02: From Salesrep to Raising $1.5 Million for His New Startup with Reuven Jacob

Reuven started out as a low paid salesrep and was responsible for increasing the turnover of a food distribution company by 500%!

He then launched and grew a Vacation Planning Service which currently lists over 140,000 hotels.

And now in his latest project he has just managed to raise $1.5 million for his new startup Healthpro.com

What you will learn:

• Going from Idea to Launch

• How to find a mentor to help guide you build a successful business

• How to network to get investors onboard

• Learn the step by step process Reuven took to launch his online business

• Finding the right people to build a super team

• An ‘unorthodox’ way to find out exactly what your competitors are doing

• What is your MVP? (Minimum Viable Product)

• What investors want to see when you are presenting your idea

• How to motivate people to complete surveys so you know what they want before you spend time & money on your product/service

Interesting highlights:

• Reuven calls his investor’s wife a pig!

• Reuven reveals how much money he spent on his website (make sure you’re sitting down!)

• The craziest idea for a business you will probably hear

Reuven's #1  Advice:

Resources & Links:

•  Slack – most efficient way to communicate with your team
•  Invisionapp – Save time and money when looking to build a website with this wireframe app
• Salesforce – Manage sales
• Hubspot – Create an email automation process & track potential clients
• Linkedin – Reuven used Linkedin to network and source the right people
• Typeform - Create fun surveys with in depth analytics
• Healthpro.com - All-In-One Scheduling, Billing and Marketing Solution

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