Ilana Golan
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And then a friend of mine, yeah, somebody I knew for 20 years said, hey, let's start this company together.
And I got lit up again, Mick.
I was just so excited.
So even though I was busy, I was working on this thing day and night.
And I was so excited.
And we did this whole Silicon Valley thing.
We went to visit investors.
And it was incredible because our story was so good that within a few weeks, there was a term sheet.
They were evaluating a little baby at $5 million.
So they were investing about $800,000.
And it was three prominent Silicon Valley.
It wasn't even just one.
And I remember like, oh my God, I'm so lucky.
How did I get so lucky?
And so during the goodbye party, I told everybody about the startup.
I was so proud about the money we raised.
And within 24 hours, Mick, 24 hours,
My co-founder decided to take the money to his bank, throw me out of the business, and I was left with nothing.
No job, no salary, no startup, no investment.
So you're asking, how is that possible?