BWR 146: How to Raise $1/2 Million For Your Tech Startup When You’re Not a Techie With Nichelle McCall

Published February 18, 2015 | By Katie Krimitsos

How do you become a Biz woman who ROCKS?

Listen to our Interview with Nichelle McCall of BOLD Guidance!

Nichelle McCall started Bold Guidance to help high school students manage the college application process with ease using technology. With years of experience in the college admissions and career counseling space, she spent a lot of time researching and truly understanding the pain points and what her market truly needed. In this amazing interview, Nichelle discusses her passion for helping students and entrepreneurs, what some of the major hiccups were in producing her application, how she structured her co-founder relationship and why getting involved in your local business community could be worth $1/2 million to your business!

Nichelle’s Kick-A$$ Quotes:

I can’t scale myself, but I can scale technology.

Customer engagement is really wanting to know that I am not building this product based on what I think you need, but what I KNOW you need because you told me.