This Entrepreneur Went From Cleaning Bathrooms To Raising $65 Million For His AI-Driven Startup Alasdair McLean-Foreman came to America with virtually nothing, and has already started and sold two startups. He is now on his third. On the Dealmakers Show Alasdair talked about having a no limits mentality, the most important thing when it comes to VC fundraising, sleeping on the office floor, and where the big business opportunities are now. Listen to the full podcast episode for all the details here. What Are Your Limits? Alasdair McLean-Foreman grew up in Southwest London, in the UK. He grew up living above a retail store and doing lots of running. He ran for the national athletics team, and specifically longer distance, 800 meter plus races. On the suggestion of his math teacher, he looked into switching to the US to continue his education. He hit Google, on a dial up modem, and ended up landing at Harvard to study economics and run track. Even after getting accepted he wasn’t sure if he should make the leap. His mother’s advice was to just go. Look at it like a vacation. Worst case scenario you can always go back. Today he sees many similarities between embracing new moves, running and entrepreneurship. He says a big part of it is the discipline, sacrifice, and putting in the work. Natural talent alone isn’t going to take you to competing at Olympic levels as an athlete. Understanding that it is going to be very challenging can also be a plus. You are going to have bad races or injuries, but that doesn’t mean you quit. Then there is the mindset. Alasdair says it is critical to have a no-limits mentality. Have you hit your human limit? Or can you do more? In business, can you do better, be more efficient or grow bigger? Entrepreneurship Alasdair found entrepreneurship out of both necessity and curiosity. Arriving at Harvard he was quickly confronted by the thousands of dollars needed for textbooks and other resources. He got a job cleaning the bathrooms on campus…
