How to raise 100K in a week to fund your startup growth with Conscious Growth CIO Julia Profeta Johansson
08/20/20 • 40 min
Today we look into how you can finance your startup without losing your shirt and your conscience. Julia Profeta Johansson is Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer at Conscious Growth, a Berlin-based company that offers founder-friendly, non-dilutive lending. She’s seen it all in finance, having worked in investment banking, private equity, VC, and impact investing.
We talk about:
- Smarter ways to finance your tech startup growth with revenue-based financing
- Their customer acquisition strategy to generate solid traction
- The problems with VC funding
- Her strategy to use technology, business and investments to generate social and environmental impact.
- Tools that you can use to measure the impact of your tech startup
- How women are doing in tech and business
For detailed show notes and relevant links, visit www.stunandawe.com
If you want to accelerate traction, hit the growth stage, and upgrade your scaling skills, check out our Growth Leap online course. It’s a step-by-step guide to design your tech startup for high performance and impact. It’s packed with actionable and proven frameworks and tools to improve your startups performance, from better customer acquisition to clear prioritization and more productive meetings.
Learn more here: https://growth.stunandawe.com/course
- Do you have a question you'd like me to answer on the podcast or feedback to share? Leave me a message here.
- You'll find all the show notes, transcripts, and past guests at stunandawe.com
- Up your growth game with our hands-on Growth Marketing Course
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Today we look into how you can finance your startup without losing your shirt and your conscience. Julia Profeta Johansson is Co-founder and Chief Investment Officer at Conscious Growth, a Berlin-based company that offers founder-friendly, non-dilutive lending. She’s seen it all in finance, having worked in investment banking, private equity, VC, and impact investing.
We talk about:
- Smarter ways to finance your tech startup growth with revenue-based financing
- Their customer acquisition strategy to generate solid traction
- The problems with VC funding
- Her strategy to use technology, business and investments to generate social and environmental impact.
- Tools that you can use to measure the impact of your tech startup
- How women are doing in tech and business
For detailed show notes and relevant links, visit www.stunandawe.com
If you want to accelerate traction, hit the growth stage, and upgrade your scaling skills, check out our Growth Leap online course. It’s a step-by-step guide to design your tech startup for high performance and impact. It’s packed with actionable and proven frameworks and tools to improve your startups performance, from better customer acquisition to clear prioritization and more productive meetings.
Learn more here: https://growth.stunandawe.com/course
- Do you have a question you'd like me to answer on the podcast or feedback to share? Leave me a message here.
- You'll find all the show notes, transcripts, and past guests at stunandawe.com
- Up your growth game with our hands-on Growth Marketing Course
- For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email [email protected].
- Support the show on Patreon
Follow us:
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For detailed show notes and relevant links, visit www.stunandawe.com
If you want to accelerate traction, hit the growth stage, and upgrade your scaling skills, check out our Growth Leap online course. It’s a step-by-step guide to design your tech startup for high performance and impact. It’s packed with actionable and proven frameworks and tools to improve your startups performance, from better customer acquisition to clear prioritization and more productive meetings.
Learn more here: https://growth.stunandawe.com/course
- Do you have a question you'd like me to answer on the podcast or feedback to share? Leave me a message here.
- You'll find all the show notes, transcripts, and past guests at stunandawe.com
- Up your growth game with our hands-on Growth Marketing Course
- For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email [email protected].
- Support the show on Patreon
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For detailed show notes and relevant links, visit www.stunandawe.com
If you want to accelerate traction, hit the growth stage, and upgrade your scaling skills, check out our Growth Leap online course. It’s a step-by-step guide to design your tech startup for high performance and impact. It’s packed with actionable and proven frameworks and tools to improve your startups performance, from better customer acquisition to clear prioritization and more productive meetings.
Learn more here: https://growth.stunandawe.com/course
- Do you have a question you'd like me to answer on the podcast or feedback to share? Leave me a message here.
- You'll find all the show notes, transcripts, and past guests at stunandawe.com
- Up your growth game with our hands-on Growth Marketing Course
- For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email [email protected].
- Support the show on Patreon
Follow us:
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