Startup struggles: 3 experienced entrepreneurs share what it took to get their business off the ground

Who: Recess Charlotte owner Markus Hunter, AvidXchange co-founder and CEO Mike Praeger, and The Waggle Company co-founder and CEO Meggie Williams sit down at AvidXchange for a discussion moderated by Charlotte Observer business reporter Katie Peralta.

We recorded the conversation for this week’s CharlotteFive Podcast.

What: At CharlotteFive’s 35 Below speaker series, the three chat about their unique paths that led them to start their companies, how they first secured funding, the nerves that come with hiring your first employee, and the struggles of marketing and getting a new company’s name out to the public, plus so much more.

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This story was originally published November 21, 2017 at 8:00 PM with the headline "Startup struggles: 3 experienced entrepreneurs share what it took to get their business off the ground."