SXSW 2019
“It’s Not Me, It’s You”: On Investor Rejection
Description:
“Learn to cope with rejection.”
^It’s the advice everyone offers a would-be entrepreneur. And boy are they right.
Today I’m CTO & Founder of a global company that’s secured $86 million in funding. But in 2012, I was just a guy with a laptop and the cloud. And I got rejected by investors. Lots of them.
In this session, I’ll confront one.
We’ll talk about why they passed, what I could have done differently, and what to learn from my (many, many) mistakes. Here’s a hint: Kickstarting a business is as much about how you pitch the idea as it is about the core technology (in my case, a software platform that accelerates business transformation in the cloud).
Join us as we reflect, talk lessons learned, field questions from the audience…and reveal how we REALLY feel about each other.
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Takeaways
- What are the (unobvious) factors that a venture capitalist takes into consideration when deciding whether to invest in a technology or an idea?
- What are the strategies that make an entrepreneur successful when trying to secure early-stage funding, and what are the pitfalls they should avoid?
- How do you know when you’re ready to raise venture capital investment, and what are the best practices for messaging to a VC audience?
Speakers
- Joe Kinsella, CTO & Founder, CloudHealth Technologies
- Michael Skok, Founder, Underscore VC
Organizer
Rachel Round, Marketing, CloudHealth Technologies
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