Bangladesh Angels is the nation's first and largest angel investment network created with a mission to nurture innovation & entrepreneurship in Bangladesh by connecting innovative startups to both local & global investors. Keep an eye on this space for insights into angel investing and all things startups from experienced angel investors and startup founders all over the world.
Peter Rostovsky (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ACoAAAkgTFkBin8pAcjIlDVaF7nRfP4ubNAeyMs) is the Founder & CEO of Raiseway (https://www.linkedin.com/company/raiseway/), which makes investment crowdfunding easy and affordable for small business owners with its AI-enabled SaaS platform. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Crowdfunding Professional Association.
In the past, Peter worked in Business Development for Crowdfund Better, produced interviews for FintechTV, and consulted businesses on crowdfunding, private equity fundraising, marketing & sales. Peter is a former capital markets intelligence salesman for Preqin, Debtwire, Xtract Research & Continuum Economics, where his clients included the World Bank, Federal Reserve, EY, Blackrock, Blackstone, Kirkland & Ellis, CBRE, Interamerican Development Bank, Apollo, Oaktree, and others.
We learned about:
Finding debt and revenue-sharing deals in the U.S. investment crowdfunding market
Doing due diligence on these deals
Identifying sales opportunities for our BPO services in the Reg CF market
Supporting Bengali small business owners in the United States with investment crowdfunding
30 Aug 2024
Startup TNT: Networked Capital
Hailing from the picturesque landscapes of rural Alberta, Canada, Neil's (https://www.linkedin.com/in/neil-vande-bunte/) journey has been varied. With a career spanning continents and industries, he initially honed his craft in various operational and leadership roles across four continents within the ever-evolving realm of oil and gas.
In a twist of fate, Neil took a leap of faith into the world of angel investing with Startup TNT (https://startuptnt.com/) in 2020. What started as a stroke of luck soon transformed into a passion project as he dedicated himself to leading the charge in the Calgary region for the next three years. From these beginnings as a volunteer to his current role as the Partnerships Lead, Neil's mission is clear: to build community by increasing the number of investors in the space, investing early, and investing locally.
Jesse (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-wiebe-770198129/) is a multi-faceted entrepreneur, investor, and consultant with a broad skill set, wide knowledge base, and extensive network. Jesse enjoys helping others create a better future for themselves and for us all. In 2021, he formed WieGrow Capital and Consulting with his father, Doyle Wiebe, and joined Startup TNT as the Local Lead in Saskatchewan to achieve those goals. He also manages local creatives through WieManage: Creative Asset Management and works with his family to put on an annual festival called Art in the Garden. He loves creating synergistic connections and has helped prairie startups raise over 2 million dollars.
We learned about:
The origin story of Startup TNT
Its continued evolution into geographic expansion, and new models including the venture fund
Deep dive into a few portfolio companies
A 30,000 ft view of the Western Canadian venture ecosystem, funding landscape, what kind of companies are coming out, quality of entrepreneurial talent, and Startup TNT's role in it
Tapping into diaspora communities in W. Canada like Bangladeshis, and others
22 Jun 2024
Pointer Strategy: High Performance Startup Sales
Ricky Pearl (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rickypearl/) loves problem-solving. From birthday treasure hunts with his family to complex business challenges, he has never been presented with a problem that he hasn't relished the opportunity to solve -the more creative the solution the better. So when he noticed that many business owners seemed to be encountering the same issues with hiring, training, and managing their sales teams - he knew there "was something there."
He drew on his extensive management, sales, and technical experience to create Pointer - an outsourced sales agency that uniquely provides "sales as a service" to businesses who don't have the time or resources to effectively manage their own internal sales department.
Since founding Pointer (https://www.linkedin.com/company/pointer-strategy/), South African-born Ricky has established himself as one of Australia's sales leaders, partnering with organisations like Start Up Vic, Pavilion, and RevGenius to bring sales knowledge, advice, and new ideas for getting each client’s solution or product in front of the business managers who need them most.
In this discussion, Ricky shared:
His background and how he came to be in this space
His career and his journey to Pointer
Overview of Pointer, the kind of clients it takes on, and its revenue model
How sales differ when it's founder-led vs team-led
How should sales interact with product development? What about product marketing?
Product-led growth/inbound vs outbound - when is one better than the other?
Building relationships within the portfolio and future growth plan for pointer
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