Live Episode! Walker & Company: Tristan Walker
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I remember the very first pitch deck, which was a powerpoint I've graduated to key now. But like we had a powerpoint of like clip art because I didn't have The thing's, I remember being so embarrassed, so I had like this 15 slide pitch deck. That just sold a hope and the dream. And we pitched Fifty, sixty VCs.
And folks are turning this down. And it wasn't until they started to push back that I realized, hmm. They just don't get it. I'm NPR, it's how I built this, a show about innovators, entrepreneurs, idealists, and the stories behind the movements. They don't.
Guy Raz and on the show today How a lifetime of shaving with products that irritated his skin. Inspire Tristan Walker to build a better shaving and beauty brand for men and women of color. Walker and Company. So one of the guiding principles of creativity
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