On Episode 028 of The Feedback Loop! A startup founder tells a potential investor that they're too old, another founder is trying to bring sizzle to the stage, and a third won the audience's heart but might not be venture backable.The Feedback Loop is all about getting ambitious founders on stage to pitch and get unfiltered feedback from experienced, honest investors.Because the thing that can hold even the best founders back from reaching their ambition? Their pitch. Whether a startup founder is raising money, recruiting a team, or selling their product, it's the pitch at the start of any given conversation that starts them on a journey to success.For those founders on stage and in the audience, it's an answer to the essential query: how to pitch your startup.As always, hosted by Sherveen Mashayekhi, Founder & CEO of Free Agency. ​Today's guest investor is Brian Hollins.Brian is Founder and Managing Partner of Collide Capital, an early stage fund focused on software companies tackling major problems across fintech, supply chains, and future of work markets. Prior, he spent six years at Goldman Sachs, where he helped build a VC coverage arm and invested in growth stage software businesses as a member of the GS growth equity team.​He's also the founder of The Takeoff Institute, a job readiness fellowship for Black undergraduate students across the US. He is co-founder of Phoenix Fund, an early stage fund focused on supporting startups from the Harvard community. Brian is a founding board member of BLCK VC, the largest Black investor community in the US. He's also a Kauffman Fellow and a member of the Milken Institute.Follow Sherveen: https://x.com/SherveenFollow Brian: https://x.com/bholls1To attend The Feedback Loop in-person or apply to pitch as a founder, head to afterfeedback.com.Thank you to all of the brave founders who participated in this episode. The Feedback Loop is dedicated to creating an engine of support for startup founders attempting to change the way the earth spins. We're on your side. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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