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Listen "Finding the Right Investors with Laurel Hess, Founder of hampr"
Episode Synopsis
On the first episode of the Thrive Through Connection Podcast, we welcome Laurel Hess, the CEO and Founder of hampr. Hampr is an on-demand laundry service that will pick up your laundry and return it fresh and folded, right to your front door, within 24 hours. Laurel has raised over $10M for hampr across multiple rounds. She joins us to share her journey and the importance of building genuine relationships with investors.What You Can Expect to Learn from Laurel Why having the right people on your cap table mattersTactics for backchanneling and finding warm investor introsThe key questions she asks during investor conversationsHow she nurtures investors who initially say “no”Her approach to managing and interpreting investor feedback
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