The Robot Story

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Patreon co-founder Jack Drexler says he tried to be a smart MBA strategy person in investor pitches. He realized his real value was as an artist who could show the problem Patreon was trying to solve. "I started doing all of my investor pitches with the 15 minute robot music video story, which at first felt so awkward"

When is it time to double down on your instincts, and when is it time to open yourself up to feedback? Sometimes it comes down to a hard call… that you might get totally wrong. In Part Two of our episode with Patreon’s Jack Conte, you’ll hear how he was able to raise capital by telling his authentic story after a series of pitches that went disastrously wrong! And you’ll hear how his worst mistake as a founder helped him reconnect with Patreon’s mission and community, and build Patreon into a $4B company. How can being wrong accelerate your business? It takes running at the solution with insatiable curiosity.

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