What Do You Do If Investors Don't Want To Invest

You can either figure out a different business, one they do want to invest into, or figure out a way to self-fund a business or fund it through customer revenue. Most investors want to invest in a business that will run with or without them anyway.

Y Combinator · Ryan Petersen of Flexport on Compounding Success and Winning · at 53:16 · April 8th, 2020 ·Transcript

On this episode

What Makes Freight More Difficult Than Regular Package Delivery at 0:51
Why Did Ryan Petersen Go To Business School at 4:54
Why Does Flexport Exist at 12:03
Should Entrepreneurs Do Business School at 13:30
How Do You Win At Startups at 15:41
How Did Flexport Get Its First Customers at 17:09
How Do You Poach Clients From Legacy Providers at 39:34
How Does Flexport Technology Change The Freight Industry at 46:24
What Do You Do If Investors Don't Want To Invest at 53:16
What Are The Biggest Lessons In Startups at 57:05