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Mar 2021
29m 38s

Silicon Valley Show in real life? Sure! ...

KONSTANTIN DUBOVITSKIY
About this episode

Rami Essaid, CEO at Finmark, venture partner at Pioneer Fund and partner at IDEA fund partners and previously the founder of Distil Networks that was acquired for over $100million tells the story of Distil Networks. Absolutely insane similarities between the story of Distil Networks and Silicon Valley show, great advice from Rami to early stage founders and much more in this episode.

Rami's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramiessaid/

Pioneer Fund: https://www.pioneerfund.vc/

IDEA fund partners: https://www.ideafundpartners.com/

For those who need to build a financial model for their startup, Finmark: https://finmark.com/

sxsw pitch competition we discussed in the first episode: https://www.startupofyear.com/

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