How to get blue chip partners (even if you’re outside Silicon Valley) – with Reinaldo Normand
Have you ever come up with an idea and realized it would take to much money to act on it?
Today’s guest found the money. $57 million dollars.
But then you realize that you don’t have connections.
Today’s guest found a way to get those too. He got Componenet makers like Qualcomm to work with him and even persuaded cell phone carries around the world to partner up.
At every obstacle he seemed to find a solution.
But you’ve probably never heard of his company, Zeebo.
Today you’ll find out why.
Reinaldo Normand founded Zeebo which created inexpensive consoles with inexpensive games.
Today he’s running his latest startup, Innovation², which advises large companies that want to understand Silicon Valley and technology.
Reinaldo Normand founded Zeebo which created inexpensive consoles with inexpensive games.
Today he’s running his latest startup, Innovation², which advises large companies that want to understand Silicon Valley and technology.
Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighter. You know me. I’m Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy.com. It is home of the ambitious upstart, the place for people who really strive to do big things. And I bring those kinds of entrepreneurs here to talk about what they did, how they did it, what they learned along the way.
You know when you, my listener, my fan, come up with an idea and it sounds great, but it suddenly occurs to you, “This idea is going to take a lot of money . . .” Well, today’s guest had that kind of idea and he got the money. He got $57 million. He raised it. At least at the time, he wasn’t anywhere near Silicon Valley, but he did it. He raised the money, $57 million. And then you might realize if you’re starting a really big project, “I’m going to need big partnerships. I need a big company in order to pull this off. I don’t know that I could even get into those big companies.”...
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