Investing in New Founders and Smart Networking with Gadi Borovich

The Real Reel

Natalie Barbu

Education, Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.8 • 982 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2021

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Episode 117: Any entrepreneur - new, old, or aspiring - is in for a real treat as co-founder of the XX accelerator program, Gadi Borovich, joins Natalie to discuss what it takes to be accepted into such a prestigious project. Since its launch in 2018, XX has backed over 30 companies with the goal of investing in 20K companies in the next decade. Today’s episode covers the common mistakes founders make, new entryways to network with investors, the personality traits every business owner needs, and how to balance conviction with stubbornness. Gadi shares what makes an application stand out and what he hopes to see in the future as businesses shift into a new normal. This is a must-listen for any founder looking to gain insight into developing a successful company that is sure to get noticed. Thank you so much for being a part of our podcast community! Please be sure to rate, follow, review, and of course, post to your highlight reel. Follow your host Natalie on Instagram @nataliebarbu and @therealreelpodcast. Follow XX on Twitter for the latest updates @_xxteam and on Instagram @_xxteam. Thank you to our sponsors for making this episode possible. Check out these deals just for you: LORD JONES – Go to lordjones.com/realreel to get 25% off your first order! CUROLOGY - Go to curology.com/real for a free 30-day trial and just pay for shipping and handling! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This podcast is brought to you by Podcast Nation.
0:04.0	Welcome to the Real Real, where I take you behind the Instagram reel and into the real lives of
0:16.1	entrepreneurs, content creators, and anyone who inspires me and may inspire you too.
0:20.9	I'm your host Natalie Barboo and let's get into it.
0:27.0	Founders need to not have ego so many times, right? Like you need to be willing to
0:31.5	wake up one morning, realize that everything you've been doing is just wrong and just start again.
0:35.4	And do it almost emotionalist and not sad about it because it's part of the journey.
0:40.4	You'll have to do it so many times.
0:42.2	So it's almost a struggle with yourself and the way you're wired
0:45.0	because we're all like a little bit different and so many of our weaknesses are just so so hard to deal with.
0:50.0	But it's almost like you need to have so much self-awareness of what those weaknesses are and not lean to those but fully lean to the strengths and just make sure that you're always moving forward. and I am happy to report that it didn't thunderstorm every single day.
1:13.6	It actually was pretty good weather.
1:15.2	The first two days that we were there, it was a little gray and cloudy,
1:18.8	and I'm not going to lie, it was a little chilly.
1:20.8	There were many moments where I did not want to get into the pool because it was just so cold, because there was like no sun at all and it was very cloudy, but it didn't really thunderstorm. It stormed for about a few minutes, maybe an hour for the first two days and then
1:36.0	after that it was actually pretty good weather so I'm not going to complain about
1:39.8	it was so much better than I could have asked for and I was just very very happy that it
1:44.8	didn't you know storm the entire time so it was actually a really really great trip and
1:48.9	it was one of those trips that was super super relaxing and I was actually able to unplug for the most part.
1:55.4	So I thought that that was really nice.
1:57.0	And if you have no idea what I'm talking about, if you listen to last week's episode,
2:00.8	I was very stressed about the weather forecast and I was going on a family vacation to
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