The post Startup Angel Robin Hood Ventures Temple University Ellen Weber Executive Director Show 036 Startup Entrepreneur Podcast Listenup Show first appeared on mitchellchadrow.com ****************** You're listening to the listen up show startup entrepreneur podcast show 036 ******* Today we're talking with Robinhood Ventures Executive Director Ellen Weber She is also Executive Director: Temple University's Fox School of Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute ************** Hey everybody Mitchell Chadrow here welcome to the listen up show podcast if this is your first time listening thanks for stopping by the listen up show podcast which is produced several times per week for your entertainment and show notes are found at MitchellChadrow.com/show 036 come back often and feel free to add the podcast to your favorite RSS feed or iTunes - please sign up to my email list for the latest special offers exclusively for our listen up show start-up entrepreneur podcast audience at Mitchell Chadrow.com/sign up again that's MitchellChadrow.com/signup your welcome email will provide all the resources from the startup checklist, Ebook 30 tools to startup, courses and many education and training materials to help you get started. ****************** our three sponsors today Hostgator sponsors our startup round audible an amazon company sponsors are fast pitch and Snappa sponsors our wrap-up you can also follow me on twitter @MitchellChadrow and facebook.com/listenupshow All links are in the show notes now let's get into the show ************** what are we going to actually talk about today - well we're going to talk: To our Ellen Weber about: - how she helps startups startup and the resources her organization provides - steps she had taken to Build great companies - what drives her passion to innovate and what are we going to see coming out of this tri state Philadelphia area over the next several years ********* Ellen How are you this evening - it's great to have you on the show *********** We have tons to un pack here and I want to cover it all so let's jump right in ************** Ellen - What's the one thing that contributes most to your success? *************** You are really active in the Philadelphia startup community: and you are involved in so many organizations : What are the reoccurring themes that you experience as an entrepreneur that you can summarize for the benefit of aspiring entrepreneurs, current startups looking for help and those looking for resources to either startup, grow or take their business to the next level or someone who just wants to get experience as an intern or find a job. ******************* Hostgator sponsors this startup round - I use Hostgator to host all my websites so check out the special offer of 25% off exclusive to my listeners of the listen show podcast audience at mitchellchadrow.com/hostgator. ************** What is the one best piece of business advice you ever received. ******************* so people can get to know you better fill in the gaps a tell us more about your personal story - Tell us a little bit about how this background and ties in to how you are helping people today? *************** 4. What do you think are the most common mistakes other startups or entrepreneurs or students interested in business make that delay or prevent their success? 5. Can you give us some of the essential understandings entrepreneurs/students need to have the proper mindset to deal with the daily challenges they face? Q: Your Best business practices Q: So what things do you delegate to others because your not so good at it ***** I know (www.robinhoodventures.com), as a leading angel group in the Philadelphia region helping startups scale and grow - Since 1999, Tell us about the process companies go through from initial startup through excite - Robin Hood Ventures has invested in over 60 early-stage, high-growth startups, en route to building great companies. Our investments generally range fr