033 Amy Duncan — Inspiring Women in Angel Investing

3 min readMar 24, 2021

A conversation with Amy Duncan of Goldfish Consulting, San Diego Entrepreneurs Exchange (SDEE) & San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC)

Welcome to She Invests, where you’ll hear from existing female angel investors, venture capitalists and fund managers on their investment thesis. From deal flow to exits, they will share the best practices that contribute to their success.

In this episode, Dr. Silvia Mah welcomes to the podcast business owner, consultant and investor, Amy Duncan. Amy has over 20 years of experience working in the high growth life sciences industry and is a seasoned marketing strategist. Amy co-founded Goldfish Consulting in 2008 with the goal of helping small businesses and life science entrepreneurs grow their business. Amy currently serves as chair of the communications committee for the San Diego Entrepreneurs Exchange (SDEE) and co-fund manager for the San Diego Angel Conference (SDAC). Dr. Silvia and Amy talk about the mindset transition Amy had to undergo from active angel investor to Lead Fund Manager, the importance of women representation in this field and the growth of the Women of SDAC.

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Key Takeaways

03:59 — Dr. Silvia Mah introduces today’s guest, Amy Duncan who speaks to her involvement in the San Diego Angel Conference and the mindset that was required to take over as Lead Fund Manager
12:33 — Amy recalls a particularly impressive pitch from an entrepreneur finalist pitch at the San Diego Angel Conference and how Amy became a champion for her
20:17 — The transition to becoming a Fund Manager for SDAC III and what excites her most about this venture
26:23 — Amy talks about the group ‘Women of SDAC’ and the work that they do
30:12 — Amy shares what having an abundance mindset means to her

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As a consultant, I help lots of scientific founder companies that are experiencing rapid growth to position themselves.
And so we went through everybody else’s one-minute pitch and we had enough time to allow people to try it again. This is just in the matter of an hour. She came back up, did it again and it was a completely different pitch. She integrated all the…
We’re very welcoming. We want people to come in. We need them to get involved. There’s already a party going on.
When it comes to diversity of experience, to have women’s voices to comment on that is really important.
To keep finding what you’re good at, finding what interests you and continue to grow and expand your mindset so you can find that. That’s abundance.

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