{"podcast":{"title":"Tacos and Tech Podcast","slug":"tacos-and-tech-podcast-534768","podcast_index_feed_id":534768,"rss_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/1995075.rss","website_url":"https://risingtidepartners.substack.com/podcast","image_url":"https://substackcdn.com/feed/podcast/1995075/64f2885d3a990179fa48dc2951daae6a.jpg","author":"Neal Bloom","episode_count":202,"summary":"Curating signal beyond the noise. Backing exceptional founders.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-10T06:19:03.251942+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tacos-and-tech-podcast-534768"},"episode":{"title":"The Operator's Edge: From San Diego Angel Academy","slug":"the-operator-s-edge-from-san-diego-angel-academy","published_at":"2026-05-13T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tacos-and-tech-podcast-534768/the-operator-s-edge-from-san-diego-angel-academy","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tacos-and-tech-podcast-534768","url":"https://risingtidepartners.substack.com/p/the-operators-edge-from-san-diego","audio_url":"https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/194425086/405cec379738f9302168e817d4d98c2f.mp3","summary":"Angel Academy Session 3 brings together a panel of San Diego operators who crossed over to the investor side - including Katherine Chapin, Dane Chapin, Ken Potashner, and Bardia Moayedi with backgrounds spanning investment banking, corporate law, and consumer products. The conversation gets honest fast: what it means to bet on a founder who introduces herself as \"just a mom,\" why losing money on a deal teaches you more than any pitch deck, and how San Diego's open, collaborative angel community creates a fundamentally different deal flow than Silicon Valley's closed-door networks. Key Topics * Operating experience as an angel investor's real edge * The \"just a mom\" story: why passion beats pedigree every time * Dane Chapin's board game company postmortem and what losing taught him * San Diego's open angel ecosystem vs. Silicon Valley's closed networks * Underestimating risk: the Coin investment and what it revealed * Co-investing with spouses and building shared conviction * Why brand obsession signals a founder worth backing * Pitch contests vs. relationship-driven deal flow Links & Resources * San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC): https://sdangel.com * SDSU ZIP Launchpad: https://ziplaunchpad.sdsu.edu * Rising Tide Partners: https://risingtidepartners.co Connect on LinkedIn * Dane Chapin * Katherine Chapin * Ken Potashner * Bardia Moayedi * Neal Bloom This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit risingtidepartners.substack.com/subscribe","meta_description":"Angel Academy Session 3 brings together a panel of San Diego operators who crossed over to the investor side - including Katherine Chapin, Dane Chapin, Ke…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3781,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/tacos-and-tech-podcast-534768/episodes/the-operator-s-edge-from-san-diego-angel-academy/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/tacos-and-tech-podcast-534768/the-operator-s-edge-from-san-diego-angel-academy.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}