Insights from Successful Entrepreneur Pete McAlindon
Thursday, September 29, 2011 at 2:23PM In this blog I return to a video format, with a conversation with Dr. Pete McAlindon, the founder and CEO of Blue Orb, Inc. (more below).
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Pete’s a successful Orlando area entrepreneur. He founded Blue Orb in 1997 and since then has raised more than $4MM in angel investor capital and built a successful business.
During our talk Pete discusses:
- the keys to his success in raising over $4MM
- entrepreneurial lessons he’s learned (school of hard knocks)
- how to find and approach possible investors
- why it’s critical to talk to other entrepreneurs.
This information is invaluable for anyone building a high growth business.
To add even more value, Pete and I also discuss a new TechStars network accelerator that’s coming to Winter Park and the Orlando Entrepreneurial EcoSystem.
TechStars is a highly successful accelerator from Boulder, Colorado with networked accelerators in New York, Seattle and other major U.S. cities.
One warning. At 12 plus minutes, the video is longer than a normal blog video. Here’s the problem: Pete and I talked for about 45 minutes and Pete is a literal fountain of experience. So, to get it to any reasonable length I had to cut a lot of great stuff. What’s in the video is truly the cream of the interview and definitely worth your time.
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Reader Comments (1)
Amazing conversation indeed. Being a sole proprietor i must says that every one follow these advises.
All the Best