Last month, Robby Stein and his team of 10 relaunched their mobile app startup, Stamped.
The relaunch was supported by a star-studded list of investors including Justin Bieber, Ryan Seacrest and Ellen DeGeneres.
How do Hollywood A-listers decide which startups to invest in? And how do founders reach these seemingly untouchable people in the first place?
We asked Stein to spill.
In short, he said he knew people who knew people. Some celebrities he spoke with personally, others he spoke with their managers. But both ways led to money in the bank.
Here's how Stein got his high-profile crop of investors, and why he relauched his startup, Stamped:
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