Tech In Chicago

Jeff Carter is a co-founder of Hyde Park Angels, one of the most active angel groups in the United States, and he is currently raising a VC fund, named West Loop Ventures. Before becoming an angel he was a trader for over 25 years and he continues to trade independently.  listen on itunes listen on stitcher In This Episode You Will Learn: How Hyde Park Angels started? Why traders make for good angel investors? Why having pornographers and money launderers latching on to your product early is a great sign?  Why it has been easier to find LPs for West Loop Ventures outside of Chicago?  Why you have to be a great analyzer of people and not just ideas for seed investing? Why it's important to have a vision for the future as a seed investor? Why VCs can bet on ideas, but angels have to be on people? Why being coachable is so important for entrepreneurs? How an entrepreneur/investor relationship is like dating?  Why he makes a point of blogging everyday? What we have to do to keep growing the Chicago tech scene?