He Pulled Off His First IPO At Just 29 And Is Now Helping Cannabis Brands To Grow Quicker Raymond Nobu-Chang has had a series of highly successful startup launches and exits. That includes taking his first company public when he was just 29. On the Dealmakers Show, Raymond Chang shared with the audience what he has focused on to build big, successful companies, and take them all the way across the finish line. Including raising the capital, generating 00M in sales in the first 12 months of opening, and how he thinks about dilution. Raymond Nobu-Chang has had a series of highly successful startup launches and exits. That includes taking his first company public when he was just 29. On the Dealmakers Show Raymond Chang shared with the audience what he has focused on to build big, successful companies, and take them all the way across the finish line. Including raising the capital, generating 00M in sales in the first 12 months of opening, and how he thinks about dilution. Listen to the full podcast episode and review the transcript here. *FREE DOWNLOAD* The Ultimate Guide To Pitch Decks Here is the content that we will cover in this post. Let’s get started. 1. Finding Your First Startup Idea 2. LuckyPai 3. Agrify Finding Your First Startup Idea The best startup ideas seem to come at the apex of an entrepreneur’s passions, talents and personal frustrations and challenges. Some just figure out these elements and choose to take the leap sooner than others. Raymond Chang was born in Taiwan. A country he fondly remembers as being very friendly, innovative and tech focused. Education is also a significant part of society there. His parents told him that the most important thing was to get the best possible education. This was one of the big drivers of them moving to the US when he was about to turn 13 years old. In Taiwan if you don’t leave before you are 13, you cannot leave until you’ve completed military service. Raymond and his family landed in Texas. While he says that it took him two years to really grasp the English language, he was instantly excelling in math, and studying above his grade level. Early on in life Chang was heavily influenced by his father and grandfather who were involved in politics. He assumed he would follow in their footsteps. Even attending the Kennedy School at Harvard to study public administration. There he found that he was far more interested in innovation and technology, and switched the focus of his studies. Then one day sitting in his apartment he got frustrated with how ridiculously slow dial up internet services was. Yet, in his living room his cable TV was playing football on the screen just fine. He noticed that the cable line was thicker than the telephone line which ran the dial up, and wondered why that cable line wasn’t used for this type of data, and to make it faster. This was pre-Google, so hit Yahoo, and found people looking into broadband technology in Silicon Valley. Continue reading the full guide Related guidesLessons From An IPO At 29: Raymond Nobu-Chang On Dilution, Downturns, And Building To LastFrom $80M Exit To 00M Raise: A Founder's Playbook For Psychedelic PharmaCosmo Feilding Mellen On Selling His First Company For $80 Million And Now Raising 00 Million To Fuel PsychedelicsShe Sold Her Last Company For Millions And Now Is On A Mission To Create Sustainable BrandsMarci Zaroff On Selling Her Last Company For Millions And Now Creating Sustainable BrandsHow An M&A Advisor Helps You During An Acquisition Read on Startup Fundraising · More articles · Browse the Library Library homeFull library indexArticlesHomeInvestor directoryFounder directoryCompany funding databaseResearch hubPricing
