{"id":16786,"date":"2022-02-01T14:17:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T14:17:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessedge.org\/funding-a-startup-with-michael-otis\/"},"modified":"2022-07-06T17:47:15","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T17:47:15","slug":"funding-a-startup-with-michael-otis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessedge.org\/funding-a-startup-with-michael-otis\/","title":{"rendered":"Funding A Startup with Michael Otis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Explore the world of startups with this week\u2019s Business Edge guest: Michael Otis! Co-hosts Chrissy and Nicole talk with Michael about startup accelerators such as Y Combinator, identifying how to make startups more successful, and the differences between working at startups vs. established companies.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><i>Michael Otis is the founder and CEO of Procoto, a Y Combinator company that simplifies the sourcing process for SMBs. After founding a K-12 learning center in college, Michael began his career in strategy consulting with KPMG and corporate development with eBay. He then transitioned to the world of startups as an early employee with tech unicorns Rubicon and Stord. In 2019, he left Stord to chase the tech startup dream for himself with Procoto.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.simplecast.com\/b9535916-725b-4f35-b05a-f13c7d725f37?dark=true&amp;color=4C5949\" width=\"100%\" height=\"200px\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/akpsi.org\/business-edge\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Subscribe to Business Edge<\/a><\/p>\n<p>External Links:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/michaelvfotis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Connect with Michael Otis<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/procoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Procoto<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore the world of startups with this week\u2019s Business Edge guest: Michael Otis! 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