John Livesay is a funding strategist for our Business and Tech CEOs struggling with their investor pitch to become irresistible so they get funded fast. He hosts a podcast The Successful Pitch where he interviews investors and successful startups who share their stories of what it takes to get funded.

He is also a Pitch Mentor for Startfast.net one of the top accelerators in NY as well as sits on the advisory board of numerous startups.  He won the 2012 Conde Nast salesperson of the year for the entire company of over 400 global sales people across 23 brands (W, GQ, Vanity Fair, Wired).  He is also the author of The 7 Most Powerful Selling Secrets which has been translated into Spanish and Russian.