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Hey everybody I want to tell you about angel university. This is a workshop I've been hosting

since I wrote my book angel three or four years ago. And it's a virtual class. It's coming up on

November 15th and it's open to all investors now. Not just accredited investors. We've

opened it up to all investors. Of course a accreditation rules in your country may be different

or you may not have them at all, but they are changing over time. So we wanted to in preparation

for maybe an angel investing accreditation test, allow non accredited investors in. Since we took

the course online in March 2020, during the pandemic, we've held over 10 virtual classes and we've

had over 3500 investors attend. Amazing. And many of those accredited investors are now part of my

syndicate at the syndicate.com. And we share a deal flow and we invest alongside each other

in what's called special purpose vehicles. You learn about that in the course. But again,

the course is for all investors, whether you're accredited or you're a retail investor,

it's just a learning day for you. In 2020, our syndicate deployed over $21 million in 38 deals.

And in 2021, we're on track to double that basically. And we'll wind up deploying, you know,

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