[VIDEO] Are Investors More Likely to Bet on You or Your Idea?

I was recently interviewed by the Atlanta Small Business Network (ASBN), an online "television network" serving the small business community, about whether investors are more likely to invest in you (the "Jockey) or your idea (the "Horse").  I thought this video turned out great, and I wanted to share it with all of you, to see if it can be helpful to you in learning how investors think, to help hone your pitches.  I hope you like!!

The embedded video player didn't give me the option to change the size of this video.  But, if you want to see a bigger version, simply click the expand size button in the player above, or feel free to watch it on the ASBN website.

Thanks again to Jim Fitzpatrick and the ASBN team for having me on the show.  I look forward to our next interview together.

For future posts, please follow me on Twitter at: @georgedeeb.

Red Rocket's Best Startups of 2021

Red Rocket gets introduced to hundreds of startups each year, in the normal course of doing business, or via our involvement with various startup groups or events.  We wanted to honor the best of these startups that we met in 2021, in Red Rocket's 10th Annual "Best Startups of the Year".  This list is not intended to be an all-encompassing best startups list, as there are many additional great startups that we are not personally exposed to each year.  And, this list is not intended to be only for businesses that launched in 2021, it is open to startups of any age, that they or their advisors had some personal interaction with us in the last 12 months.  The business simply needed to have a good idea, good team or good traction, that caught our attention.  Congrats to you all!!

THE BEST STARTUPS OF 2021 (in alphabetical order):

Advisera (CEO, Dejan Kosutic) - B2B compliance courses, toolkits and software

Ainfluencer (CEO, Cyrus Nambaksh) - B2B social influencer marketplace

Boxabl (CEO, Galiano Tiramani) - B2C deliverable small home

Isodate (CEO, Greg Wheeler) - B2C video speed dating

KPI Sense (CEO, Will Cordes) - B2B financial reporting automation

LetsVidya (CEO, James Warren) - B2B virtual team building events

No Touch Orders (CEO, Chris Zenaty) - B2B cloud-based POS system for restaurants

Parknav (CEO Eyal Amir) - B2C street parking finder app

Podopolo (CEO, Melinda Wittstock) - B2C podcast social network

Prohibition Pops (CEO, Cornelia Mathis) - B2C alcoholic popsicles

RoboChef (CEO, Aravind Durai) - B2B robotic food preparation

Tickeron (CEO, Sergey Savastiouk) - B2C stock trading signals using AI

Wisdom Labs (CEO, Cory Smith) - B2B SaaS to reduce stress in workplace

And, don't forget to check out the 2012 winners, 2013 winners, 2014 winners, 2015 winners, 2016 winners, 2017 winners, 2018 winners, 2019 winners and 2020 winners, many of whom continue to be doing great things.


Congratulations to you all!!  Keep up the good work.


For future posts, please follow us at: @RedRocketVC