Is the ICO Gold Rush Over?
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After The Pitch

Is the ICO Gold Rush Over?

Jan 9, 2019·36 min·Season 5

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After a frustrating round of fundraising for her company PopCom, Dawn Dickson decided that VC was broken. She opted to take a different route: an initial coin offering, or ICO. But then her best-laid plans got all mucked up ... by Uncle Sam.

Today's investors are Jillian Manus, Phil Nadel, Daniel Gulati and Michael Hyatt.

The Panel

Phil Nadel, investor
Phil Nadel

Forefront Venture Fund

“When I'm investing, I'm looking at it strictly as a return on investment.”
Jillian Manus, investor
Jillian Manus

Structure Capital

“We invest in values, not just valuations.”
Michael Hyatt, investor
Michael Hyatt
“Necessity is the mother of all invention. You've invented this because you want to solve a problem that you had. That's exactly where great businesses all start.”
Daniel Gulati, investor
Daniel Gulati

Treble Capital

“The only way to make money in VC is to take a non-consensus view that turns out to be right.”

The Founder

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Dawn Dickson

Founder at PopCom at PopCom

Dawn Dickson is the founder of PopCom, a smart vending machine technology startup that pitched on The Pitch. PopCom builds technology to turn standard vending machines into data-driven smart retail kiosks. Dickson pitched PopCom to investors Jillian Manus, Phil Nadel, Daniel Gulati, and Michael Hyatt on The Pitch. Dickson later returned to The Pitch after pursuing an initial coin offering (ICO) to fund PopCom.

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