Running (for my life) sorry I mean the Gauntlet part 2
Rating: she flicked back her hair and gazed glowing into the eyes of five dragons….
There was a moist burst of saliva on her lip as ran her perfect front teeth across them. This was her moment. She knew it. She stopped, she signed and then she stopped again. The opening of her pitch had to be perfect. She wanted the dragons unquestionable attention - longing and desire. She was waiting, chin up, back straight and chest high ready for glorious cash to be thrown her way by eager, bushy, high energy investors longing to be part of GoMo News.
Ummm. Well not quite. My pitch took about five minutes and it went really really well. I was happy with it and I thought I was to the point and direct.
The questions were tough. Doug Richard was in the room and because I had been watching Dragon’s Den on repeat I was dreading his questions. So guess what. He grilled me. But before that he shocked me by saying, “I know GoMo News, I read it – so I knew you long before you knew me”.
Should I now be honoured or disheartened?
I wasn’t sure what to think but coming out of there – I am convinced GoMo News is a volcano waiting to explode.
Will I get round to the final ten in Running the Gauntlet – I think not. But I got some superb advice. I know exactly what to do now to succeed and I have to say I got some excellent advice. Which I am now going to take on board and see if it works.
So what did they say?
Well I didn’t get everyone’s name – but I do know Doug Richard from the TV (Dragons Den) and because he is in the same business he was really the one doing most of the talking.
Well, he questioned my need for VC money. He told me to employ a full time sales guy and said that I should talk to Angels not VC as the right Angel could make this business fly. He said that he thought I was GoMo News and now he had met me he was convinced of it. I thought that was interesting but I feel that Annie and Tony bring a lot of flavour and spice to GoMo too.
Was it worth it?
Yes. Definitely. I am an analyst and am learning to be a razor sharp business woman. After 30 minutes. I wanted it to end and when I left the room I could feel myself wanting to cry. I don’t know why …. NO. That’s a lie. I do know why. I thought I had been given great advice – but I thought immediately that I haven’t got through and you know what. I am competitive. No. I am very competitive. Could it be that the thought of not winning something can hurt me much more that the benefit of five great voices of opinion, strategy and help?
Yes. I think that is it. I don’t like to lose. OMG – I feel like I’ve just cracked some crazy self help group code or something – coming to terms with my personality and all the rest of it. …
Everyone that feels the same – please… hold my virtual hand and chant … I like to win. I like to win
Moving on.
I didn’t have time to cry or collapse as I was whisked off to have an interview with Running the Gauntlet to help for next years promotion material and marketing. I got back to the car – turned on heart. Celine Dion that bloody Titanic song… you can guess the rest!
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2 Responses to “Running (for my life) sorry I mean the Gauntlet part 2”
Go(Mo)Bena, sounds quite draining, but worthwhile. Doug’s a shrewd cookie, certainly the only one I have any time for when it comes to Dragons (Peter Jones, white teeth, tennis player, dye hair, produce your own awful TV effort, rest my case) apart from that Aussie guy in a later series. The eyeballs you have makes GoMo a success. Any advice can only make it better than it already is. Good on ya.
Comment made on September 25th, 2007 at 5:29 pmVC’s want numbers starting with 10 digits, else you better talk with Angels.
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