DealMakers

Peter Rahal is the cofounder and founding CEO of RXBAR. He bootstrapped the company from 0 to hundreds of millions in revenue and hundreds of employees only taking a loan from his father. Rahal sold the company five years later to Kellogg for $600 million. The post Peter Rahal On Turning A $10,000 Startup Investment Into A $600 Million Acquisition first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Peter Rahal On Turning A $10,000 Startup Investment Into A $600 Million Acquisition appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Cameron Chell has been an entrepreneur since age 14 and is currently the CEO of Business Instincts Group, a Venture Creation Firm with a focus on building high-tech startups. Cameron is the cofounder of Urthecast, Cold Bore Technologies, Slyce, Raptor Rig, Trace and Trax. Most recently, Cameron has served as an advisor to KodakCoin, one of the first compliant cryptocurrencies.  The post Cameron Chell On Being Once Homeless And Building A $100 Million Business first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Cameron Chell On Being Once Homeless And Building A $100 Million Business appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Alexei Agratchev is the cofounder and CEO at RetailNext which enables retailers and manufacturers to collect, analyze, and visualize data about in-store customer engagement. The company has raised to date $200 million from investors such as Qualcomm Ventures, August Capital, American Express Ventures, or NGP Capital. The post Alexei Agratchev On Raising $200 Million To Address The Collapse Of Retail first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Alexei Agratchev On Raising $200 Million To Address The Collapse Of Retail appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Daniel Ramot is the cofounder of Via which provides on-demand transit on a mass scale. The company has raised so far over $450 million from investors such as Pitango Venture Capital, Daimler, Kapor Capital, Hearst Ventures, or RiverPark Ventures. Daniel has a Ph.D in neuroscience from Stanford. Prior to Via, Ramot built supercomputers designed to discover new pharmaceutical drugs and developed avionic systems for F-15s and F-16s for the Israeli Air Force. The post Daniel Ramot On Finding The Gap Left By Uber And Raising Over $450 Million first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Daniel Ramot On Finding The Gap Left By Uber And Raising Over $450 Million appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Rick Stollmeyer co-founded MINDBODY in his garage in 2001. He raised over $100 million before leading the IPO for the company. Some or his investors include Bessemer Venture Partners, Institutional Venture Partners, or Catalyst Investors. The company was recently acquired by Vista Equity Partners in a $1.9 billion deal.  The post Rick Stollmeyer On Selling For $1.9 Billion The Company That He Created Out Of His Own Garage first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Rick Stollmeyer On Selling For $1.9 Billion The Company That He Created Out Of His Own Garage appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Matt Salzberg founded Blue Apron in 2011 and served as President & CEO for its first six years. After raising $200 million from the likes of Bessemer, First Round, or Stripes Group, Matt led Blue Apron's $1.9 billion IPO and served as CEO until the company had approximately $910 million of trailing revenue and 5,000 employees. Matt is currently Blue Apron's Executive Chairman, and serves on the company's Board of Directors. The post Matt Salzberg On Creating A Billion Dollar Business By Selling Meal Kits first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Matt Salzberg On Creating A Billion Dollar Business By Selling Meal Kits appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Alex Mashinsky is on his eighth startup company, Celsius Network, which has already raised $50 million via an Initial Coin Offering (ICO). He’s also made around 120 VC investments himself, holds 34 patents, raised over a billion dollars for his companies, and has achieved at least over $3 billion in exits. The post Alex Mashinsky On Achieving $3 Billion In Exits And Being One Of The Most Feared By Banks first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Alex Mashinsky On Achieving $3 Billion In Exits And Being One Of The Most Feared By Banks appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Henrique Dubugras is the founder and CEO of Brex. The company is valued at over $1.1 billion and has raised over $220 million. Current investors include Peter Thiel, Max Levchin, DST Global, Ribbit Capital, Global Founders Capital, or Institutional Venture Partners to name a few. Prior to Brex, he cofounded Pagar.me. The company got acquired in 2016. Before this he built an educational platform and a gaming company at age 12. The post Henrique Dubugras On Creating A $1.1 Billion Company At 22 Years Old first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Henrique Dubugras On Creating A $1.1 Billion Company At 22 Years Old appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Robbie Cape is the cofounder of 98point6 which combines deep technology with the expertise of board-certified physicians to provide text-based primary care anytime, anywhere. The company has raised over $86 million. Prior to this Robbie founded Cozi (acquired by Time Inc.) which provided mobile and internet-based applications to help families stay organized. Robbie started initially at Microsoft where he worked for 12 years. The post Robbie Cape: What This Former Microsoft Employee Is Doing With $86 Million To Change Lives first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Robbie Cape: What This Former Microsoft Employee Is Doing With $86 Million To Change Lives appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Guy Kawasaki is the co-founder of Alltop.com, an online magazine that offers articles about popular topics. He is also a founding partner at Garage Technology Ventures and the chief evangelist of Canva, an online graphic design tool. Prior to that, he was the chief evangelist of Apple and an advisor to the Motorola business unit of Google. Kawasaki is the author of ten books, including Enchantment, Reality Check, The Art of the Start, Rules for Revolutionaries, How to Drive Your Competition Crazy, Selling the Dream, and The Macintosh Way. The post Guy Kawasaki: 3 Counter Intuitive Principles Learned From Working With Steve Jobs first appeared on Alejandro Cremades. The post Guy Kawasaki: 3 Counter Intuitive Principles Learned From Working With Steve Jobs appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.