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Produced by Katie Lambert and Rebecca Trusty, with sound mixed & mastered by Mix at 6 Studios.
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Nov 23, 2021
17
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Insights on When to Bootstrap and When to Raise with Josh Nielsen

A Conversation with Zencastr’s Founder & CEO

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So many founders sacrifice to be able to get their startups off the ground, but not many of them move to Thailand to be able to make it happen. Today we’re talking with Josh Nielsen, Founder & CEO of Zencastr, a successful podcasting platform, and investor Gavin Christensen of Kickstart (a VC firm for startups in Utah, Colorado, and the Mountain West) to bring you both sides of a Perfect Pitch. In this episode, we’ll talk about:

  • Josh’s scrappy journey of bootstrapping his startup in Thailand
  • How to know if you’re ready for fundraising
  • Finding product-market fit under intense time pressure
  • Why investors value founders that are innovating in a space in which they are experts