The Education of an Angel Investor podcast. Episode 7 with Richard Koch

Episode 7 with Richard Koch

Richard Koch is a former management consultant, entrepreneur and the author of several books, including “The 80/20 Principle: The Secret of Achieving More with Less”. Richard has used the concepts he writes about to become a successful angel investor included investments in Filofax, Plymouth Gin, the Great Little Trading Company and Betfair. Previously he had been a consultant at Boston Consulting Group and later a Partner at Bain and Company, before leaving to start the management consulting firm L.E.K. Consulting with Jim Lawrence and Iain Evans.

Richard’s latest book is entitled, “Unreasonable Success and How to Achieve It” and is available here on Amazon.

The Education of an Angel Investor Podcast

• Written, presented and edited by Matthew Stafford (on LinkedIn here, AngelList here and Twitter here).

• Guest: Richard Koch (on Twitter here, his personal website here and Wikipedia here).

• Links to some references in the podcast:

  • “Unreasonable Success and How to Achieve It” is available here on Amazon.

  • “The Star Principle” is available here on Amazon.

  • The Boston Consulting Group’s ‘Star Matrix’ is here.

• Recorded in Spain, Hertfordshire and Hyde Park — September 2020.