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Podcast: Dan Hill's EQ Spotlight
Episode: Debi Kleiman, "First Pitch: Winning Money, Mentors, and More for Your Startup" (Babson College Publishing, 2020)
Description: Today I talked to Debi Kleiman about her new book First Pitch: Winning Money, Mentors, and More for Your Startup (Babson College Publishing, 2020).For anyone who has ever watched Shark Tank, you know that investors respond not only by investigating business metrics but also by trying to get a sense of the entrepreneursâ drive, smarts, and openness to coaching. This episode covers both the âcluesâ investors look for like confidence and the 4H framework that Kleiman has honed by listening to well over 1,000 pitches in-person during the course of her career. From a headline that sets the context...