How To Get Investors To Say “YES” To Your Startup!

Timestamps

• 00:27 Introduction of the guest
• 02:36 Caya’s take on Slidebean’s Best Youtube Videos.
• 04:17 Caya’s experience of founding and scaling Slidebean into a Multi-Million Dollar company.
• - Accepting limitations and adapting to them throughout the journey
• - Marketing strategies that have worked and failed for Slidebean
• - Identifying and shifting your target audience
• - Creating Products From an Idea
• 10:07 Marketing products and services on YouTube.
• 11:30 Personal Branding as a CEO and its importance.
• - Taking inspiration from influencers when branding yourself as a CEO
• - Thinking like a Viewer on YouTube
• 16:48 The Struggles of Starting a Business in New York and the role of acquiring funding for scaling.
• - Being connected to the ecosystem
• - Accelerator programs as a key to fast track growths
• - Learning to strategically pivot through startup accelerators
• 21:25 The mistakes startups make to learn from as an entrepreneur (Panelist Question).
• - The art of hustling to gain traction.
• - Marketing the right way to acquire consumers through value.
• - Brand positioning as a tool to improve conversion rates.
• 28:52 The role of pitch decks in raising capital for startups (Panelist Question #2)
• - Using pitch decks to create market excitement about your service or product