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