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The Impact Pitch: How Tech Founders Tell Stories that Attract Capital
by Lee Schneider
THE IMPACT PITCH supports the founder/funder ecosystem by connecting startups, funders, and incubators who all have the common goal of creating social impact companies that thrive. It shines a light on startups that are in their early-stage funding rounds or that are underrepresented.Scientists and tech founders sometimes struggle to translate their technical innovations into compelling business narratives. In the Impact Pitch, you’ll hear from a founder, an investor, or sometimes both, about how they worked to shape their pitch, the challenges, the reboots, and the successes as well. Each episode will include a lessons-learned teardown of the startups discussed, and will offer feedback on what worked with the pitch and what didn’t.The podcast features three different categories of guest. We feature tech founders, often scientists or academics, making the transition into entrepreneurship. They can be in their early-stage funding round. We showcase investors, both angels and VC
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Pocket Sun & Michelle Turner
This episode is a look into the early-stage funding journey of Michelle Turner and her virtual healthcare startup, Here Now Health. The company serves kids in foster care through Medicaid-covered mental health services. The episode features two interviews. The first is with founder Michelle Turner about how she pitched and closed her pre-seed round. The second interview is with her investor Pocket Sun, co-founder and Managing Partner of SoGal Ventures, who shares the investor perspective on what attracted her to the deal and the realities of securing venture capital.(00:00) - Episode Intro (01:15) - Michelle Turner (16:55) - Sum up of Michelle Interview (17:25) - Intro to Pocket Sun Interview (17:54) - Pocket Sun Interview (31:15) - Key Learnings Creators & Guests Michelle Turner - Guest Pocket Sun - Guest Notable Quotes> "Once I saw it, I couldn't unsee it. I also knew that we could do something about it." — Michelle Turner on identifying the foster care healthcare gap> "They wanted to learn about me. They wanted to learn how I was going to make decisions, how I thought through problems." — Michelle Turner on investor priorities> "We need each bet to have the potential to return the full fund, so that math has to work." — Pocket Sun on venture math and 100x returns> "It's important to see it almost like a trial period already to see whether the VC is too demanding or you actually like the suggestions they're making." — Pocket Sun on founder-investor fit
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THE IMPACT PITCH supports the founder/funder ecosystem by connecting startups, funders, and incubators who all have the common goal of creating social impact companies that thrive. It shines a light on startups that are in their early-stage funding rounds or that are underrepresented.Scientists and tech founders sometimes struggle to translate their technical innovations into compelling business narratives. In the Impact Pitch, you’ll hear from a founder, an investor, or sometimes both, about how they worked to shape their pitch, the challenges, the reboots, and the successes as well. Each episode will include a lessons-learned teardown of the startups discussed, and will offer feedback on what worked with the pitch and what didn’t.The podcast features three different categories of guest. We feature tech founders, often scientists or academics, making the transition into entrepreneurship. They can be in their early-stage funding round. We showcase investors, both angels and VC
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