Jude Gomila: Breaking into high-end markets is easier than low-end markets
Jude Gomila · 20VC: Lessons from 150 Angel Investments into the likes of Carta, Gusto, Airtable and Superhuman, Creating Algorithms and Models For Investing At Seed & Why Younger Investors Have An Advantage When It Comes To Finding Deals Early with Jude Gomila, Angel I · Feb 11, 2020 · at 6:15
Jude Gomila, founder and angel investor, reflects on selling digital photo frames into luxury retailers like Harrods and Selfridges during his early entrepreneurial ventures.
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“We actually found it very difficult to get into the low end of the market and the high end of the market was actually easier to sell into, which was very surprising. And that led to a lesson of sell high, like your prices should be high.”
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