Ep.516 ~ Strategies on Raising $500 Million ~ Punit Dhillon

<p>Punit Dhillon is on The Business Method today here to chat about his strategies that he used to raise $500 million. Punit is a master of using adversity as fuel to exceed all expectations. Starting at nine, he almost drowned in a swimming pool. Twenty years later, he became a competitive swimmer and completed his first of several Ironman Triathlons. Now he is the chairman and CEO of Skye Bioscience Inc., a public pharmaceutical company.</p> <p> </p> <p>Formerly the VP of finance and operations at Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Punit Dhillon raised over $125 million through multiple financings and several licensing deals. He was also instrumental to the successful in-licensing of key intellectual property and a number of corporate transactions, including the acquisition and consolidation ofInovio AS, a Norwegian DNA delivery company, and the merger with VGX Pharmaceuticals.</p> <p> </p> <p>03:18 Who is Punit Dhillon?</p> <p>15:40 Raising Over $500 Million</p> <p>20:42 The First Steps to Raising Money</p> <p>25:20 Getting Past Rejection While Raising Money</p> <p>34:30 Preparing for a Major Investor Pitch</p> <p>40:40 Tips for Those Starting Out to Raise Money</p> <p>45:10 High Performance Tips from Punit</p> <p> </p> <p>Contact Info:</p> <p> </p> <p><a href='https://punitdhillon.com/'>https://punitdhillon.com/</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Subscribe to the Podcast:</p> <p> </p> <p> 🎧 Website: </p> <p>https://www.thebusinessmethod.com/</p> <p> </p> <p>🍏 Apple Podcasts: </p> <p><a href='http://bit.ly/TheBusinessMethod'>http://bit.ly/TheBusinessMethod</a></p> <p> </p> <p>💻 Google Podcasts: </p> <p><a href='http://bit.ly/TheBusinessMethodGooglePodcasts'>http://bit.ly/TheBusinessMethodGooglePodcasts</a></p> <p> </p> <p>🎙Spotify: </p> <p><a href='http://bit.ly/SpotifyTheBusinessMethod'>http://bit.ly/SpotifyTheBusinessMethod</a></p> <p> </p> <p>Follow Chris Reynolds on Social Media:</p> <p> </p> <p>Instagram: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/chrisreynolds