u00a0 As someone who left a large financial institution to start his own company, he\u2019s got great insight into the leap many consider but never pursue.<\/p>\n\n