Speaking of Startups

Speaking of Startups


Latest Episodes

Charlotte Angel Connection Episode 122: Lennox McNeary, Co-founder and CEO of ArchiveCore
June 23, 2021

  - Today we are pleased to welcome Lennox McNeary, CEO of ArchiveCore, to the podcast.  Lennox was part of the most recent RevTech Labs program and we got the chance to sit down with her and a few of

Charlotte Angel Connection Episode 121: CFV Ventures with Nat Clarkson and Dan Roselli
June 18, 2021

  - Today, we are fortunate to have Nat Clarkson and Dan Roselli  join us on the podcast to talk with us about CFV Ventures. We all know Dan and Nat from their work at RevTech Labs/QC Fintech. - We wa

Charlotte Angel Connection Episode 120: Jonathan Kite, CEO of Rent Ready
May 21, 2021

Today, we are fortunate to have Jonathan Kite join us on the podcast to talk with us about Rent Ready. Jonathan and the Rent Ready team (including co-founders Ryan McMillan and Will Brugh) completed a

Charlotte Angel Connection Episode 119: Matt Potere, CEO of Sunlight Financial
May 06, 2021

Today, we welcome back Matt Potere, CEO of Sunlight Financial, to the podcast.  Matt joined us early in the days of the podcast with Episode 20 and Episode 21. Back in these days, Sunlight Financial w

Charlotte Angel Connection Episode 118: Mike Murphy, CEO of ProctorFree and Kevin Eckert, Partner with TFX Capital
April 16, 2021

Today we welcome Mike Murphy, CEO and Co-Founder of ProctorFree and Kevin Eckert, Partner with TFX Capital to the podcast. - Mike served in the Army and later worked as a defense contractor. Prior to

Charlotte Angel Connection Episode 111: Bianca Padilla and Jonathan Magolnick, Co-Founders of Carewell
December 14, 2020

On today's podcast, we are fortunate to have Bianca L. Padilla and Jonathan Magolnick, co-founders of Carewell.  Carewell is a Charlotte-based, family-led ecommerce company with a mission to improve the lives of caregivers and their loved ones. -

Charlotte Angel Connection Episode 110: Trent Hawthorne Founder of Standup Pro and COO of Rabbu
December 04, 2020

  - Trent Hawthorne, COO at Rabbu, joins us on the podcast today. - Trent is a Charlotte native, and he thinks of himself as a builder, who always wanted to be an entrepreneur.  Early in his career he worked for Kyck because he knew he wanted to star...

Charlotte Angel Connection Episode 109: Will McGuire and Anya Johnson of CrowdfundNC
November 06, 2020

Anya Johnson and Will McGuire with CrowdfundNC join us for the podcast today. - Will joined us a few years ago to talk about crowdfunding and his own company, CrowdfundNC. I wanted to circle back around and talk with Will and Anya about the crowdfundi...

Charlotte Angel Connection Episode 108: Alex Smereczniak, Co-Founder and CEO of 2ULaundry
October 23, 2020

Today we welcomed Alex Smereczniak, co-Founder and CEO of 2ULaundry, to the podcast.  Many of you know the story of 2ULaundry as they have been operating out of Charlotte since 2016 (and we had his co-founder, Dan D’Aquisto as a guest on episode #7).

Charlotte Angel Connection Episode 107: Desmond Wiggan, Co-Founder and CEO of BatteryXchange
September 24, 2020

  - This week we welcome Desmond Wiggan, a co-founder and CEO BatteryXchange to the podcast.  Like many entrepreneurs Desmond’s business model was disrupted as a result of Covid19.  As an African American entrepreneur,