This Coffee time focuses on the challenges of connecting businesses with funding sources, and how business development advisors can help entrepreneurs find financing.
Securing funding and lining up investors is no easy task. It takes trial and error to determine which models yield the best results. Experts like Anissa Boughazi help to navigate the process and demystify the world of business development.
In our interview with Anissa, we learned the importance of connecting with the right resources and of building trust when developing a product or growing a business.
“When you work in innovation or with entrepreneurs, you have to have a strong sense of curiosity. That curiosity takes you to unexpected places, which is where innovation happens. Every day I’m venturing into unknown territory (laughs)!
I’m confident in my own skills and expertise. I don’t have a background in tech—I studied economics and business management, which are totally different things.
Yet every day, I collaborate with companies in fields like artificial intelligence, quantum computing and health care. You really need to stay curious to work with entrepreneurs.”
