DealMakers: Entrepreneur | Startups | Venture Capital
Description
Chris Hayes is a true serial entrepreneur with several startups under his belt. His latest venture, Alturus has already raised hundreds of millions of dollars in capital, and is reinventing how companies manage their energy needs. The company has raised $600M from top-tier investors such as Generate Capital.
In this episode you will learn:
* EaaS
* The truth about VCs, and why ‘the house’ always wins
* Hayes’ one piece of business advice before launching a company
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For a winning deck, take a look at the pitch deck template created by Silicon Valley legend, Peter Thiel (see it here) that I recently covered. Thiel was the first angel investor in Facebook with a $500K check that turned into more than $1 billion in cash.
Moreover, I also provided a commentary on a pitch deck from an Uber competitor that has raised over $400 million (see it here).
Remember to unlock for free the pitch deck template that is being used by founders around the world to raise millions below.
About Chris Hayes
Chris is a founder and Managing Partner of Alturus. He has a twenty-year career building innovative companies within clean energy and financial technology. Prior, Chris was a founder of Altenex where they originated, analyzed and closed over $4 billion of clean energy projects. Altenex pioneered the contract structure making offsite renewable energy purchases possible for the Fortune 1000. He has a passion for building companies and transforming emerging markets. Chris lives in Sun Valley, ID with his family and enjoys time with them in the mountains and on the ocean.
Connect with Chris Hayes
* LinkedIn
* Crunchbase
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FULL TRANSCRIPTION OF THE INTERVIEW:
Alejandro: Alrighty. Hello everyone, and welcome to the DealMakers show. Today we have a very exciting founder, a founder that has done it multiple times. I think that we’re going to be hearing from his own journey, the good, the bad, and the ugly because we all know that building and scaling companies is not a straight line. So without further ado, let’s welcome our guest today. Chris Hayes, welcome to the show.
Chris Hayes: Thank you. Great to be here. I appreciate it.
Alejandro: How was life growing up in Rhode Island?
Chris Hayes: It was great. I grew up on the water; I spent a lot of time surfing outside just being a kid. It was fantastic.
Alejandro: Tell me. How did you become so obsessed with the financial markets?
Chris Hayes: You know. It’s a good question. As I look back on my childhood,
In this episode you will learn:
* EaaS
* The truth about VCs, and why ‘the house’ always wins
* Hayes’ one piece of business advice before launching a company
SUBSCRIBE ON:
For a winning deck, take a look at the pitch deck template created by Silicon Valley legend, Peter Thiel (see it here) that I recently covered. Thiel was the first angel investor in Facebook with a $500K check that turned into more than $1 billion in cash.
Moreover, I also provided a commentary on a pitch deck from an Uber competitor that has raised over $400 million (see it here).
Remember to unlock for free the pitch deck template that is being used by founders around the world to raise millions below.
About Chris Hayes
Chris is a founder and Managing Partner of Alturus. He has a twenty-year career building innovative companies within clean energy and financial technology. Prior, Chris was a founder of Altenex where they originated, analyzed and closed over $4 billion of clean energy projects. Altenex pioneered the contract structure making offsite renewable energy purchases possible for the Fortune 1000. He has a passion for building companies and transforming emerging markets. Chris lives in Sun Valley, ID with his family and enjoys time with them in the mountains and on the ocean.
Connect with Chris Hayes
* Crunchbase
* * *
FULL TRANSCRIPTION OF THE INTERVIEW:
Alejandro: Alrighty. Hello everyone, and welcome to the DealMakers show. Today we have a very exciting founder, a founder that has done it multiple times. I think that we’re going to be hearing from his own journey, the good, the bad, and the ugly because we all know that building and scaling companies is not a straight line. So without further ado, let’s welcome our guest today. Chris Hayes, welcome to the show.
Chris Hayes: Thank you. Great to be here. I appreciate it.
Alejandro: How was life growing up in Rhode Island?
Chris Hayes: It was great. I grew up on the water; I spent a lot of time surfing outside just being a kid. It was fantastic.
Alejandro: Tell me. How did you become so obsessed with the financial markets?
Chris Hayes: You know. It’s a good question. As I look back on my childhood,