Want to know what it takes to raise over a half a million dollars in less than an hour?

Hey there, I'm Whitney, content director for Jasmine Star and Social Curator.

And in this episode that originally aired on the CUPICL to CEO podcast with Ellen Yen,

Jasmine breaks down exactly how she fundraised $55,000 fast.

You'll hear the strategic decisions made, behind the scenes preparation, and mindset

shifts that made this extraordinary moment possible. Enjoy. Hey, friends, today we have a real treat with us.

Jasmine Star is joining us on the show and here to talk about a really interesting case study.

We've talked about fundraising a little

bit on Cubicle as CEO before, as you know, with different founders who have raised from

angels or VCs. But Jasmine is actually here to talk about how she leveraged her community and really

leaned into that aspect to fundraise over half a million dollars for her software company.

So I won't get into the details

just yet, but Jasmine, welcome to the show. Thank you, Ellen. I mean, girl, if that is not a

great hook, I don't know what it is. I mean, if you are not telling people right at the outset

why they should listen, I mean, that was brilliantly done. Bravo. I'm so happy to be here. Thank you so much. I've been looking

forward to this day, especially as a fellow bootstrapped founder, and I know many of our listeners

are. But like I said, before we get into the case study, I always like to ask our guests,

what is your cubicle to CEO's story? What was that final catalyst that launched you into entrepreneurship? You know, I don't know where to pick up the story that would be best suited, but I can

give you the very nutshell version in any part that you want to tap on.

Yeah.

It was literally cubicle.

But I don't even know if I was go as far as saying it was a cubicle because it was legitimately

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