James Beshara: How to build a D2C brand | Series Tea

This is Series Tea, a podcast where we find the greatest entrepreneurs and investors and force them to have tea with us  -  live on air.

This week, we're having tea with James Beshara, an angel investor in companies like Gusto, ThirdLove and Halo Top. James was also the CEO/Founder of Tilt, a crowdfunding platform that was acquired by Airbnb.

In this episode, James shares:
0:35: How a very early bet on Gusto got James into investing
6:30: A 5-step framework for evaluating D2C brands
15:45: How D2C brands can think about valuations and fundraising
18:30: Embarrassing stories from his own experience raising venture money
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