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While the financial investment is at the core of what they&#8217;re after, the founders wind up evaluating the investors based on the mentoring opportunities that they bring to the table.<\/p>\n<p>Is your vision to get your product into big box stores? Or do you want to be an e-commerce powerhouse? Are you expanding internationally? Capitalizing on an increasingly popular podcast? Just as our founders on this episode eventually decide, sometimes it&#8217;s best to pick an investor who has the contacts and experience that compliment your vision.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: Is It a One-Hit Wonder or Can This Mom&#8217;s Business Scale?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Also on this episode of Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch, our investors get critical about one contestant&#8217;s pitch and gauge the business acumen of the founder of a new agri-tech startup.<\/p>\n<h2>Episode 7 <i>Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch<\/i> board of investors:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Marc Randolph, co-founder and first CEO of Netflix, master of scaling<\/li>\n<li>Kim Perell, CEO of 100.co, serial entrepreneur and investor<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Hung, angel investor and Managing Partner of Entrepreneur Venture Fund<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Episode 7 <i>Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch<\/i> contestants:<\/h2>\n<p><em>Season 9 of Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch is presented by Amazon Business with support from State Farm. 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