Global entrepreneurs unite for a tech competition on an ancient island
Photos: Eli Itkin
There is nothing glamorous about building a startup from the ground up.
Ask Veronica Celis Vergara, CEO of EnlightAID, who developed a platform that tracks charitable donations so donors can see where their money went.
Once, while seeking initial funding, she addressed a crowd of 200 potential investors in Norway and opened the floor to questions.
No one raised a hand.
“I thought we were doomed,” Veronica said. Eventually, a friend of her cofounder chipped in with $100,000 that started the ball rolling, but the process was tortuous. “I survived with sheer stubbornness, knocking on doors, going back home and crying, and then going back out again.”
Create a free account to keep reading.
