In this episode, Elias Rubel is joined by Alok Nandan, General Partner at Emergent Ventures founding partner at Akra Venture Labs, a fundraising pitch tool for Founders. Alok shares his thoughts on giving VCs a more complete picture of your company, getting the meeting, and making it count.
[04:39] How Salesforce is applying AI and data science in their products
[07:16] Alok’s journey into independent consulting and helping early-stage founders
[11:13] How to bet on founders and help them succeed
[12:04] Steps in domain expertise and identify the pain point of the buyer
[14:34] The process of getting prospects through the funnel
[16:35] Lessons from the school of hard knocks
[19:22] The importance of a peer group of folks who are on a similar journey
[12:30] Lessons Thiago learned from door-to-door sales
[15:10] How Thiago developed his growth mindset
[18:30] The most influential people in Thiago’s career and what he learned from them
[23:50] What Thiago is most excited about at Chorus
[26:15] Thiago’s biggest challenge this year and where his focus is now
[30:35] Thiago’s prediction for the future of sales
[32:20] What Thiago does to blow off steam
