#028 Finding Investors For Your Business Idea With Varga Moshtagh
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Main points of discussion
- An introduction to Varga and Podmosphere
- Setting and changing company goals
- Varga talks more about the team behind Podmosphere
- We find out why Varga left the reporting industry to launch Podmosphere
- How to know if you should become an entrepreneur, or if you should find a new job that challenges you in new directions
- Varga talks about the steps he took to launch Podmosphere
- We find out how Varga met one of his business partners/investors
- Varga shares how he managed to validate the idea for Podmosphere
- How building a relationship with your audience, can make it easier to survey your audience
- The benefits of knowing what social media channels, that your target audience uses
- How to go about getting a product prototype and why it’s helpful
- What does IMDb have to do with podcasts?
- How to get your audience to tell the truth when you try to survey them
- Varga shares how to chase investors for your business
- What to do if your chasing down investors, but not having any luck
- How LinkedIn can help you personally, and with business development
- Should you look for investment from abroad or nationally for your business
- Where Podmosphere will be in the next 5 years
- The importance of finding the right investor for your company
- Tips for finding a good mentor
- What makes a good business pitch and what investors want to know
- Varga shares what he wishes he knew before starting out in business
- What works in promoting Podmosphere
- Why you should find a co-founder
Key points you will learn
- How to chase down investors for your business
- What makes a good business pitch and what investors want to know
- The importance of finding the right investor for your company
Links and resources mentioned
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Homework
- Use your creativity. Write about every single way that you could improve any service or product that you are not satisfied with. This will help you to develop ideas.
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