About Mike Lingle

Mike Lingle is a serial entrepreneur who has exited businesses and knows how to get a pretty packet for them. Specialising in the fintech industry, he’s in a really competitive market and investors are always looking for the new unicorn.

Therefore, Mike set up his business Rocket Proforma which helps startups get funding. He analyses their financial data and helps them make the perfect pitch deck to raise money.

In This Episode...

Mike Lingle gives some absolutely killer tips to those who are running startups and looking for funding. He compares startups to a super fast sports car that most people can’t handle and will end up crashing.

He suggests that when it comes to funding a startup, you need to take the investor money and then figure it out later! He walks through what to put in the perfect pitch deck and learning how to take rejection, because there will be a lot of it when pitching for investment!

Mike then discloses some big tips when it comes to startups – about how secrecy is what often kills a startup and the biggest tips when going for pitches.