Investing in Early-Stage Startups: A Personal Perspective with Giovanni Lauricella

Life Sciences 360

Episode 014: Harsh Thakkar (@harshvthakkar) interviews Giovanni Lauricella (@giovannilauricella), the Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Lifeblood Capital and Board Member & Investor at Vivifi Medical.
Giovanni emphasizes the need for entrepreneurs to understand their audience and to have a viable product that solves a problem. He also stresses the importance of being a good storyteller and being able to adapt to the audience
Harsh and Giovanni discuss the importance of networking in building a successful startup and how to overcome the hurdles of fundraising.
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Show Notes:
(3:48) Do you have a viable product or not?
(9:32) The value of low-hanging fruit in business.
(15:26) Helping people understand the outcome of a pitch.
(25:32) How to get into the space of Angel Investing
(30:57) Leveraging your network to attract talent.
(36:09) The effect of layoffs on fundraising and talent acquisition.
(40:58) How did the economic pullback freeze up the venture market?

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Chapters

1. Investing in Early-Stage Startups: A Personal Perspective with Giovanni Lauricella (00:00:00)

2. Do you have a viable product or not? (00:03:48)

3. The value of low-hanging fruit in business. (00:09:32)

4. Helping people understand the outcome of a pitch. (00:15:26)

5. How to get into the space of Angel Investing (00:25:32)

6. Leveraging your network to attract talent. (00:30:57)

7. The effect of layoffs on fundraising and talent acquisition. (00:36:09)

8. How did the economic pullback freeze up the venture market? (00:40:58)