Gaudet's Pet Insurance Startup Lost Millions in Committed Funding in 2000
Charles Gaudet · EP 343: The Fast Way to Make Money In RealEstate with Charles Gaudet · Jul 2, 2016 · at 2:53
Charles Gaudet discusses how the 2000 market crash led to the collapse of his pet health insurance startup.
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“We were nominated as one of the nation's best seed stage companies by Ernst & Young, selected as such by Venture One. We had several million committed to us by a venture capitalist, and when the crash of 2000 happened the venture capitalist he, well, actually, he was more of a private investor walked in the boardroom with my team and said, hey guys, you know, the crash happened. All the money's dried up.”
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