No Experience Required To Build a Business with Ashley Kalinauskas
How do you build a business as a grad student with zero experience in business? And what about when you need to grow it quickly? What are some tips to getting Venture Capital funding?
Ashley Kalinauskas is the founder and CEO of Torigen Pharmaceuticals, a start‑up that resulted from her graduate thesis project at the University of Notre Dame. She has helped create an affordable veterinary cancer treatment, VetiVax, and made it available commercially.
In this episode you’ll learn:
How to start and grow a business with no experience
When you need VC funding in your business
A simple tip to give you sacred time in your working days
Take a listen to learn from those who went before you.
Notable Moments
12:40 - Ashley on starting out as an entrepreneur
18:33 – Raising venture capital money as a woman entrepreneur
26:41 – Maintaining a personal life while growing a business
29:42 – Finding and honoring sacred time
33:29 – Avoiding these hiring mistakes
36:49 – Stepping into your confidence
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