#26 Perfect Match: Finding Strategic Investors ft Eric Aaronson (Mark Cuban Companies) & Anya Freeman (Kind Designs)

Eric Aaronson is a Senior Investment Analyst for Mark Cuban’s investments on ABC’s Shark Tank. He also conducts full due diligence on non–Shark Tank companies for potential investment and has worked across a wide range of industries, including consumer tech/SaaS, B2B tech/SaaS, real estate, e-sports, food, medical, hospitality, media, and cryptocurrency.Eric supports and advises portfolio companies, including the Dallas Mavericks, on legal and non-legal matters such as business strategy, operations, contract negotiation, regulatory compliance, insurance, employment, supply chain and distribution, commercial leasing and land use, and inventory management.Anya Freeman is the Founder & CEO of Kind Designs. Born in Ukraine and raised across Israel, South Africa, and China, she later settled in Miami to attend law school. After working at the U.S. Attorney’s Office and clerking at the U.S. District Court, she founded her own environmental law practice. Confronted with the lack of scalable solutions to rising sea levels threatening Florida, Anya transitioned from policy to building a technology-driven company addressing climate resilience. Her superpower is selecting the right investors—and leveraging those relationships through strategic communication to accelerate growth.www.foundertactics.comRecorded at the Fort Lauderdale Tech Meetupwww.fortlauderdaletechmeetup.com