The "The Investor Talk" video series on EquityMatch features interviews with well-known investors. All people around the world will have access to this. The majority of its target market consists of ambitious business owners who are serious about looking for sources of seed investments to expand their enterprises. We believe that entrepreneurs will have a significant advantage in successfully starting their businesses if they know how to approach venture investors.

Many early-stage startups fail or become "zombies" after taking angel money. The investment thesis focuses on execution: building, selling, and finding people to pay for the product. David’s advice to founders: build it yourself, find a co-founder, go to an accelerator program. Startups outside of Silicon Valley were struggling to figure out how to raise funding. Southern California has great support for life sciences, social space, e-commerce direct-to-consumer brands, and entertainment.

David Mandel full podcast interview by Adam Gower, Ph.D. of the GowerCrowd Podcast

David joins Massimilano Sulpizi on The Investor Talk Podcast.

David joins Bant Breen on The Uncaged Show.

David talks diversification in tech startups, the importance of having real estate in startup angel investors’ portfolio, and having fun investing in the future.

David Mandel joins Unicorn Events for a chat about investing.

David Mandel, Board Member of Pasadena Angels and Managing Partner of Emerging Ventures Fund, talks to (JP) Jeffery Potvin on early stage investing, emerging tech, fund economics, and his investment process.