Crowdfunding From 500 Physicians Instead of 1 VC with Laurence Girard

Entrepreneurs on Fire

John Lee Dumas

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🗓️ 1 December 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Laurence Girard is the CEO of Fruit Street Health, an online diabetes prevention program he has raised more than $30 million for from 500+ physicians.

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1. You don’t need a venture capital firm to be a successful entrepreneur.

2. The only thing that ever changed the world was a small group of committed citizens.

3. Shoot for the moon if you miss you will land among the stars.

Check out Fruit Street’s website - Fruit Street

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Boom!
0:02.6	Shake the room fire nation!
0:04.9	JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire brought to you by the HubSpot Podcast
0:09.9	Network with great shows like My First Million.
0:12.9	Today we'll be breaking down how our guests use crowdfunding from 500 physicians instead
0:18.5	of one VC venture capitalist.
0:21.4	To draw these value bombs I have brought to Laurence Gerard and EO Fire Studios.
0:25.6	Laurence is the CEO of Fruit Street Health and Online Diabetes Prevention Program which
0:30.5	has raised more than $30 million from 500 plus physicians.
0:36.4	And today's foundation we'll talk about why.
0:38.7	Why was diabetes his main focus?
0:42.0	The pros and cons of going the crowdfunding routes opposed to working with an institution
0:46.4	like a VC and social impact and so much more when we get back from thanking our sponsors.
0:53.2	If you're a business owner it can be tough to hire top talent but when you post a job
0:57.4	on zip recruiter you get qualified candidates sent to you.
1:01.6	Then you can easily invite your top choices to apply just visit zip recruiter.com slash
1:06.3	fire now to try zip recruiter for free.
1:09.8	Wondering what to do when you need motivation?
1:12.3	Wish you had a go to guy when it comes to preventing burnouts.
1:15.9	Tune in to Jenna Kutcher's The Goal Digger Podcast.
1:19.4	Watch you buy the HubSpot Podcast Network, listen to the Goal Digger Podcast wherever
1:24.7	you get your podcasts.
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