E155 | How a Bus Washer That Slept in His Car Became a Venture Capital Success–Brandon Brooks

The NoDegree Podcast – No Degree Success Stories for Job Searching, Careers, and Entrepreneurship

His first job was bagging groceries. Then, he earned $30/hr as a bus washer. Brandon Brooks lived in his car at the time. It was during this time he had the idea to create a a crowdfunding platform.

Find out how he achieved success in the venture capital world, secured a partnership with the Pittsburgh Steelers and how his grit, hustle and determination helped him to broke into the VC world, all without a college degree.
Timestamps:

• 02:02 Brandon Brooks: VC & Investor
• 2:47 how to succeed as a VC & salary expectations
• 5:19 Elementary school was great but he flunked in high school
• 06:22 Bagging groceries, washing buses and how those jobs helped him in his career
• 12:50 How he became the founder of the first black-owned crowdfunding platform
• 15:16 How the Pittsburgh Steelers partnered with his company
• 18:43 Challenges with starting a Venture Capital fund
• 23:18 What it was like to not have a college degree in the Venture Capital space
• 24:43 Advice for founders that don’t have a degree
• 27:35 How to stay motivated as an entrepreneur
• 28:10 Mistakes he made that you can learn from
• 30:53 Reflections: advice he’d give to his younger self
• 33:57 Mistakes founders make when talking to VCs
• 37:45 Future goals: Plans to help all entrepreneurs have access to all the tools they need

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