DealMakers: Entrepreneur | Startups | Venture Capital
Description
Patrick Burns is the co-founder and CEO of Spruce Holdings which aims to improve title insurance assessment and issuance to reduce the time needed to close a real estate deal. The company has raised over $50 million from investors like Bessemer Venture Partners, Omidyar Network, Scale Venture Partners, and Collaborative Fund to name a few.
In this episode you will learn:
What makes the best business ideas
Working at a startup before becoming an entrepreneur
The future of real estate and financial transactions
How to vet and evaluate your startup idea
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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 Patrick Burns:
Patrick is the CEO and co-founder of Spruce, the proptech company powering online real estate transactions. Spruce has raised more than $50M from investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Third Prime, Munich Re Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Omidyar Network, and Zigg Capital. Prior to founding Spruce in 2016, Patrick was a product manager at Betterment, the largest automated investment service with $20B under management. Originally from Scotland, he holds an MA in Statistics from Yale, and a BA in Physics from Oxford.
Connect with Patrick Burns:
* Linkedin
* Crunchbase
* Twitter
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FULL TRANSCRIPTION OF THE INTERVIEW:
Alejandro: Alrighty. Hello everyone, and welcome to the DealMakers show. Today we have a founder, originally as well from Europe. So we’re going to have here the battle of the accents. We’re going to have the Spanglish, the Scottish, so you name it. And I think that we’re going to be learning quite a bit today. It’s very interesting what this founder is all about in a regulated space. Let’s not make anyone wait longer, so welcome to the show, Patrick Burns.
Patrick Burns: Thanks, Alejandro. Thanks for having me.
Alejandro: So originally born in Glasco, Scotland.
In this episode you will learn:
What makes the best business ideas
Working at a startup before becoming an entrepreneur
The future of real estate and financial transactions
How to vet and evaluate your startup idea
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 Patrick Burns:
Patrick is the CEO and co-founder of Spruce, the proptech company powering online real estate transactions. Spruce has raised more than $50M from investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, Scale Venture Partners, Third Prime, Munich Re Ventures, Collaborative Fund, Omidyar Network, and Zigg Capital. Prior to founding Spruce in 2016, Patrick was a product manager at Betterment, the largest automated investment service with $20B under management. Originally from Scotland, he holds an MA in Statistics from Yale, and a BA in Physics from Oxford.
Connect with Patrick Burns:
* Crunchbase
* * *
FULL TRANSCRIPTION OF THE INTERVIEW:
Alejandro: Alrighty. Hello everyone, and welcome to the DealMakers show. Today we have a founder, originally as well from Europe. So we’re going to have here the battle of the accents. We’re going to have the Spanglish, the Scottish, so you name it. And I think that we’re going to be learning quite a bit today. It’s very interesting what this founder is all about in a regulated space. Let’s not make anyone wait longer, so welcome to the show, Patrick Burns.
Patrick Burns: Thanks, Alejandro. Thanks for having me.
Alejandro: So originally born in Glasco, Scotland.