Chris Slee – Believe in the Idea but Continue Your Due Diligence

<p><strong>BIO:</strong> Christopher Slee is the Founder, Principal, and Chief Product Officer at AWH, a Dublin, Ohio software engineering firm currently celebrating its 26th year of creating innovative digital products for business clients.</p><p><strong>STORY: </strong>Chris has had a fair share of experience helping startups develop and get their products to the market. While he has no one worst investment story, his experience comes with a series of learnings and painful lessons.</p><p><strong>LEARNING:</strong> Believe in the startup and the products you are investing but also do your due diligence. Know your market and build a financial runway before you work on your product.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p class="ql-align-center"><strong>“There’s no magic in marketing. There is sweat, due diligence, and effort.”</strong></p><p class="ql-align-center">Chris Slee</p><p>&nbsp;</p><h2><strong>Guest profile</strong></h2><p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisslee/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Christopher Slee</strong></a> is the Founder, Principal, and Chief Product Officer at<a href="https://www.awh.net/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"> AWH</a>, a Dublin, Ohio software engineering firm currently celebrating its 26th year of creating innovative digital products for business clients.</p><p>At AWH, Chris leads internal and external development teams across all applications, from web, mobile, and desktop platforms, to virtual reality and machine learning. Even though Chris has been programming for more than 30 years, he continues to push the technology envelope. From drones to artificial intelligence, Chris continues to exemplify the spirit of continual learning in the tech space.</p><h2><strong>Worst investment ever</strong></h2><p>For the past 26 years, Chris has spent his life working with startups and upscaling younger companies to get their products out into the market and capitalize on that. His company AWH helps many startups at the same time.</p><h3><strong>Changing times</strong>