Welcome to The Download Live. I’m your host, Shannon Henry. Today’s guest is John May, an expert in “angel” investing. May is the executive director of the Private Investors Network and co-manager of The Dinner Club and the eMedia Club, all locally-based networks of individual angel investors. The groups meet regularly, hear from technology companies ...

Muhammad Yunus and his Grameen Bank won a Nobel Peace Prize for their development of microlending. For Silicon Valley’s entrepreneurial culture to thrive, we need to create a sort of microequity program for start-ups. Originally, of course, this is what venture capitalism was about. In recent years, venture capitalists have amassed huge war chests, raising ...