In today’s episode, we welcome back the original host of Found in the Rockies - Stef Sample. Stef now has a new company, FUNDID, which is empowering business owners on their growth journeys by simplifying business finance & access to capital
Here’s a closer look at the episode:
- Growing up in Billings, MT
- Moving to Missoula to study Chinese
- The Insight Studio and supporting other entrepreneurs
- How The Insight Studio helped inspire FUNDID.
- Raising her Seed round.
- Thinking of fundraising like a competitive sport
- The importance of having a good marketing plan in an ecosystem.
- If you ask for advice, you get money. If you don’t ask for money you get advice.
- How the VC world is broken.
- Closing the seed round.
- Getting business funding to small businesses - which account for 98% of all women owned businesses
- Launching a business charge card direct to those who need it.
- A move to Salt Lake to grow FUNDID
- Family Balance
Resources:
Website: https://www.getfundid.com/
Stef LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefaniesample/
FUNDID LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fundid/