Finding the Right Investors
Episode Description
On the first episode of the Thrive Through Connection Podcast, we welcome Laurel Hess, the CEO and Founder of Hampr. Hampr is an on-demand laundry service that will pick up your laundry and return it fresh and folded, right to your front door, within 24 hours. Laurel has raised over $10M for Hampr across multiple rounds. She joins us to share her journey and the importance of building genuine relationships with investors.
Before founding Hampr, Laurel built a career in marketing, where she launched and ran a profitable marketing agency. Since starting Hampr in 2019, she has experienced the ebbs and flows of venture capital, from COVID-19 to low interest rates to the SVB crash. Laurel has had a front-row seat to how the market evolves and why building strong relationships is key to weathering turbulent times.
What You'll Learn
What You Can Expect to Learn from Laurel
- Why having the right people on your cap table matters
- Tactics for backchanneling and finding warm investor intros
- The key questions she asks during investor conversations
- How she nurtures investors who initially say “no”
- Her approach to managing and interpreting investor feedback