EP 116 Making Startups the Next Spectator Sport

12/05/2021 1h 17min
EP 116 Making Startups the Next Spectator Sport

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Launching a large-scale, multi-media platform focused on making entrepreneurship the next spectator sport, while simultaneously democratizing private markets is an audacious mission.Our guest, Mona DeFrawi, is the ideal founder for this initiative. She’s a serial entrepreneur who has been a team member of 10 startups over three decades, the last four as Founder & CEO.Mona pioneered the first Private Market platform, which initiated the "Unicorn" investing trend in Silicon Valley (acquired by SecondMarket and further acquired by the NASDAQ Private Markets).Over her career, Mona has raised or participated in the placement of over $6 Billion+ of VC, PE and LP funding. Mona has been recognized as one of Forbes' "Most Powerful Women in Technology," and as one of the "Top 100 Women in Fintech.”Mona took her vision of democratizing the Private Markets and created Radivision, a platform that connects consumer audiences with the startup ecosystem, to make entrepreneurship the next spectator sport.You will LOVE meeting this extraordinary visionary, she has THE BEST startup stories (for example: 4 IPOs + 3 children in 10 years!), and your jaw will drop when you see how Femtech Founder is building a multi-media platform and a fintech platform, simultaneously.Visit https://radivision.com/ to learn more and, if you're a founder, get featured on the platform's Visionary Series!Follow Radivision and Mona on social media here:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monadefrawi/ and https://www.linkedin.com/company/radi...Twitter: https://twitter.com/MonaDeFrawi and https://twitter.com/RadivisionTVInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/radivision/Here are the highlights from our delicious conversation:00:00 - Meet Mona!09:30 - Mona's origin story21:00 - When Mona was called to fix the IPO crises in Silicon Valley - and how she fixed it!23:00 - Mona takes us to school: Private Markets; historical and current investor conditions; why democratizing Private Markets is important to the SEC35:30 - Mona shares Radivision's launch story39:40 - A taste of the outstanding and entertaining content you can find on Radivision45:25 - How Mona proved Radivision's Value Prop 51:50 - Radivision's FinTech side of the business1:06:28 - Mona's Founder Journey Advice1:10:33 - Mona's Humanitarian mission1:11:35 - Stitch that on a Pillow Moment! "It's going to be better tomorrow." "Don't run from the problems." And my fave: "I credit yoga to my success!"Thank you carving out time to improve your Founder Game - when you do better, your business will do better - cheers!Ande Lyonshttp://andelyons.comJOIN STARTUP LIFE LIVE MEETUP GROUPGet an alert whenever I post a new show!https://bit.ly/StartupLifeLIVEAGORAPULSEMy favorite digital marketing dashboard is AGORAPULSE – it’s the best platform to manage your social media posts and presence! Learn more here: http://www.agorapulse.com?via=ande17STREAMYARD OVERLAYS AND GRAPHIC DESIGNNicky Pasquierhttps://www.virtuosoassistant.co.uk/GET VIDEO/AUDIO TRANSCRIBED WITH OTTER.AI

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