In this episode, Mark and I talked about why unicorns are not equal success, too much flowing into the capital market, why culture is make or break for your business and how much you should raise.
Denis Mosolov joined Flashpoint in 2021 as a Managing Partner of its Venture Debt platform. Denis is involved in all aspects of the business, including strategy, deal origination and execution, post investment monitoring and portfolio management. Denis and the Venture Debt team are working with the most innovative and exciting businesses and now focusing on backing founders from the CEE, Baltic regions as well as Finland and Israel, from startups to growth stage.
Sharon K. Gillenwater is a tech startup founder and executive who successfully built, scaled and sold Boardroom Insiders for $25 million in 2022. She chronicles this journey in her first book Scaling With Soul: How I Built & Sold a $25 Million Tech Company Without Being an A**hole. Today, her mission is to demystify what it takes to build, scale and sell a successful tech startup making entrepreneurial success more accessible to all.
Dr. Anton Fedorov serves as Partner at Flashpoint Venture Capital.A VC and angel investor with vast experience in tech investing B2B software and global marketplaces. Passionate about early-stage companies, scalable business models, and superb product teams.
Wes Kao is a marketing executive, entrepreneur, and advisor who writes at newsletter.weskao.com. She is co-founder of Maven, an edtech company that raised $25M from First Round and Andreessen Horowitz. Previously, she co-founded the altMBA with bestselling author Seth Godin.
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