Julia McGregor Peralta: Venture Capital Management for STEM Professionals

You are a STEM student, about to graduate, or perhaps just started college or university. Maybe you've always had an idea, a breakthrough, you've done your research, You feel like you can change the world. You are ready to add value but you need to raise funds for your new idea for your start up, for your business.After all, you've put in the work to identify your expertise, visualize the next steps to make your dream become this entity that will make you a legend. In this episode we will talk about what Venture Capitals means, the way they normally work and help you build your company after buying into the idea. Our guest, Julia MacGregor-Peralta, MS MBA, is a technology entrepreneur, executive and thought leader with more than 25 years of experience in hands-on business management and growing companies from start up through growth stage. She raised over $12 million dollars in venture capital. Her businesses have ranged from a franchise in the education sector, to a translation company, and most recently a software venture in the chemical and regulatory industry. She grew three of her companies to several million dollars in revenue.We gathered some questions for her and in return we learned about the funding process, presenting  your sales pitch, what to expect, how to proceed while partnering with Venture Capital assistance amongst other things. We encourage you to listen in.

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