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Daniel Mothersill is a serial entrepreneur and a serial Angel investor. In the last decade, he has founded and financed seven companies and spun off three as profitable enterprises. He is founder and chair of the Ciris Group of Companies and president and founding member of the National Angel Capital Organization.

Mothersill also created and heads the Angel Network Program for Ontario's Ministry of Research and Innovation dedicated to developing core standards for Angel investments in the province and seeding the formation and expansion of formal Angel groups. Through the National Angel Capital Organization, he received $2.5-million from the Premier to launch this initiative.

Mothersill is chair of the Angel stream for the Canadian Venture Forum, strategic advisor to the Banff Venture Forum, advisor to the New Brunswick Securities Commission on the commercialization of innovation, guest lecturer to the MBA program at Ivey, founder of and facilitator to several Angel groups, and board member of the CEO Fusion Centre. On behalf of the TSX Venture Exchange, he has presented the benefits of the CPC program to Angels and entrepreneurs in major Canadian cities.

Mothersill also founded the go-to-market boot-camp paradigm for the Toronto Venture Group. At more than 100 boot camps, he has trained some 2,500 SME executives through his proprietary presentation preparation program. These entrepreneurs have gone on to capture more than $2.4-billion in seed and angel capital.

Most recently, Mothersill was named a distinguished visiting professor at Ryerson University.

In this podcast, Mothersill says angels are still investing and shares why entrepreneurs should learn how to stretch their dollar before approaching angel investors.