Successful entrepreneurs begin with the support of a few #earlybelievers. Gopi Rangan, founding partner at Sure Ventures, interviews venture capital investors in the Silicon Valley and beyond. Guests share insider stories on how they invest in early stage startups. Do you want to learn from real-life challenges, inspiring missions and important decisions by CEOs, founders, VCs, angels, and advisors? Listen to https://podcast.sure.ventures.
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episode 52: Convert investors from non-believers to believers
Mika Salmi is a managing partner at the European venture capital firm Lakestar. He has been a serial entrepreneur, a successful angel investor, and now a venture capital investor. Mika invests in early-stage startups in media, gaming, and consumer sectors. He’s known for building or bringing to market globally recognized brands, talent and products.
- Tailoring your pitch to each venture capital investor significantly influences the success of the fundraising process.
- The number of investors who were former entrepreneurs is growing, thus the development of a more founder-friendly startup industry.
- Difficult times for startups often carry important lessons for the sustainability of the business.
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