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[S1,E14] “We had a client before we had a product” – How YC alum Pretty Instant pivoted into becoming Uber for photographers

April 13, 2016

Doug Rogers is a co-founder and Director of Product at Pretty Instant – a service that disrupts the industry of hiring photographers for family and business events. Pretty Instant started as an event photo ... Read More...

[S1,E11] “I don’t regret it” — Peeple CEO, Julia Cordray on her controversial app that went infamously viral

March 21, 2016

Interviews, Season 1

Peeple app allows reviewing other people, much like Yelp allows reviewing restaurants, services and places. As soon as the app concept became public, media broke out accusing Peeple's founders of creati... Read More...

[S1,E5] Sitting on both sides of the table. Angel investor and founder of Fabric builds interest driven discovery network

February 2, 2016

Experts, Interviews, Season 1

In today's episode I am very happy to be joined by Jon Vlassopulos — angel investor, entrepreneur and founder of Fabric — a platform to discover new movies, shows and songs with people who share your taste.... Read More...

[S1,E4] “Whenever you are looking for a co-founder, always have that person have some skin in the game other than their sweat equity.” — Neelam Chakrabarty creates Nextdoor for schools and parents

January 28, 2016

Interviews, Season 1

“Sweat equity comes very easily and you can walk away with it as easily, so I made sure that the next co-founder I was willing to go with, had to invest money. Money is hard to part with and is one of the r... Read More...

[S1, E1] “All of a sudden you have a woman as a CEO, and this is just extremely abnormal.” Emmie Chang – Y Combinator graduate and a female solo founder – teaches kids how to code.

January 11, 2016

Interviews, Season 1, Y Combinator

"I literally had to walk in into YC knowing, that they don't like solo founders, especially non-technical, code writing founders, and say in the first 30 seconds in the interview: 'Hey, my co-founder de... Read More...

What questions investors ask startups?

December 2, 2015

Resources

Pitching your own business in front of investors is a skill that is perfected the whole startup life. Luckily, there are some rules, that help us to get prepared and think of what to expect. One of my former bl... Read More...

[S3,E7] The secrets of influencer marketing – Alexa Tonner, Collectively Inc.

[S3,E6] The do's and don'ts in blockchain marketing! – Jesse Ratner, Founder of The Blockchain Agency

[S3,E5] How to pitch your startup to press? Storytelling hacks with Hayley Leibson, Forbes contributor

[S3,E4] Choosing positive vs. negative marketing when fighting fake news - Nicolas Maquaire launches Kloop after a successful exit to Salesforce

[S3,E3] How to use the brand's full potential? – Shift helps military veterans transition into impactful civilian roles

[S3,E2] “Be willing to listen to feedback” - How does Sumo Logic navigate targeting different B2B audiences?

[S1,E14] “We had a client before we had a product” – How YC alum Pretty Instant pivoted into becoming Uber for photographers

[S1,E5] Sitting on both sides of the table. Angel investor and founder of Fabric builds interest driven discovery network

[S1,E4] “Whenever you are looking for a co-founder, always have that person have some skin in the game other than their sweat equity.” — Neelam Chakrabarty creates Nextdoor for schools and parents

[S1, E1] “All of a sudden you have a woman as a CEO, and this is just extremely abnormal.” Emmie Chang – Y Combinator graduate and a female solo founder – teaches kids how to code.

What questions investors ask startups?

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