He dropped me off and I told him to drive off somewhere (because I was embarrassed) but he said, “No worries. The only car I had access to was a stick shift and I didn’t know how to drive a manual so my dad had to drive me to the meeting.
I’m guessing only 1 or 2 of those names sound familiar to most of you so let me tell you, they are some of the big dogs of the investor world and I’m grateful I didn’t realize just how big they were during our meetings, or I woulda shoulda been waaay more nervous )įun side story: I had a meeting with Troy Carter at the Beverly Hills Hotel. But when opportunity knocks.Įventually, I learned how to speak the foreign language of “investor pitching” and we received our first funding of $1.7Million from investors like Naval Ravikant, David Krane, Shervin Pishevar, Ariel Poler, Jonathan Triest, Christ Redlitz, Troy Carter, Jim Pollatta, Lady Gaga, and others. We did our best to pretend like we belonged in those business meetings but the truth is, on the inside we were just some small town nerds that would have been stoked with our initial goal of $5k.
The app exploded in popularity and downloads, and soon we were flying out to San Francisco to meet with potential investors.
