Original Interview: Nurture Small Business: Selling to a VC? What You Need to Know! Announcer: Welcome to “Nurture Small Business,” creating a thriving space with your host Denise Cagan. Denise is the president of DCA Virtual Business Support and has been a business owner for almost 20 years. DCA Virtual Business Support provides small businesses with an expert pairing of virtual administrative and marketing assistants to match your needs. Learn more at dcavirtual.com. Denise Cagan: Maceo Jourdan is a serial entrepreneur with two decades of building businesses by creating great products and great marketing. His experience spans a widely eclectic mix of practical real‑world experience from the US Army to the cutthroat world of electronic trading. An early pioneer in computerized trading, Maceo built one of the earliest high‑frequency trading systems for the S&P 500. When pay‑per‑click marketing platforms burst onto the scene, he translated his work into massively successful, automated systems for Google and later Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. This sounds so exciting. Maceo, welcome to the show. Maceo Jourdan: Great to be here, Denise. I’m glad we could connect. Denise: Absolutely. In my pre‑conversation with you, I learned that you are quite the serial entrepreneur. Can you …