Andrew Medal has a remarkable story on how he went from a prison inmate to becoming a serial entrepreneur. He talks to John about how he became an Entrepreneur magazine contributor, his charity work with Last Mile, and shares some insightful tips on how entrepreneurs can get investor interest without any experience or a working prototype.

Paint a picture to #investors. Become the #Picasso of Pitches.

There's a lot of first time entrepreneurs that don't have experience, so explain to your investors why you're the right team.

Just because you've made a mistake, doesn't mean you should stop dreaming.

No matter what we're doing as entrepreneurs, if we're learning in the process, we're growing and we should never stop learning/growing.

http://buzzsumo.com/

http://www.invisionapp.com/

The Art of War by Sun Tzu

The Lean Startup by Eric Ries

AndrewMedal.com

@AndrewMedal

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John introduces Judy Robinett to the Successful Pitch show. Judy Robinett is the author of How to Be a Power Connector as well as a consultant for business professionals and entrepreneurs. Judy talks about common mistakes entrepreneurs and startups make when pitching their idea to an investor, how to prepare for a due diligence check, how to expand your network, and much more on today's show.

Old school networking is dead. Used to be who you knew and what you knew, now it's who knows you.

Research shows that if you've been raised in a lower-middle class family, we're taught not to ask!

We talk to strangers 2-3% of the time, important people in your life were a stranger at some point!

How to Be a Power Connector by Judy Robinett

http://www.judyrobinett.com

Golden Seeds

Techstars

Illuminate Ventures

SpringBoard

CircleUp

Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki

As you heard during the interview, Judy was incredibly generous with a whole list of attachments. I've made the files she mentioned available by simply clicking here to download.

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