DealMakers: Entrepreneur | Startups | Venture Capital
Description
Ilir Sela is the cofounder and CEO of Slice which transforms independent pizzerias with the tech, data, marketing, and shared services needed to serve today’s digital-minded customers. The company has raised over $80 million from top tier investors like GGV Capital, KKR, Primary Venture Partners, or RiverPArk Ventures to name a few.
In this episode you will learn:
Doing things that don’t scale so that you can scale
How funding changes across different rounds
How to pick the best investor for your business
The new Slice Accelerate initiative
The need to hire better help earlier
The superpower of storytelling
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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 Ilir Sela:
Ilir Sela is the Founder and CEO of Slice, the all-in-one ordering and marketing tech platform for local pizzerias. Ilir is “third generation pizza.”
Born to an Albanian family in Macedonia and raised in Staten Island, Ilir Sela grew up helping his family run their New York City pizzerias. After getting a degree in Computer Science, Ilir Sela started his first company, Nerd Force, in 2003 and sold it in 2008.
Ilir Sela then combined his passion for technology with his deep experience in the pizza industry to build Slice — a company that empowers local pizzerias with the tech, data, and marketing to compete with the big chains. Now discovering and ordering delicious pizza has never been easier.
Through its partnerships, Slice has driven over $1B in earnings for over 13,000 independent pizzerias nationwide.
Connect with Ilir Sela:
* Linkedin
* Crunchbase
* Twitter
* Facebook
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FULL TRANSCRIPTION OF THE INTERVIEW:
Alejandro: Alrighty. Hello everyone, and welcome to the DealMakers show. Today,
In this episode you will learn:
Doing things that don’t scale so that you can scale
How funding changes across different rounds
How to pick the best investor for your business
The new Slice Accelerate initiative
The need to hire better help earlier
The superpower of storytelling
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 Ilir Sela:
Ilir Sela is the Founder and CEO of Slice, the all-in-one ordering and marketing tech platform for local pizzerias. Ilir is “third generation pizza.”
Born to an Albanian family in Macedonia and raised in Staten Island, Ilir Sela grew up helping his family run their New York City pizzerias. After getting a degree in Computer Science, Ilir Sela started his first company, Nerd Force, in 2003 and sold it in 2008.
Ilir Sela then combined his passion for technology with his deep experience in the pizza industry to build Slice — a company that empowers local pizzerias with the tech, data, and marketing to compete with the big chains. Now discovering and ordering delicious pizza has never been easier.
Through its partnerships, Slice has driven over $1B in earnings for over 13,000 independent pizzerias nationwide.
Connect with Ilir Sela:
* Crunchbase
* * *
FULL TRANSCRIPTION OF THE INTERVIEW:
Alejandro: Alrighty. Hello everyone, and welcome to the DealMakers show. Today,