672: Raising Capital with Garrett Boorojian

Raising CapitalGarrett Boorojian, WaveCapital Partners – The Sharkpreneur podcast with Kevin Harrington and Seth Greene Episode 672 Garrett BoorojianAs Chief Development Officer and Managing Partner of WaveCapital Partners, LLC, Garrett is responsible for strong business development at WaveCapital. Nationally recognized for his work, Garrett has the unique ability and remarkable history of creating and maintaining key business relationships in high-profile, public and private environments. His purposeful and unconventional approach to think outside the box when identifying personnel, sources and clients (and their potential applications) who benefit by the WaveCapital model, complements his perseverance to further strengthen those relationships throughout the firm’s funding process.Garrett is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a B.A. in Journalism and Mass Communication. He also earned a Certificate from the Institute on Political Journalism at Georgetown University. His extensive media background, which includes working for notable organizations such as ESPN Inc. and NBC Universal Inc., has afforded Garrett the time and space to build quality relationships in news and sports media, proving especially beneficial for a number of WaveCapital's high-profile clients.Additionally, Garrett has originated important strategic relationships leading to business development for WaveCapital in the following disciplines: economics, banking and finance, law, sports, hospitality and entertainment, alternative energy, technology, automotive, aerospace, architecture and design, real estate, entrepreneurial start-ups, consumer and retail, and health and wellness.In 2017, Garrett appeared as a guest on the nationally syndicated NBC’s "Daytime" program, Al Roker’s produced show Bold TV’s "Bold Business," and Montgomery Community Media’s "Career Choices" program. Listen to this illuminating Sharkpreneur episode with Garrett Boorojian about raising capital.Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:●    How WaveCapital cultivates relationships, builds sources, and creates opportunities with lenders to help entrepreneurs gain capital.●    Why many entrepreneurs need the help of other people’s money when starting their venture, and how WaveCapital gets them to the right people.●    How many entrepreneurs don’t start raising capital as early as they should and ask for too little initially.●    How entrepreneurs can be overly confident in their projections and what their valuation might be and have to be brought down to reality. Connect with Garrett:Guest Contact InfoTwitter @thewavecapitalFacebook facebook.com/WaveCapitalParntersLinkedIn linkedin.com/company/wavecapital-partners-llcLinks Mentioned: wavecapitalpartners.com  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices