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Youngest EVER Dragon & ClearCo CEO - What It Takes To Hit $1 BILLION

Jul 6, 2022
57:51

Tech titan Michele Romanow is the Co-founder and CEO of Canadian unicorn, Clearco - the world's largest e-commerce investor. The company has invested $3.2 billion in over 7,000 ecommerce and SaaS companies. Michele is a serial entrepreneur having started six companies before her 35th birthday. In addition to her work as an entrepreneur, Michele is a “Dragon” on the Canadian hit TV show Dragons’ Den (Canada’s Shark Tank).

She previously co-founded SnapSaves, which was acquired by Groupon and was also the Co-Founder of Buytopia.ca. A prolific investor, Michele was recently named as one of Fortune’s 40 under 40, a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and Canada’s Angel Investor of the Year.

Michele is a regular media commentator and her work has been profiled in Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Fortune, TechCrunch, and The Globe and Mail. Michele is a director for Vail Resorts, BBTV and Queen’s School of Business. Previously she was a director for Freshii, Whistler Blackcomb, SHAD International and League of Innovators. Michele also co-founded the Canadian Entrepreneurship Initiative non-profit with Sir Richard Branson.

In this episode, Michele teaches us how she approaches investments, what it takes to build a billion dollar company, her experience working with romantic partners and much more!

  • How Michelle Approaches Investments 
  • What Michelle looks for in an investment
  • Failure
  • Work/Life Balance and The Entrepreneur Lifestyle
  • Working With Romantic Partners
  • Rebranding from Clear Bank to Clearco
  • Changing Position From President To CEO
  • From Entrepreneur To Employee To Entrepreneur Again
  • Revenue-Based Funding
  • Investing In Under-Represented Entrepreneurs
  • Solving The ‘University Route’ Narrative
  • Are Entrepreneurs Born Or Bred?
  • What Makes An Entrepreneur?
  • It’s Not The Years It’s The Miles.
  • Entrepreneurship From A Young Age
  • Michelle’s Favourite Dragons’ Den Investments
  • Clearco Funded Companies 
  • Where Does All The Money Come From?
  • Experience vs Books
  • Do You Have Any Regrets?
     

Michele:

https://instagram.com/micheleromanow?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

ClearCo

Www.clear.co

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