Lisa Tessarowicz is an angel investor and cofounder of Epicentral Coworking. Additionally, Lisa works for her family office, participating in asset management, estate planning, investment research, and philanthropic initiatives, including leading the CALM Foundation. She is passionate about Colorado Springs, local investment, entrepreneurship, mountain climbing, and fly fishing.
Ideas and Topics Discussed in This Episode:
- The wisdom of starting small
- What is philanthropy school?
- Giving money away in an innovative way
- Helping the local start-up community and empowering entrepreneurs in Colorado Springs
- How Lisa developed her vision
- Epicentral as a garden for young businesses to grow
- Finding her co-founder
- The 3 types of initiatives she wants to fund in Colorado Springs
- Increasing city pride, improving Colorado Springs’ reputation, and increasing the level of community attachment
- The 3 most important things that increase community attachment, and why that’s important
- What is Impact Investing?
- How Lisa and her CALM foundation make funding decisions
- What type of advice does Lisa provide to the start-ups she loans to?
- How do you evaluate risk when investing locally?
- Angel investing
- Crowd funding
- How to find opportunities for investing locally in Colorado Springs
- Lisa’s reaction to competition from other co-working spaces
- Scarcity vs Abundance
Links/Resources/Sponsors Mentioned:
- Epicentral Co-working www.epicentral.org
- The CALM foundation
- High Altitude Investors
- Willamette Market & Deli
- Email: Lisa@Epicentral.org
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