This week Kathy Parks will be discussing women in Angel Investing, leadership, and the underlying data to making decisions

Summary: Want to be featured as a guest on Making Data Simple? Reach out to us at [almartintalksdata@gmail.com] and tell us why you should be next. Abstract Hosted by Al Martin, VP, Data and AI Expert Services and Learning at IBM, Making Data Simple provides the latest thinking on big data, A.I., and the implications for the enterprise from a range of experts. This week on Making Data Simple, we have Kathy Parks. Kathy worked at IBM and is now an owner and independent Angel Investor. Kathy started her career in publishing and then transitioned over to Kurzweil Computer Products working on reading machine for the blind. Kathy then moved to Interleaf working on publishing products, then to QA and Project Management. Kathy then moved to Rational Software and in 2003 Rational was bought by IBM.  Show Notes 2:10 - How do you go from publishing to project management? 3:15 - How did you transition to Angel Investing? 5:58 - What’s at the core 7:06 - What is Angel Investing 12:40 - Is there a formula that you use? 17:24 - How are pitches made? 18:37 - Other forms of capital 22:43 - How many investments have you made? 29:21 - What data to you use? 30:42 - Why are we not seeing the investments? 31:58 - What are the KPIs in a pitch? 33:20 - How long does the process take? Angel Capital Association  KJParks - Linkedin Angel Investing - Venture Deals Age of Surveillance Capitalism   Connect with the Team Producer Kate Brown - LinkedIn. Producer Steve Templeton - LinkedIn. Host Al Martin - LinkedIn and Twitter.