DealMakers: Entrepreneur | Startups | Venture Capital
Description
Hanif Joshaghani is the co-founder and CEO of Symend which is a behavioral analytics platform that provides customer engagement products to identify customers having trouble with their bills. The company has raised over $52 million from investors like Ignition Partners, Inovia Capital, TELUS Ventures, Mistral Venture Partners, and Impression Ventures to name a few.
In this episode you will learn:
Ways to deal with uncertainty personally and professionally
How Hanif screens and builds relationships with investors in advance
Picking the right investors over the highest valuation
His top tip for what to do before you start your own venture
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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 Hanif Joshaghani:
Hanif Joshaghani is serial entrepreneur who is passionate about building high performing teams that deliver results for clients. Currently, Hanif Joshaghani is focused on growing Symend, an endeavor he believes in passionately since it represents an intersection between disruption, value creation and social good.
Hanif Joshaghani background includes 15 years of senior roles in capital markets, energy finance, business development and entrepreneurship in a broad range of industries including investment banking, energy and technology.
Hanif Joshaghani has raised about $100MM across the four companies he has founded with several exits to date.
Hanif Joshaghani is also passionate about helping other entrepreneurs and is an active angel investor in several technologies companies.
Connect with Hanif Joshaghani:
* Linkedin
* Twitter
* Crunchbase
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FULL TRANSCRIPTION OF THE INTERVIEW:
Alejandro: Alrighty. Hello everyone, and welcome to the DealMakers show. Today we have a founder that the journey that he’s been on all his life is so inspiring.
In this episode you will learn:
Ways to deal with uncertainty personally and professionally
How Hanif screens and builds relationships with investors in advance
Picking the right investors over the highest valuation
His top tip for what to do before you start your own venture
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 Hanif Joshaghani:
Hanif Joshaghani is serial entrepreneur who is passionate about building high performing teams that deliver results for clients. Currently, Hanif Joshaghani is focused on growing Symend, an endeavor he believes in passionately since it represents an intersection between disruption, value creation and social good.
Hanif Joshaghani background includes 15 years of senior roles in capital markets, energy finance, business development and entrepreneurship in a broad range of industries including investment banking, energy and technology.
Hanif Joshaghani has raised about $100MM across the four companies he has founded with several exits to date.
Hanif Joshaghani is also passionate about helping other entrepreneurs and is an active angel investor in several technologies companies.
Connect with Hanif Joshaghani:
* Crunchbase
* * *
FULL TRANSCRIPTION OF THE INTERVIEW:
Alejandro: Alrighty. Hello everyone, and welcome to the DealMakers show. Today we have a founder that the journey that he’s been on all his life is so inspiring.