#153 – How to Talk with People Who Might Fund Your Business

<p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;" data-pm-slice="0 0 []"> How do you ask someone for money (for your business)?</p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In this podcast, you will learn how.</p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Learn from <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/foundersspace/">Steve Hoffman</a> (Captain Hoff) is the Chairman & CEO of <a href= "https://www.foundersspace.com/">Founders Space</a>, a global innovation hub for entrepreneurs, corporations, and investors, with over 50 partners in 22 countries.</p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Hoffman is also a venture investor, founder of three venture-backed and two bootstrapped startups, and author of several award-winning books. These include “<a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Make-Elephants-Fly-Process-Innovation/dp/1478992948/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0"><em>Make Elephants Fly</em></a>” (Hachette), “<a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Surviving-Startup-Practical-Strategies-Overcoming/dp/1400223199/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0"><em>Surviving a Startup</em></a>” (HarperCollins), and “<a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Five-Forces-that-Change-Everything/dp/1953295045/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0"><em>The Five Forces</em></a>” (BenBella).</p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In addition, Hoffman served on the Board of Governors of the New Media Council, was the founder and Chairman of the Producers Guild Silicon Valley Chapter, and was a founding member of the Academy of Television’s Interactive Media Group.</p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">While in Hollywood, Hoffman worked as a TV development executive at Fries Entertainment, which produced over a hundred TV shows, acquired by MGM. He went on to pioneer interactive television with his venture-funded startup Spiderdance, which produced interactive TV shows with NBC, MTV, Turner, Warner Brothers, History Channel, Game Show Network, and others.</p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">In Silicon Valley, Hoffman founded several startups, in the areas of games and ente