Angel Investment: Path 101
I’m exposed to quite a bit of early stage deal flow and from time to time, certain deals peek my interest more than others. I’ve known Charlie O’Donnell for a few years now because we run in the same circles of the Silicon Alley scene and have always admired his viewpoints (he’s not afraid to share them) and his thoughts on the digital media landscape.
When he decided to leave Oddcast to work on Path 101, I met with him in Bryant Park to discuss the landscape and potential synergies. Since it was extremely early in ideation, I couldn’t grasp the idea 100%, but I was intrigued by the market he was going after.
It was announced this morning that Sherri and I joined the list of amazing angel investors in Charlie’s new startup, Path 101.
Why this investment is different for me… because my wife Sherri is involved. Sherri typically is my largest critic and shoots many ideas down (don’t ask her about Gmail), but after we hosted brunch for Charlie at our home in Westchester to hear the Path 101 pitch, we were excited about the market. The market is not one that I know very well so I’m deferring to my other half to lead the deal. Sherri’s got quite the knowledge of Human Resources and I think Path 101 will benefit greatly from it.
We are excited about the potential in Path 101 and over the next few months, I’ll be writing about other companies that I’m investing/advising/directing.
I’d expect Sherri to be blogging about this later over on HermanWeb…