I Invested in a Startup—It Was Terrifying

Going into 2023, I was feeling good about the progress I’d made in my own business, but I was also feeling like all of my eggs were in just one basket. So I felt like rather than investing all of my income and time back into my own business or the public stock market, that it might make sense to start getting some skin in someone else’s game, too. Here's how that went.

For the full deep-dive on my experience, additional conversations with the founder, and more on angel investing, check out the full episode on The Money with Katie Show podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...

This show is a production of Morning Brew and is produced by Henah Velez and me, Katie Gatti Tassin. Devin Emery is our Chief Content Officer. Our video editors are Christie Muldoon, Sebastian Vega, and Nichole Friedman. Additional fact-checking comes from Kate Brandt.

Reminder: I am not a licensed financial professional and this is not financial advice.

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0:00 Intro
3:00 Finding a company to invest in
7:25 Steph Mui Interview
11:50 What I've learned
13:00 Arman Hezarkhani Interview
14:50 Final thoughts from Steph Mui
15:40 Outro