TSP051 | Karla Nelson – Next steps to getting funded

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Episode Summary

Karla Nelson is an entrepreneur, business innovator, and a power connector. She is a thought leader at Sac-cess.com and is heavily involved with Latch.com, a company that helps connect the right business professionals within the real estate industry. Her message is clear: entrepreneurs need a strong ecosystem of support or else they’ll burn out and become uninspired. She also says to never underestimate a person and their personal network of people.

What Was Covered

• 03:25 – Why did Karla become an entrepreneur?
• 06:25 – What does Karla mean when she says, ‘the significant of next’?
• 08:35 – How did Latch.com get started?
• 10:50 – It’s about the quality of the relationship instead of quantity.
• 14:55 – Karla is helping the Sacramento community.
• 16:00 – The reason why everyone wants to go to Silicon Valley is because of the network.
• 17:30 – Technology allows us to work remotely and do great things regardless of our location.
• 20:25 – Transparency is the key to successful and trusting relationships.
• 26:00 – The death of an entrepreneur is solitude. You need to have an ecosystem.
• 27:45 – VCs need to see your passion.
• 28:25 – There’s nothing you can’t do with passion.
• 31:40 – There’s sales and then there’s everything else. Learn how to sell yourself.
• 33:05 – Karla recommends two books.
• 36:40 – You’re one person away of massively changing your life. Don’t underestimate a person.

Tweetables

[Tweet “Death of founder is solitude.”]
[Tweet “Connection through empathy.”]
[Tweet “Only one person away from changing your life.”]
[Tweet “People buy with emotion and back it up with logic.”]

Links Mentioned

JRobinett Enterprises
Karla Nelson Website
LATCH
Sac-Cess
BubbleBall
Karla Nelson Twitter
The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
How to Be a Power Connector by Judy Robinett

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