Ilir Sela, Founder & CEO @ Slice: How Slice Bootstrapped to $40M GMV & Raised Over $100M

https://is1-ssl.mzstatic.com/image/thumb/Podcasts221/v4/ef/dd/46/efdd4600-19a9-2a84-bb94-8dcd1482444f/mza_13703506380004279870.jpg/600x600bb.jpg

First Money In

Nichole Wischoff

16 episodes

9 months ago

Every unicorn started with a first check. First Money In takes you behind the scenes of the most critical and anxiety-filled moment in a startup's journey - raising their first capital. Each episode uncovers the raw, unfiltered stories of now-legendary companies and the decisive moments that kicked off their trajectory.

Technology

Business

RSS

All content for First Money In is the property of Nichole Wischoff and is served directly from their servers with no modification, redirects, or rehosting. The podcast is not affiliated with or endorsed by Podjoint in any way.

Technology

Business

https://img.transistor.fm/SIvdLR0Mlp15ioY741Xyct-u050ISxIPymmDI0yIr9s/rs:fill:3000:3000:1/q:60/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zYTgz/NTRhYjkyY2M0NTE0/OTkwNWE2NjAzYWZm/Njk1Zi5wbmc.jpg

Ilir Sela, Founder & CEO @ Slice: How Slice Bootstrapped to $40M GMV & Raised Over $100M

First Money In

28 minutes

10 months ago

Ilir Sela, Founder & CEO @ Slice: How Slice Bootstrapped to $40M GMV & Raised Over $100M

Ilir Sela is the Founder & CEO at Slice, a technology company helping independent pizzerias manage their day to day operations. Slice has raised over $100M from notable investors like KKR, Notable Capital, Primary Ventures and 01 Advisors.

-Not knowing a thing about venture capital and bootstrapping to $40M GMV
-Acquiring first customers going door to door in NYC
-Why he raised VC when the company vs bootstrap given early traction
-Relaunching from MyPizza to Slice in 2016
-The value of VCs when you're a solo founder