Today we have an in-depth discussion on angel investing with early retiree Doug Nordman.

He's made it his serious hobby and he's putting his money where his mouth is with regard to

his investing and he's going to share with us his learning. where his

learning and experience

learning and experience from being in the trenches as an angel investor and he's also

going to share with us some wisdom

surrounding the decision of should I rent the house that I need to live in or should I buy the house that I need to live in. Welcome to the Radical Personal Finance Podcast. My name is Joshua Sheets and I'm your

host. Thank you so much for being here. Today I have a very special

interview with my friend Doug Nordman. Doug's been on the show

both to me before for episode 114. In that episode we talked about the history of

the early retirement movement, but Doug's a versatile guy and today we dig into one of his favorite subjects,

angel investing.

It's a no-beloney guide to the topic of investing in private companies as an angel investor. This is a really good interview and I'm very excited to bring it to you especially because

it covers a topic that's very important to me that I'm studying and focusing on

learning a little bit of my own growth and career as a business person. I'm very

interested in investing in private businesses and I want to learn how to do it effectively.

The challenge is how do you actually figure out where to get good information on the subject?

Now there's lots of people that will teach you about investing who also will sell you investments.

There's lots of people who will share with you their investing secrets as a way to enhance

their reputation.

But there are very few people who are willing to sit down and

publicly discuss what they've learned as an investor and how they've learned it. And Doug

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