Ep. 101 - The Startup Guide to Raising Money, Venture Capital, and Finding the Right Investors with Bob Ackerman

The Conference Room with Simon Lader

In this week's episode we welcome “CyberSecurity’s Money Man”, Bob Ackerman who shares his story, his strategy for business growth, scaling and his tips for raising investment funds for your startup.

KEY TAKEAWAYS FROM THIS EPISODE:

• What makes a successful startup CEO.
• What to look for in a board member and investor.
• The relationship between a startup's leadership team and their investors
• The key elements an investor is (or should be!) looking for in a startup
• How to pitch your startup to the investment community

THIS WEEK'S GUEST

Bob Ackerman is the founder and managing director of venture capitalists Allegis Cyber. He has over 23 years of VC experience, backing successful exits including Solera -who were acquired by Blue Coat, E8 Security who were acquired by VMWare, and IronPort Systems who were acquired by Cisco. Bob was the President and CEO of UniSoft Systems, a global leading UNIX Systems House, and in 1995 he founded InfoGear, who were the designers of the first touch screen cellphone, which he successfully sold to Cisco Systems for over $300M. He sits on the boards of several startup and early stage companies, such as CallSign, Dragos and Panaseer, and is an Adjunct Professor of the Haas Business School at UCB. Bob has been recognized as a Fortune 100 cybersecurity executive and also as one of “CyberSecurity’s Money Men”.

For more information, or to get in touch with Bob, check out:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bob-ackerman-a233336

Website: https://allegiscyber.com/

YOUR HOST

Simon Lader is the host of The Conference Room, Co-Founder of global executive search firm Salisi Human Capital, and podcast growth consultancy Viva Podcasts. Since 1997, Simon has helped cybersecurity vendors to build highly effective teams, and since 2022 he has helped people make money from podcasting.

Get to know more about Simon at:

Website: https://simonlader.com/

Make Money from Podcasting: https://www.vivapodcasts.com/podcastpowerups

Twitter: https://twitter.com/simonlader

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/headhuntersimonlader

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