The Michael Davidson Podcast

Ep.32: Zak Lefevre - Raising $20M for a startup, Future of electric cars and chargers, CEO lifestyle


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0:00:51 raising $50,000,000 for start up company. Charge lab story
0:08:50 misconception about distribution of raised money
0:12:17 lifestyle of CEO
0:15:00 challenge of accelerating company growth at the early stages of development 
0:19:30 hiring executive assistant 
0:23:55 hiring business coach 
0:29:00 equity split after raising money. Liquidity event
0:36:40 why investors gave you $100,000 after just seeing PowerPoint slide 
0:40:00 prediction of Electric vehicle numbers 
0:45:27 prediction home charging stations
0:51:05 statistics of Tesla car catching fire 
0:56:00 what does it look like to be a CEO of company raising money 
1:00:45 Y- combinator
1:02:35 Singularity University and exponential growth 
1:05:08 Peter Diamandis
1:06:22 University sponsorship by Deloitte 
1:08:00 Money Philosophy of start ups vs corporate life
1:18:44 schedule of CEO

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