014 Interview with Bill Morrow, Founder of Angels Den

Bill qualified as an accountant at Virgin, but was a very bad one. He then moved into Investment Banking and was shockingly bad at that as well. “They saw through me in 3 days” He lucked out and sold his business to a Wall Street Bank, retired, and discovered he was bad at that as well. Bill then set up Angels Den in 2007 with some very clever people and appears to have finally found his niche. He has been named the most influential figure in Alternative Funding by City AM and perhaps more importantly 92% of all the businesses funded since that fateful day are still growing with the help of 19,000 angels. AngelsDen.com facilitates over 5000 pitches per year, across 10 countries and there are not many businesses we have not seen pitched badly. Bill started off thinking it was all about the money but slowly began to realise that the value- add the angels bring, is not their money, but their mentorship. Bill and I take a deep and insightful look at what it takes to be successful in today’s ever changing world and what is really takes to inspire youngsters to become successful in business and entrepreneurship.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.