We won!!!
The 1st Founders Live Edinburgh pitching event to a packed audience. After listening to some fantastic pitches from 4 amazing founders it was clear that LastingAsset was just one among the top 5.
Winning came as a surprise.. but hey.. as a startup we take every win we get ... cause these are few and far between several losses...It is a good time to mention that we were a top 10 finalist at Cyber Innovation Den in London last week and we didn't win :((.
I was wowed by the energy from Kayla-Megan Burns.. we are definitely using your platform for podcasts... Sofia Hamilton your idea on solving both the buyer and seller problem for second hand fashion was super interesting.. my better half will definitely use your solution. Hamish Geddes you had me at reducing 4 hours work to 7 minutes.... and Mathew Norbury, I definitely want to know whats going on in my brain...
Kudos to Matt Cameron for organising a brilliant full house event. Matt, did I hear you correctly that the prize includes $1 MILLION in value in startup credits from the top 100 startups like Notion and HubSpot? My colleague, and brains behind LastingAsset, Zakwan Jaroucheh will be very pleased. He is always looking for deals.
Someone recently asked for my no. 1 recommendation on how to build a purpose driven tech startup that can change the world.. my advice => move to Scotland. #ScotlandIsNow and we would not have achieved what we have without the support of the incredible #startup community and support system here. The list is endless but we have benefitted so much from inputs, funding, advice, and encouragement from Bright Red Triangle @ Edinburgh Napier University, ScotlandIS, Scottish Enterprise, Scottish EDGE, RBS Accelerator, The DataLab, Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh Napier University's SCEBE, FinTech Scotland, Innovate UK, Wendy Lamin, beverly bowles, Nicola Taylor, Malcolm Price, Prof Bill Buchanan OBE FRSE, Karen Meechan, Anne Hilarion, John S. Fritz, John Maclennan, Frank Tooley, Nick Fannin, Pete McLean, Amber Isaacs, Kendra Byers, Mickael Paris, Mark Lamb, Richard Lochhead, Ian Murray, Andrea Nolan, Andy McGoff, Fiona Mason.. and many more who can't be mentioned because of Linkedin limits..
Thank you everyone.. Our journey has just begun and we will keep seeking your help and advice.
p.s. this is a link to our pitch.. appreciate any votes to help get us to the global #FoundersLive Prime time pitch challenge finals
https://lnkd.in/eNVthgsM
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