May 12, 2022

Building EVERYTHING in-house and raising. By Sharmin Ali

Building EVERYTHING in-house and raising. By Sharmin Ali

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Show Notes
Guest Profile

Sharmin Ali, Founder and CEO of Instoried tells her story of helping others write good stories. In this episode we go in-depth into the reasons why Instoried built all their tech in-house from scratch and how they use it as their competitive advantage to secure funding for the expansion.

Sharmin's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sharmin-ali-5b6b4237/

Instoried website: https://www.linkedin.com/company/instoried/

I forgot what else I wanted to include in the description so here is the link to our course about fundraising for early stage startups: https://fundraising-courses.com/

Sharmin Ali

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