From entrepreneur to angel

Most Nashville-area angel investors began their careers as young entrepreneurs. After gaining success with their companies, many want to "give back" to the local business community and, as such, focus on investing in fledgling companies.

However, there is a transition. These folks go from trying to convince investors that their companies' products/services will be successful and thus worthy of investment money to -- in a reversed role -- investors trying to poke holes in an entrepreneur's model.