Venture Capital, Business Angels, and Start-ups with INSEAD Professor Henning Piezunka

Henning Piezunka, an Assistant Professor at INSEAD, shared with Rudolf Falat, founder of the Voice of FinTech podcast, what led Henning to choose the academic path, his highly successful workshop Venture Capital, Business Angels, and Start-ups, and key learnings from it.

Among the many interesting points, they have highlighted the following: 

• How Henning got interested in academia and running a business
• The original idea behind Henning's successful workshop "Venture Capital, Business Angels, and Start-ups"
• What the workshop is about
• How the workshop was scaled up
• The major takeaways that entrepreneurs may take away from his webinar, including the main dos and don'ts of presenting to investors
• Any difference in pitching between VCs and business angels?
• Advice for aspiring business angels
• Further recommended reading: Henning's research on competition and cooperation, Chiara Spina's research on experimentation in entrepreneurial firms and the book Getting to Plan B: Breaking Through to a Better Business Model
• Best way to reach out and people Henning would love to hear from