Be Investable Michael S. Melfi

As the founder of YOUMAXA, Mazen Baisa delivers the truth about what flat out works against your energy, metabolism, neurobiology, vitality and everyday relationships. Through his products and programs, he gives the tools you’ve always needed but never had to run your professional life like an elite athlete and to be at the top of your game without the burnout.

Fred Schonenberg has helped over 100 companies, from General Mills to Beam Suntory to Netflix, discover and implement new technologies and innovations to deliver breakthrough results. As founder of VentureFuel, he has created a repeatable innovation framework, that bridges his deep relationships with the VC, Angel and Startup ecosystem with his C-suite corporate relationships to deliver first-to-market, tangible solutions that drive growth for all involved.

Jeff has 27 years of deep technology and business leadership and early-stage investment experience that has included P&L responsibility in Fortune 500 firms along with startups. Current activities include leading Startup Junkie Consulting, teaching entrepreneurship at the University of Arkansas, and managing the Tonic Regional Fund.

In this episode, we dive into what it takes to secure funding with Judy Robinette, author of Crack the Funding Code: How Investors Think and What They Need to Hear to Fund Your Startup published by AMACOM/Harper Collins Leadership.

Having worked with leading Universities (Cal, Stanford, Wharton, etc.) and top accelerators (Y-Combinator, TechStars, 500Startups, etc.), Angel Funds, Family Offices and other investors, Richard Swart is focused on the application of cutting-edge technology to solve many of the structural problems in venture capital and creating pathways for truly inclusive and outcome-based access to capital. During […]

Falon Donohue about all things entrepreneurial in the Midwest