Why raising your first $1M is the hardest: Little Spoon CEO

Little Spoon Co-Founder and CEO Ben Lewis explains how a single "yes" at a trade show sparked an investor FOMO domino effect to raise the company's first $1 million. Video Transcript 00:00 Speaker A At what point do you say we need to raise capital? 00:02 Speaker B So we raised capital relatively early, you know, in the journey. 00:06 Speaker A What's early? 00:06 Speaker B I mean, it was it was I mean, it was actually 00:09 Speaker A And how much, if you don't mind detail? 00:10 Speaker B in the in the beginning, it was it was like, maybe a million dollars. 00:14 Speaker B The hardest part is getting the first money in. 00:16 Speaker A Right? 00:16 Speaker B So, um it was getting, you know, one person initially who was interested in investing.