Podcasts about angelpad

022. Stick-in-a-Box | Dana Severson is Founder of StickinaBox.co, Co-founder of StartupsAnonymous.com, and Director of Marketing at Promoter.io. He is an AngelPad alum, a weekly contributor to Inc.com, and the former CEO of Wahooly. On top of all this, Dana was born with a large forehead and natural ability to develop absurd ideas.  He was immediately drawn to the advertising industry at a very early age.  Growing up, he'd often get caught sipping a three-finger apple juice (disguised as cognac), smoking candy cigarettes, dressed like his favorite superhero, David Ogilvy.  Dana has found therapy by writing on a regular basis for Fastcompany.com, Adage.com, MN Business, and TCBmag.com. *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode with Dana Severson, visit here. ***   Ready to part ways with your land in Mississippi? Visit our Sell My Land Mississippi webpage and discover a straightforward way to say goodbye to your property!

In this episode of the SmartMoney Ventures Podcast, Ry Walker tells the story of his entrepreneurial journey from college dropout to Unicorn success in Cincinnati, Ohio.  In this episode, you will learn:How to build Unicorn software companies in Cincinnati Ohio.Why the entrepreneur's journey is like mountain climbing, where you value the climb more than the peak itself.  How Astronomer & Tembo are commercializing open source platforms and challenging software giants like Oracle and Snowflake.  What NBA Legend LeBron James and startup CEOs have in common.Why we learn more from failure than we do from success.Advice for tech entrepreneurs:  Visit San Francisco, build confidence, pursue speed.  Ry Walker is one of those rare entrepreneurs who sees trends before most other people do.  After dropping out of college at the University of Cincinnati, he got hired to build and deliver IBM clone computers and teach people how to use early PC software tools. Then he founded his first company, SharkBytes, building websites in 1995 in downtown Cincinnati.  He and his brother went to businesses, unplugged their fax machines and showed people the internet, trying to sell them websites, many times being told to plug the fax machine back in. Failure is part of the process, but getting back up is essential.  They built SharkBytes to 30 employees and sold it to a rollup in 1999.  He was a paper millionaire at 27 years old, only to watch it go up in flames in the “dot-bomb” of 2000/2001.  Fast forward to 2015, when he founded Astronomer, a software company that has raised over $280M of venture capital and is valued at over $1 Billion.  He describes Astronomer as a pipeline for data, built on top of Apache Airflow, a Python based open-source workflow management platform.  Ry served as CEO for 4 years, CTO for 2 more years, and left to start another company and become an investor.  In November of 2022, he founded Tembo, a developer platform built on top of PostGres, an open-source relational database management system.  Coming strong out of the gate, he raised a $7 Million dollar seed round led by Venrock with CincyTech, Cintrifuse Capital, Fireroad, Grand Ventures and Wireframe Ventures participating.  Ry believes that commercial platforms built on top of open-source software is the future, and is a founding principle for both Astronomer and Tembo.  Ry has been recognized as a Cincinnati “Top 40 Under 40” and is an AngelPad alum. He loves nature, science, art, sports, and indie game development.  I know that you'll enjoy hearing Ry share his story of entrepreneurship and all the wisdom that he's learned along the way.  Enjoy!

“The medical or the pharmaceutical establishment is coming to terms with the idea that psychedelic medicines can be the future of mental health and can be some of the most impactful treatments that will happen the next five years”This latest episode of The Shape of Work introduces our listeners to Matias Serebrinky, CoFounder and General Partner at PsyMed Ventures, a company that ventures funds & syndicates investing in transformational technologies that elevate mental health & wellness. In this episode, Matias sheds light on the misconceptions of psychedelics and mental health, and mental fitness as a continuum.Matias is a veteran who has an overall work experience of over fifteen years. He has worked at major tech companies such as Sony, Sony Computer Entertainment, and NVIDIA. He has also worked with CookUnity and Business Trip as a CoFounder. He did his Bachelor's Degree from Universidad Torcuato Di Tella and is a graduate of AngelPad.Episode HighlightsMisconceptions about psychedelics and psychedelic treatmentWhat do investors look for in companies that they invest in?The future of psychedelics and the future of technologyChallenges in the psychedelic healing journeyFollow Matias on LinkedinProduced by: Priya BhattPodcast host: Moshe VhanunuAbout Springworks:Springworks is a fully-distributed HR technology organisation building tools and products to simplify recruitment, onboarding, employee engagement, and retention. The product stack from Springworks includes:SpringVerify— B2B verification platformEngageWith— employee recognition and rewards platform that enriches company cultureTrivia — a suite of real-time, fun, and interactive games platforms for remote/hybrid team-buildingSpringRole — verified professional-profile platform backed by blockchain, andSpringRecruit — a forever-free applicant tracking system.Springworks prides itself on being an organisation focused on employee well-being and workplace culture, leading to a 4.8 rating on Glassdoor for the 200+ employee strength company.

Produced by Foundersuite (www.foundersuite.com), "How I Raised It" goes behind the scenes with startup founders and investors who have raised capital. This episode is with Biju Ashokan of Radius Agent (https://www.radiusagent.com/), a platform and tools for real estate agents. In this episode, Biju talks about the evolution of his business, how to position yourself as an industry expert (and why it will improve your odds of raising capital), how to use feedback to initiate relationships with investors, how many meetings it takes for pre-seed, seed and Series A, tips for recruiting a strong team, and more. Radius Agent most recently raised a $13 million Series A round led by NFX. Other investors include Crosscut Ventures, Sixty Degree Capital, Cota Capital, VTF Capital, AngelPad, InnoSpring Seed Fund and others. How I Raised It is produced by Foundersuite, makers of software to raise capital and manage investor relations. Foundersuite's customers have raised over $9 Billion since 2016. Create a free account at www.foundersuite.com.

Today we are joined by Jordan Richardson, a seven figure startup founder who developed his entire business using no code technology.  Jordan went through Angelpad and helps drop some tips on how to get noticed in such a competitive marketplace.  His journey included several ups and downs he'll be discussing and when it's all over, you'll be amazed at what's next.  

Jordan Richardson is the creator of NoCode Advantage, the ultimate academy for tech entrepreneurs and freelancers. Jordan has previously built a successful 7-figure software business using NoCode that was accepted into AngelPad, and is sharing the profitable lessons learned with the NoCode and Startup communities. His Twitter: @NoCodeAdvantage

Can sales enablement be done real-time, in-meeting to scale and win more revenue with your remote customer-facing teams? View the full video interview here. Andrew Levy is the co-founder and CEO of Aircover, a venture-backed company focused on real-time, in-meeting sales tools and intelligence. He has been in the analytics space for over 15 years. He previously was the co-founder/CEO of Crittercism, renamed Apteligent, acquired by VMware. At its peak, Crittercism was deployed on close to a billion devices worldwide. At VMware he led end-user computing analytics & automation. Andrew is a YC and AngelPad alum, and has a BS in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University.

This week we went deep on the growing pains of a startup, from PR nightmares to co-founder breakups, the challenge of shifting from a scarcity to growth mindset, and so much more with Jack Smith, serial entrepreneur & investor. @_jacksmith has co-founded multiple startups: Vungle, Coin, Shyp and advised many others. We talk everything from his startup outgrowing him to his lack of focus getting him to the right place & right time. --Billion Dollar Moves is THE show for the top US-Asia funders, founders, and execs. From building a unicorn to IPO, and scaling a VC firm - all of these efforts require vision from the leaders at the helm. --

Nic Meliones is the co-founder and CEO of Rev, an online accelerator that helps businesses and entrepreneurs bring more meaningful ideas to life. Additionally, Nic co-founded and is CEO of High Growth Ventures, an agency that helps ventures scale their sales and marketing efforts.Previously, Nic co-founded and was CEO of BitWall for nearly 5 years until its acquisition in 2018. BitWall was one of the first venture-backed bitcoin startups and was backed by the likes of Boost VC, Tim Draper, AngelPad, and a variety of angels via an AngelList syndicate. Nic advises and mentors early stage B2B startups and CEOs in blockchain, healthcare, workplace collaboration, and health and wellbeing. He is also a CEO Mentor for startups in the Alchemist, the top ranked B2B startup accelerator.Nic is also a graduate from Duke University. DON'T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-kids-n-the-room/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Michael Winn is the co-founder and CEO of DroneDeploy which is a cloud-based drone mapping and analytics platform to help businesses get things done. The company has raised $100 million from top tier investors which include Bessemer Venture Partners, Threshold, Redpoint, Data Collective DCVC, Uncork Capital, Scale Venture Partners, Emergence, AngelPad, AirTree Ventures, High Alpha, Drone Fund, and Energize Ventures to name a few.

Michael Winn is the co-founder and CEO of DroneDeploy which is a cloud-based drone mapping and analytics platform to help businesses get things done. The company has raised $100 million from top tier investors which include Bessemer Venture Partners, Threshold, Redpoint, Data Collective DCVC, Uncork Capital, Scale Venture Partners, Emergence, AngelPad, AirTree Ventures, High Alpha, Drone Fund, and Energize Ventures to name a few.

Vinay Patankar is the co-founder & CEO of Process Street. Process Street is the simplest way to manage your teams recurring processes and workflows. Process Street makes it easily set up new clients, onboard employees and manage content publishing with Process Street. Process Street is a venture backed SaaS company and AngelPad alum with numerous fortune 500 clients. Salesforce, AirBnB, Yale, GAP and 1000's of other companies rely on Process Street to manage and automate repetitive work in their teams. Vinay was the youngest certified Cisco engineer in Australia at age 16, and is well-versed in IT, Finance, Startup Investment and Software Recruitment. Process Street is his fourth internet company. Ben & Vinay dive into no-code for enterprise and B2B customers, and how process & automation tools are changing the way we do business on scale. Vinay also blogs at Abstract Living about Startups, how to build a blog, Nomadic travel and all things marketing.

022. Stick-in-a-Box | Dana Severson is Founder of StickinaBox.co, Co-founder of StartupsAnonymous.com, and Director of Marketing at Promoter.io. He is an AngelPad alum, a weekly contributor to Inc.com, and the former CEO of Wahooly. On top of all this, Dana was born with a large forehead and natural ability to develop absurd ideas.  He was immediately drawn to the advertising industry at a very early age.  Growing up, he’d often get caught sipping a three-finger apple juice (disguised as cognac), smoking candy cigarettes, dressed like his favorite superhero, David Ogilvy.  Dana has found therapy by writing on a regular basis for Fastcompany.com, Adage.com, MN Business, and TCBmag.com.*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode with Dana Severson, visit here. ***

Jakob Bodenmüller ist Gründer von HIGGS Live. Das junge Unternehmen konzentriert sich auf die Entwicklung von Live Gaming und trifft damit einen Nerv. Als Jakob Bodenmüller das Unternehmen HIGGS gründete, wollte er mit seinen Mitstreitern eine Anwendung schaffen, die sich auf Live-Streaming für mobile Endgeräte konzentriert. Kurz danach bekamen sie einen Platz im AngelPad Programm, einem der gefragtesten StartUp Förderprogramme der Welt. Hier überdachten sie das Konzept ihrer Anwendung und kehrten mit einer Live Gaming Anwendung zurück nach Deutschland. HQ Trivia ist in den USA schon in aller Munde, HIGGS etabliert gerade ein ähnliches Konzept in Deutschland. Pionierkunde: FC Bayern München.

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Dana Severson is Founder of StickinaBox.co, Co-founder of StartupsAnonymous.com, and Director of Marketing at Promoter.io. He is an AngelPad alum, a weekly contributor to Inc.com, and the former CEO of Wahooly. On top of all this, Dana was born with a large forehead and natural ability to develop absurd ideas.  He was immediately drawn to the advertising industry at a very early age.  Growing up, he’d often get caught sipping a three-finger apple juice (disguised as cognac), smoking candy cigarettes, dressed like his favorite superhero, David Ogilvy.  Dana has found therapy by writing on a regular basis for Fastcompany.com, Adage.com, MN Business, and TCBmag.com. *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode with Dana Severson, visit here. ***

During this show, you will discover … That conventional banks are not a great source for startup funding That conventional loans are hard to get That startups cannot meet the requirements for cash flow financing That private investors can want too much of your startup in exchange for cash How unsecured financing can get you some of the highest loan amounts for startups How you can get a loan of five times the amount of your highest revolving credit limit account now That there is NO impact on your personal credit with this type of financing How with good personal credit, you can get unsecured credit cards with approval amounts from $10,000 to $150,000 How with good business credit, you can get unsecured credit cards with $10,000 to $50,000 which report to the credit reporting bureaus How startups can get equipment loans How using your collateral can get you those loans How you can use your 401(k) or your accounts receivable or stocks as collateral How you can use inventory and equipment financing to get loans to get more inventory and equipment! How you can build business credit for your startup How to use crowdfunding to get funding for your business The lowdown on how crowdfunding really works Secrets of success in crowdfunding How specialty companies like AngelPad can fund your startup How you can even get a startup loan or a microloan through the SBA How private equity lines of credit work How house flippers can get house reseller financing How insurance agents can use their book of business for financing How federal, state, and local grants can help finance your startup business

We all hear stories of highly lucrative angel and venture capital investments. But without an existing portfolio and a Rolodex full of Silicon Valley contacts it can be hard to identify the right opportunities. So what are the telltale signs of a founder or company that is destined to succeed? Or the warning signals of one that isn’t? And how do you meet them in the first place? To find out we spoke to Tristan Pollock who, after successful exits from his two previous companies -- Social Earth and Storefront -- has made the move into the venture capital world. Tristan is the entrepreneur in residence and venture partner at 500 Startups. 500 Startups is the world’s most active venture firm based in San Francisco with nodes and investments across the globe, with nearly 2,000 investments in their portfolio since starting out six years ago. In this episode we talk about Tristan’s successful exits from his two companies, Social Wealth and Storefront; his transition to venture capitalist and advisor to startup businesses; and what green and red flags he looks for when evaluating new investment opportunities. Entrepreneur in residence This is a title we’re seeing more often in the venture capital world, says Tristan. Typically, the entrepreneur in residence (EIR) will be brought in on a salary or stipend to assist the firm with their portfolio and in evaluating new potential investments. Usually, the firm will also be investing in the EIR’s next company. This is all a part of the 500 Startups program but in addition, their EIRs will spend time with their accelerator program, advising younger founders and companies on a weekly basis. The 500 Startups accelerator program Through this four month program, Tristan predominantly helps startups in three main areas: Growth For the first two to three months, the focus is on trying every growth experiment possible and on testing and iterating on every available acquisition channel. Storytelling In the last month or two, the focus shifts to how the startups are pitching their companies. This can be a challenge for founders at first because they are so deep in the weeds of their product that it can be difficult to take a step back and simplify their story. Investors need to be able to quickly understand what is interesting about them and what differentiates them from other companies. It’s also important to be able to communicate the problem or pain that a product solves. People need to feel a pain, says Tristan, in order to adopt a new product -- as an investor, or as an end user. Fund raising As part of the program, founders will be introduced to the investor network in San Francisco and coached through the process of finding funding. Bootstrapped vs. venture funded Tristan has experienced both forms of entrepreneurship. His first successful company, Social Earth, was self-funded. Whereas Storefront, his following venture, was backed by 500 Startups and went through their accelerator program. There is no one-size-fits-all route. Some founders want to maintain control of their companies and stay true to their vision for the product.   Others feel that there are skills that they need or a network they need to build, which they can only get access to through an incubator or accelerator program. Tristan describes the 500 Startups accelerator program as an important part of getting him and his company up to ‘San Francisco’ speed, as he calls it. Tristan Pollock’s entrepreneurial story Tristan is a Minnesota kid. He and his co-founder Erik Eliason bootstrapped their first business, Social Earth, with no outside funding and without an existing network. Before Huffington Post’s ‘Impact’ section, there was a huge gap in reporting positive news around the solutions affecting social change. Around the same time, social entrepreneurship, purpose before profit, and the ‘triple bottom line’ were becoming widely recognized terms. They launched Social Earth, a content business, which grew organically and became the leading source of news in the social impact niche and a strong brand, allowing them to be their own bosses and work on a project they really cared about. Three years in, they were approached by a number of potential buyers and sold the company to 3BL Media, which gave them the funds to transition into their next company, Storefront. After taking a break, the co-founders got back together. While walking the streets in Minneapolis and speaking to friends and family, they noticed a trend of vacant storefronts. It turned out that 10% of stores in the US are sitting empty. At the same time, the pop-up retail trend was growing. Many small businesses who couldn’t commit to five-year leases, were looking for short term rentals to hold art exhibitions, launch a fashion brand, etc. Triston and Erik saw an opportunity to create a marketplace to bring these two needs together. In the summer of 2012, they tested the idea in their local area as a basic MVP (Minimum Viable Product) while interviewing for AngelPad, a San Francisco accelerator. They were accepted into the program and at three days notice moved over to California and spent 10 weeks sleeping their four person team in a one bedroom apartment, hacking the first version of Storefront together. After the accelerator program, they reached demo day where they had the opportunity to pitch their new product to investors in just three minutes. Through networking at the event and setting up meetings, they went through a period of five investor pitches per day and were able to close a round of $1.6million in March 2012. They successfully sold the company in 2016 to a French company called Oui Open who was expanding globally and wanted access to the US. After this experience, Tristan wanted an opportunity to give back to the entrepreneurial community, and so came to join 500 Startups. Identifying early stage startups for investment With financial projections and limited quantifiable information, it’s more of an art than a science at the early stage. Tristan talks us through the flags he looks for. Chief among them at this point is to look at the founders and core team. One of the first and most obvious signs is previous experience and past successes. If a founder has proved that they have what it takes to execute by grinding it out on something they care about, then you can feel more confident about their next venture. Listen in to the interview for more. Red flags Tristan relies on pattern recognition to identify warning signs of an inexperienced or untrustworthy founder. Things like: Being very salesy in meetings; A combative relationship with their co-founder - perhaps they haven’t been working together very long; or A know-it-all character that isn’t easily coachable or is closed off to feedback. Instead, he would prefer to see a strong sense of empathy from a founder that can empower people and inspire diverse teams. Tristan has written an article on Silicon Valley etiquette which you can read over here. He has also compiled a list of some of the strangest pitches he has seen, which are certainly red flags. Investing in startups for the first time 500 Startups offers a course through Stanford called VC Unlocked, which can be a good starting point. Outside of that, it’s important to start building a network around VCs and founders that you trust to get introductions to potential opportunities. When you’re starting out as an angel you will need to piggyback on other people because your check size is smaller. You’ll want to get in on opportunities early with founders that have some of the positive signals mentioned above. You may not invest in the first opportunities you are exposed to, but they will give you a valuable learning experience. In many cases, investing in startups is similar to investing in real estate. You may want to have 25-50 investments in your portfolio to increase your odds of one of them bringing a positive return. It’s important to appreciate the passion, grit, and resilience that founders need to display in order to create their companies and so fostering a relationship of respect between investors and founders is key. You can reach Tristan on Twitter @Pollock or his website.

In this episode of Agency 1on1, Bala interviews Josh Garofalo the founder and a Conversion SaaS Copywriter at Sway Copy. He talks about what it takes to be a SaaS Copywriter.Before starting Sway Copy, he led marketing at a VC-funded B2B SaaS startup that went through AngelPad, the #1 accelerator (Forbes, 2015).Today, he writes copy for SaaS companies and digital agencies with SaaS clients. Read more about this interview here -https://www.mondovo.com/blog/saas-copywriter/ To know more about Mondovo, visit https://www.mondovo.com Subscribe to Mondovo Podcast - @digital-marketing-simplified Like us on Facebook - https://facebook.com/Mondovo Follow us on Twitter - https://twitter.com/Mondovo Follow us on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/mondovo Add to your circle in G+ - https://plus.google.com/+MondovoSEO Music: Majestic Casual - Kenny Segal - Procrastination: http://bit.ly/29CWdE2

Ryan Hungate. He’s the co-founder of Simplifeye, it’s the number one technology experience for healthcare providers, patients and their businesses. The company’s platform of software solution health care providers improve productivity, efficiency and profitability. Ryan is an orthodontist and previous Apple retail strategist and Zach is a previous founder and Wall Street alum with a background in Tech MNA. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – The Lean Startup (Zach) What CEO do you follow? – N/A Favorite online tool? — Calendly How many hours of sleep do you get?— 5 (Zach) 3 (Ryan) If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “How difficult business can actually be”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:11 – Nathan introduces Ryan and Zach to the show 01:54 – Ryan’s dad was a doctor 03:00 – Simplifeye tries to make doctors’ lives easier 03:28 – Simplifeye provides the patients’ information before they walk in during checkups 04:03 – Ryan and Zach are VC buddies 04:07 – They’ve raised money from their hedge fund friends 04:12 – They applied at AngelPad 04:35 – Simplifeye was a halfway project and they thought it would be big 04:52 – it was in 2015 when they got into AngelPad 05:02 – Zach gave up hundreds of thousands in a salary when he joined Simplifeye 05:14 – Ryan gave up his $500K salary 05:34 – They rationalize building a startup by getting validation from different capital companies 06:01 – They also know that they can be in every doctor’s office 06:17 – Simplifeye has raised $3.5M 06:24 – Angelpad’s terms 06:50 – It was September 2015 when Ryan and Zach came out to NY and ended up coming out with AngelPad strong 07:21 – Simplifeye’s customers are healthcare practitioners who pay on a monthly basis 07:25 – Simplifeye tries to involve everybody—to teams of doctors, nurses, dentists and others 08:18 – Average pay is $2400 a year 08:39 – Expansion revenue is based on the size of the practice 09:08 – Simplifeye is also HIPAA compliant chat 09:28 – Simplifeye started with the Apple watch 10:00 – Nathan had Laurence Girard on Episode 575 who talked about the HIPAA compliant chat 10:16 – Being HIPAA compliant is a huge advantage for you 10:20 – Doctors communicate with each other in an insecure manner 10:35 – The limited standard 10:56 – Doctors will pay a fee if they break the standard 11:29 – Simplifeye always tries to be transparent 11:46 – Having Simplifeye can make doctors feel better in their daily processes 11:53 – Simplifeye just passed 1000 office signups 12:03 – MRR 12:44 – Simplifeye has 90% annual retention 13:24 – Team size is 13 14:42 – The Famous Five   3 Key Points: Doctors feel more comfortable using HIPAA compliant products and services. You have to trust your product in order to take that leap from the corporate world. Enjoy what you’re doing and believe that you WILL be successful.   Resources Mentioned: The Top Inbox – The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens, and follow-up with email sequences Klipfolio – Track your business performance across all departments for FREE Hotjar – Nathan uses Hotjar to track what you’re doing on this site. He gets a video of each user visit like where they clicked and scrolled to make the site a better experience Acuity Scheduling – Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments Host Gator– The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible Audible– Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Ry Walker. He’s the co-founder and CEO of Astronomer.io, a big data infrastructure company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Astronomer is an AngelPad batch #9 company and has raised $2M from the likes of 500 Startups, CincyTech, Router Ventures and SocialStarts. Astronomer measures, connects and centralizes data—making it super simple for anyone from business users to data scientists to quickly create and monitor their data and pipelines. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – 7 Habits of Highly Effective People What CEO do you follow? –  Dennis Mortensen Favorite online tool? — Fabricator Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— No If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – Ry would tell himself to be bold and to be confident   Time Stamped Show Notes: 02:35 – Nathan introduces Ry to the show 03:17 – Astronomer helps companies figure out how to use their data to benefit their business 03:22 – Astronomer works with early stage startups and big companies 03:41 – Some companies in the web analytics space are Mixpanel, Amplitude, Google Analytics 03:57 – Astronomer helps companies get the right data from their inside companies 04:32 – Astronomer is called data engineering, as a service 04:39 – Astronomer does the work for their customer while building the platform 04:51 – Astronomer has a flat price of 6K and 10K monthly 05:14 – Astronomer has their private cloud edition for their customers 05:33 – Astronomer was launched in May 2015 05:36 – Astronomer was at Collision Conference when they pivoted after the first day 06:13 – They realized that their biggest problem was to get companies to send them the data to run the analysis 06:35 – The number one issue in the space is the onboarding 07:03 – Ry explains the type of company they are 08:02 – The Angelpad is one of the most important pivots Astronomer did 08:13 – Angelpad’s model 08:46 – What Ry was thinking when they got into Angelpad 09:30 – First year revenue 09:38 – 2016 revenue 09:57 – Team size and location 10:08 – Astronomer has raised $2M in 2 years 10:31 – Last round was at $1.1M and a convertible note 10:40 – Average MRR 12:04 – Astronomer currently has 20 customers 12:14 – Customer churn 12:17 – Astronomer currently has a net negative churn of 48% 12:46 – Ry explains the net negative churn of 48% 13:33 – CAC 13:38 – Astronomer just started with paid CAC this year 14:00 – Astronomer started with $600 14:21 – LTV 15:40 – Last round of funding was in August 16:21 – Ry explains the amount they are burning 16:42 – Ry is thinking now of the post-seed round 16:52 – It’s a $3-5 M upround 17:14 – The valuation Ry is aiming for 17:40 – “We don’t really want to bump our valuation too much” 20:30 – The Famous Five   3 Key Points: The number one issue in data analytics is the onboarding. Know your valuation and understand the data that had led you to that valuation. Believe in yourself—be bold and confident.   Resources Mentioned: The Top Inbox  – The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens, and follow-up with email sequences Klipfolio – Track your business performance across all departments for FREE Acuity Scheduling – Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible. Audible – Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books. Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

The Software Process and Measurement Cast 390 features our interview with Vinay Patankar. We discussed his start up Process Street and the path Vinay and his partner took in order to embrace agile because it delivered value, not just because it was cool. We also discussed how Agile fits or helps in a lean start-up and the lessons Vinay wants to pass on to others. Vinay’s Bio: Vinay Patankar is the co-founder and CEO of Process Street, the simplest way to manage your teams recurring processes and workflows. Easily set up new clients, onboard employees and manage content publishing with Process Street. Process Street is a venture-backed SaaS company and AngelPad alum with numerous fortune 500 clients. When not running Process Street, Vinay loves to travel and spent 4 years as a digital nomad roaming the globe running different internet businesses. He enjoys food, fitness and talking shop. Twitter: @vinayp10 Re-Read Saturday News We continue the read Commitment – Novel About Managing Project Risk by Maassen, Matts, and Geary. Buy your copy today and read along (use the link to support the podcast). This week we tackle Chapters Three which explores visualization, knowledge options and focusing on outcomes. Visit the Software Process and Measurement Blog to catch up on past installments of Re-Read Saturday. Upcoming Events I will be at the QAI Quest 2016 in Chicago beginning April 18th through April 22nd. I will be teaching a full day class on Agile Estimation on April 18 and presenting Budgeting, Estimating, Planning and #NoEstimates: They ALL Make Sense for Agile Testing! on Wednesday, April 20th. Register now! I will be speaking at the CMMI Institute’s Capability Counts 2016 Conference in Annapolis, Maryland, May 10th and 11th. Register Now! Next SPaMCAST The next three weeks will feature mix tapes with the “if you could fix two things” questions from the top downloads of 2007/08, 2009 and 2010. I will be doing a bit of vacationing and all the while researching, writing content and editing new interviews for the sprint to episode 400 and beyond.   Shameless Ad for my book! Mastering Software Project Management: Best Practices, Tools and Techniques co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing. We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: “This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, for you or your team.” Support SPaMCAST by buying the book here. Available in English and Chinese.

I have used dozens of process management applications—from Asana and Basecamp to Trello and beyond. But the best business process management software application in my experience is . So I was excited to speak with Vinay Patankar, cofounder and CEO of Process Street, on the Go For Launch podcast. Process Street is the simplest way to manage your team’s recurring processes and workflows. You can use Process Street to do things like easily setting up new clients, onboarding employees and managing content publishing (or podcast production and promotions workflows!). Process Street is a venture backed SaaS company and AngelPad alumnus with numerous Fortune 500 clients. When not running Process Street, Vinay loves to travel and spent four years as a digital nomad roaming the globe and running different Internet businesses. Vinay and I had a wide-ranging conversation about the benefits of process management and why Process Street is helping everyone from entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 companies 10x their business results with more effective, repeatable processes. Check out the many features and benefits of using Process Street to automate your business processes.

In this episode we hear from Vinay Patankar, the CEO of Process Street, an online service to help businesses set up intuitive training programs for tasks and processes using checklist-based workflows that can be sequenced, shared, and reproduced in parallel. Vinay tells us how Process Street works, and shares how the lessons he learned from earlier experiences starting companies helped guide him. He'll tell us about launching his company through AngelPad, finding his cofounder in a hostel in Buenos Aires, and how he suspects that failing to do enough user testing might have helped bring down his last company.

Timo Rein is the co-founder and President of Pipedrive, a simple and visual sales pipeline tool that teams love to use. Timo had a background in sales but always found that existing sales management tools weren’t very helpful. So he and his co-founders set out to build Pipedrive. Timo shares how they got into AngelPad, raised angel and seed funding, acquired their first customers, grew the team, and much more!