75: Impact Investing – Running the Vatican’s Accelerator with Steve Forte
An episode of the Invest Like a Boss podcast, hosted by Sam Marks Johnny FD Derek Spartz, titled "75: Impact Investing – Running the Vatican’s Accelerator with Steve Forte" was published on November 2, 2017 and runs 70 minutes.
November 2, 2017 ·70m · Invest Like a Boss
Summary
Steve Forte is a 5-time entrepreneur who had successful exits in all his businesses. He is the co-founder and managing partner of Fresco Capital, which focuses on seed and early-stage investment to create maximum impact for companies, investors, and partners. Using his experiences in several business ventures, he is heading a new path as a VC. On this episode, he explains what a VC is and what to expect when pursuing this endeavor. He shares his expertise in pitching a startup business to invest and minimize risk. He also shares how Vatican Accelerator started and how it has been progressing over time. This is an interesting conversation about startup businesses and investments. Links: Fresco.vc Twitter Where we are: Johnny – Canary Islands Sam – Southeast Asia Discussed: Audible 30 Day FREE Trial Time Stamps: 4:51 – His background 9:51 – What does a VA do? 12:37 – Pitching a startup business to invest 17:38 – Founder’s expectation in terms of compensation 20:29 – Startup failure rate 23:27 – How to setup accelerator 26:24 – Software and social networking 31:09 – Difference between accelerator and incubator 37:11 – Vatican Acceleratorbackstoryy 46:50 – For-profit & mission-driven model 51:14 – Updates on Vatican Accelerator 55:10 – Future plans for the program If you enjoyed this episode, do us a favor and share it! Also if you haven’t’ already, please take a minute to leave us a 5-star review on iTunes and claim your bonus here! Copyright 2017. All rights reserved. Read our disclaimer here.
Episode Description
Steve Forte is a 5-time entrepreneur who had successful exits in all his businesses. He is the co-founder and managing partner of Fresco Capital, which focuses on seed and early-stage investment to create maximum impact for companies, investors, and partners. Using his experiences in several business ventures, he is heading a new path as a VC.
On this episode, he explains what a VC is and what to expect when pursuing this endeavor. He shares his expertise in pitching a startup business to invest and minimize risk. He also shares how Vatican Accelerator started and how it has been progressing over time. This is an interesting conversation about startup businesses and investments.
Links:
Where we are:
Johnny – Canary Islands
Sam – Southeast Asia
Discussed:
Time Stamps:
4:51 – His background
9:51 – What does a VA do?
12:37 – Pitching a startup business to invest
17:38 – Founder’s expectation in terms of compensation
20:29 – Startup failure rate
23:27 – How to setup accelerator
26:24 – Software and social networking
31:09 – Difference between accelerator and incubator
37:11 – Vatican Acceleratorbackstoryy
46:50 – For-profit & mission-driven model
51:14 – Updates on Vatican Accelerator
55:10 – Future plans for the program
If you enjoyed this episode, do us a favor and share it! Also if you haven’t’ already, please take a minute to leave us a 5-star review on iTunes and claim your bonus here!
Copyright 2017. All rights reserved. Read our disclaimer here.
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