Connor Hey, from Org3D, specialist recruiters in Cyber Security and Data & Analytics, speaks with Akeel Jabber - the start-up investor and host of SaaS District  at Horizen Capital. Together, they outline some really valuable insights for start-ups looking to acquire funding; the importance of selling the story of the start-up, what are some of the funding alternatives, and how harmful it is to ask for too much funding. This Episode is taken from tha “https://org3d.com/podcast/ (Grow Tech Fast - The Org3D Podcast)”, go check them out now! During this interview we cover: 00:00 Contentfy, your on-demand podcast & video editing & repurposing service 01:23 - Getting into the SaaS Industry & Entrepreneurship through Acquisition 07:32 - Why To Raise Money & Why To Sell? 09:18 - Metrics to Evaluate When Making an Investment or Acquisitions 13:41 - Raising Exactly What You Need & Getting The Pitch Right 19:27 - How Harmful is To Ask Too Much Funding 21:05 - SaaS Valuations & The Metric That Matters 24:32 - Advice For New Entrepreneurs 

Mentions: https://org3d.com/ (Org3D) https://horizencapital.com/pitch-deck/ (Investor-Ready Pitch Deck) https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kiyosaki (Robert Kiyosaki) https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-hey-863839175/ (Connor Hey)

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More about Akeel:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber (https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber) LinkedIn - https://linkedin.com/in/akeel-jabbar (https://linkedin.com/in/akeel-jabbar) More Podcast Sessions - https://horizencapital.com/saas-podcast (https://horizencapital.com/saas-podcast)