E 4552Color 1Erik Townsend and Aaron Chan introduce the Accredited Investor Academy Series, Part I. We’re taking this week off from our regular show format, so instead of a featured interview guest, we’re airing the first of a four-part series about learning to be a sophisticated private investor.

Erik and Aaron discuss:

  • Erik's personal journey from successful software entrepreneur to hedge fund manager
  • What it means to be an accredited investor and the associated challenges that go along with the distinction
  • Private banking and possible red flags
  • Erik's personal experience with private bankers and "exclusive" investment deals
  • The lessons learned from the implosion of this "exclusive" private banking deal that resulted in substantial loss of capital
  • Erik's subsequent reinvention into a professional investor
  • The challenges associated with transfering from software business culture to Wall Street
  • Coming in Part II: The process of re-inventing oneself from Entrepreneur to sophisticated Private Investor
  • Coming in Parts III and IV: Angel investing, Venture Capital, Private Equity LPs, & Hedge Funds

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Erik Townsend is a retired software entrepreneur turned hedge fund manager. Throughout his career, Erik has capitalized on his ability to understand complex systems and anticipate paradigm shifts far in advance of the mainstream. He launched a Global Macro-strategy hedge fund in July 2013. In February 2016, in a joint effort with Nathan Egger, Erik launched MacroVoices, a new weekly financial podcast program which will target professional finance, high net worth, and other “sophisticated” investors who desire financial content at a level of sophistication and complexity above what the retail investment-focused podcasts on the Internet presently offer. 

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