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2 episodes with building a unicorn
2 episodes with building a unicorn
2 episodes with building a unicorn
2 episodes with building a unicorn
2 episodes with building a unicorn
2 episodes with building a unicorn
Jordane Giuly, CEO and Co founder of Defacto, joins the show to talk about- Jordan'e experience building a Unicorn at Spendesk and the decision to walk away from the successful startup he co-founded.- The three bets that Jordane and team are making to go big with Defacto.- Building his startup in Paris vs. Silicon Valley, and the benefits of building outside of the US.- Lessons learned from fundraising for Defacto vs. Spendesk, the importance of balancing transparency and confidence when going through challenging times, as well as the importance of remembering to find joy in what you're building.
Karthik Sridharan is the co-founder and CEO of Flexiple, a startup fully focused on tech talent hiring. Karthik champions bootstrapping and talks about the nuances of building a bootstrapped business and the real reasons to raise VC money. He shares amazing insights about the approach to building a business and what entrepreneurship is all about, why it is hard and how working backwards from a certain goal helps you get there. Topics: 00:00 Intro 02:47 Bootstrapping Vs VC funding 12:55 First step is not funding 25:03 Idea to product to company 37:54 Deciding to be an entrepreneur 46:07 Getting the first 10 customers 48:07 Growing from 10 to 100 customers 57:07 Building content for Business 01:02:50 Extending your brand 01:11:40 Service Vs Products Business 01:17:07 Keeping the team lean/small 01:24:43 Conclusion Don't miss out on this insightful episode of Startup Operator Podcast, where you'll gain valuable lessons for sustainable business growth. ------------------------------------- Click here to get regular WhatsApp updates:https://www.whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaA80HPIN9ixCWykZO1C ------------------------------------- Follow The Startup Operator: Twitter: https://twitter.com/OperatorStartupLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/startup-operatorInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/startup_operator/ ------------------------------------- If you liked this episode, let us know by hitting the like button and sharing it with your friends and family!
Discover the heartwarming journey of CarDekho, India's very own success story, born in a small town and fueled by the family values of Bharat. Amit shares deeply personal stories, invaluable insights from building up the gigantic yet nimble tech startup, and some essential principles for aspiring founders.For more such interesting founder journeys, subscribe to our newsletter www.founderthesis.comRead more about CarDekho:-1.Meet Amit Jain, Ratan Tata-backed CEO, went bankrupt, now owns Rs 10,000 crore company2.Shark Tank India: Why CarDekho's Amit Jain believes in ‘pehle banda phir dhandha'3.Who is a perfect startup founder? Shark Tank India's Amit Jain tells us4.'You don't have to shift to Mumbai or Bengaluru to become a successful entrepreneur,' says CarDekho's Amit Jain
Discover what it really takes to build a unicorn company with another dope creator, Suneera Madhani. Suneera started Stax Payments from nothing, scaling it to become the fastest-growing fintech company in America, before exiting at over $1 billion in revenue, and 500 employees. Suneera's all about women's empowerment and showing that People of Color can build billion-dollar businesses, and she loves sharing her story so others like her can see what's really possible for them. Get tickets for our podcast launch tour at https://www.billiondollarcreator.com
Discover how three breakout SaaS companies scaled from an idea to hundreds of employees and $1B+ valuations, all while living their values along the way. Notion COO Akshay Kothari, Motive CEO and Founder Shoaib Makani, and CEO and Co-Founder of Incredible Health Iman Abuzeid share the secrets of ensuring their company-centered values and purpose remained an anchor amidst hypergrowth. Moderated by Laura Weidman Powers, Operating Partner at Base10 Partners. As we dive into these three highly successful companies, we'll talk about their values, the process of creating them, and the right time for founders to create their own values.
Christina Cacioppo, Co founder and CEO of Vanta, joins the show to talk aboutHow Christina's experience as a PM at Dropbox gave her the insight to starting Vanta.Current state of the security and compliance industry and why it's primed to explode.The impact that AI will have on security.Should founders raise strategic capital? And at what stage does it make sense to do so?Your startup is special, but not THAT special, and the hiring plan to support it.
"Every time we scale, I rethink the problem and how we are solving it…” Listen in as Josh Benadiva hosts Ariel Cohen, CEO and Co-Founder of Navan. This episode is a riveting exploration of Ariel's journey in tackling evolving challenges and driving continuous product innovation as his business scales. Ariel shares his unique approach to product development and organizational alignment. He discusses how he and his co-founder initially reimagined enterprise travel management software with a focus driving win-wins for companies and their employees. As the CEO and Co-Founder of Navan, Ariel is focused on the company's growth. This is Ariel's second company he founded with Co-founder and CTO Ilan Twig –– the most recent being StreamOnce, a business multimedia integration platform which was acquired by Jive Software. Prior to StreamOnce, Ariel led Product Management in a senior leadership role at Hewlett-Packard. Ariel earned an EMBA from Northwestern University –– Kellogg School of Management. Navan (formerly TripActions) was founded in 2015 and is the next generation of corporate travel and expense management software that allows users to easily book, view, and manage business travel and expenses. Navan has also recently launched a corporate credit card alongside its travel and expense management technology.
“If you think there's something that needs to be changed in the world, I think that starting a company is the best and easiest way to achieve that change.”For our penultimate episode in this VC feature, we're joined by Suranga Chandratillake OBE, former engineer and entrepreneur, now General Partner at Balderton Capital, one of Europe's leading early stage technology venture capital firms. Before joining the world of VC, Suranga founded blinkx, an intelligent video search engine, which he took public and reached a peak market cap of $1bn. Now mainly investing at Series A, Suranga has backed some huge names in the industry, including Tessian, Wayve and Beauty Pie.Tune in to this week's episode to find out more about: ➡️ How Bill Gates sparked his curiosity for entrepreneurship [05:23] ➡️ His Silicon Valley inspired business, bllinkx [07:40] ➡️ Building a business from 0-$200m a year [10:06] ➡️ Overcoming common Founder challenges [13:12] ➡️ Transitioning from Founder to Investor [16:47]➡️ Why empathy is so important [20:26] ➡️ Helping Founders change the world at Balderton Capital [23:21] ➡️ Red flags when assessing Founders [27:10] ➡️ Advice for Founders on building healthy habits, while spinning many plates [32:23] ➡️ Championing diversity in the VC ecosystem [37:27] ⛳ Helpful links:➡️ Connect with Suranga: https://www.linkedin.com/in/suranga-chandratillake-6a839363/➡️ More about Balderton Capital: https://www.balderton.com/ ⭐Enjoyed this episode?⭐️Keep up to date with all our latest episodes, by hitting the subscribe button on your favourite podcast platform. And for any feedback on what you enjoy the most and ideas on what we can do to make 40 Minute Mentor even better, please leave us a review on https://ratethispodcast.com/40mm
Zhuoji Zhou is the Co-Founder & Chief Engineer at Magic Eden. Zhuoji's Twitter: @zhouzhuojie Magic Eden's Twitter: @MagicEden Magic Eden's Website: https://magiceden.io/ Logan Jastremski's Twitter: @LoganJastremski Frictionless's Twitter: @_Frictionless_ Frictionless's Website: https://frictionless.fund/ ___ This Podcast was sponsored by Squads (https://squads.so) & Orca (https://www.orca.so/). Squads Protocol: the multisig standard you were looking for on Solana Securely manage your treasury, program upgrades and tokens with your Squad. - Multi-signature - A multisig requires multiple digital signatures in order to approve transactions. This is opposed to individual web3 wallets, which only require one signature. - Security - Multisigs spread the attack vector necessary for your assets to be compromised. By requiring confirmations from multiple private keys, a single point of failure is eliminated. - Collective Ownership - Multisigs allow teams to own and manage their on-chain assets together. You get to choose who is on your multisig. - Self-Custody - Your on-chain assets are always in your team's control. By securing them in a multisig, you forego the risk of centralized entities losing your funds. ___ Orca is a Concentrated Liquidity Automated Market Maker (CLAMM, for short). - Orca is the easiest place to trade crypto and build applications on Solana. - On Orca, you can trade tokens lightning fast and confidently (thanks to our Fair Price Indicator). Additionally, you can provide liquidity to our concentrated liquidity pools (Whirlpools) to earn trading fees and token emissions.
Disruptors for GOOD is presented by: One Tree PlantedPlant a Tree with One Tree Planted - Learn More---> Check out the Causeartist Partners here.---> Subscribe to the Causeartist Newsletter here.In Episode 172 of the Disruptors for Good podcast, I speak with Tanis Jorge, Co-founder of Co-founder of Trulioo and The Cofounder's Hub, on building a unicorn tech company and the importance of a choosing the right cofounder.Tanis is a serial tech entrepreneur and a leading advisor on entrepreneurship and building successful cofounder partnerships.Over the course of her career in startups, spanning the last 20 years, Tanis has cofounded, scaled, and successfully exited multiple, data-driven businesses with the same partner. Her successes culminated with her most recent venture, Trulioo, which she co-founded in 2011. Between 2011 and 2015, Tanis served as Chief Operations Officer of Trulioo, working to lay the groundwork and build the foundation for the trusted, innovative, and disruptive company it has become today. In 2021, Trulioo reached "unicorn" status, solidifying both its place as the world's leading identity verification company and Jorge's track record for founding successful businesses.Today, Tanis is one of the go-to voices and experts on the cofounder relationship. Author of The Cofounder's Handbook and Founder of The Cofounder's Hub, her work focuses on how cofounders can function in an open, productive, and symbiotic way to ensure continued and long-term business success. ---> Check out the Causeartist Partners here.---> Subscribe to the Causeartist Newsletter here.
[2:00] - How the SVB crisis unfolded at Payhawk[6:23] - The 3 most important ingredients for building a successful unicorn[16:19] - Validating your company idea[18:19] - 60 rejections. How Payhawk overcame the biggest objection from VCs[28:35] - Leading through crisis[31:54] - Competition - Use data not marketing to assess competition[36:18] - Trends in Fintech: the payment gapCompany link:PayhawkBook recommendation:Proving Ground: The Inside Story of the 1998 Sydney to Hobart Boat Race
Shashank Kumar is co-founder of Razorpay - a $7.5B fintech giant in India. He graduated from IIT Roorkee, worked at Microsoft in Seattle, was driving Mustang, and still felt he could do more. So he flew back to India and built a unicorn. We talked about life post-graduation, living in US, convincing dad to move back to India, early days of Razorpay, getting into YC, imposter syndrome, and much more. SPONSORS BridgeUp: DM me on Twitter to raise $100,000+ in non-dilutive capital Listnr: https://listnr.tech/?via=prashant Dukaan: https://mydukaan.io/ Recast: https://recast.studio/ GUEST LINKS Twitter: https://twitter.com/shashank_kr LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kumarshashank/ CONNECT Prashant Bagga: https://linktr.ee/prashantpbagga Billion Moonshots: https://linktr.ee/billionmoonshots OUTLINE (0:00) Driving Mustang at 22 (4:58) Life in US post IIT (9:02) Origin of Razorpay (15:03) Dad's reaction to coming back home (18:06) Finding Product-Market Fit (21:20) How Y Combinator took growth to another level (26:21) Paid 25 lacs to get a Payment Gateway License (30:20) Imposter Syndrome (34:51) Hiring first 10 employees (38:53) The story behind the name 'Razorpay' (40:43) RBI driving innovation in the Indian fintech ecosystem (43:08) Living with co-founder even today (44:57) Future of Tier 3 & Tier 4 cities (48:12) Philosophy of Money (52:07) Day in Life as CTO of a unicorn (54:13) Razorpay's Web3 strategy (56:45) Reverse Brain Drain (1:02:56) Dad's Reaction today [MUST WATCH] TOP EPISODES 75: Kyla Scanlon, Founder of Bread 74: Adam Jackson, Co-founder of Braintrust 68: Natalie Brunell on Everything Bitcoin 62: Suumit Shah, CEO of Dukaan 10: Aryaman Maheshwari, Software Engineer at Google (Hindi) Past guests of Billion Moonshots include Suumit Shah, Natalie Brunell, Kyla Scanlon, Danielle Strachman, Chirag Taneja, Suhas Motwani, Aditya Mohanty, Jan-Philipp Peters, Mo Islam, Peer Richelsen, Justin Nguyen, Paul Griffiths, Gautam Gupta, Sang Le, Rahul Rana, Grace Ling, Joseph Choi and many more.
This podcast interview focuses on product innovation that's build to offload operational complexities of a SaaS business, so they can focus on growth. My guest is Christian Owens, Founder and CEO of Paddle. Leave a comment or a question for Christian or Ton Christian Owens is a tech entrepreneur on a mission. He learned to build websites when he was 12 years old. He dropped out of school when I was 16 and started his first software company. That grew to be a £3-4m business in 18 months. It was through running that business that I encountered the problem that we try and solve at Paddle. In 2012, Christian founded Paddle with his co-founder Harrison. Its mission: To help SaaS companies navigate the revenue journey at every stage. Paddle offers SaaS companies a completely different approach to their payment infrastructure. Instead of assembling and maintaining a complex stack of payments-related apps and services, Paddle acts as a merchant of record for its customers, taking away 100% of the pain of payment fragmentation. It's faster, safer, simpler, and above all, way better. This is the short story of a company that grew its valuation to $1.4B in just ten years. And this inspired me, and hence I invited Christian to my podcast. We explore the journey Christian went through to claim Unicorn status. Christian elaborates on the holistic mission principles that underpin his business and how that has helped to build defensible differentiation and the foundation to scale from the start. Lastly, he talks about what it takes to get customers happily pay a premium for products that are not exactly sexy. Here's one of his quotes: If the whole crux of like why your product is valuable, or your business is valuable, is dependent on a single feature, that's really dangerous. However, if it's dependent on a fundamentally different way of thinking about doing your thing. That's great. That gives you a clear, strong differentiation between those folks to be able to go and compete. But there is a difference between competing on that feature function kind of "oh, we have the magic bullet", which is a complete myth and never exists. Versus we're trying to take the same problem and almost just flip it on its head and think about it from a different direction. During this interview, you will learn four things: How to avoid your Marketing team writing checks that the product can't cash Why you should avoid making the unsexy sexy if your product is not the coolest thing in the world Why you should not focus on trying to create the one magic bullet of a feature - and what to do instead How guarantees, where you promise to pay for damage, creates a mindset internally that can become your competitive advantage For more information about the guest from this week: Christian Owens Website Paddle Leave a comment or a question for Christian or Ton Subscribe to the Daily SaaS Reflection Get my free, 2 min daily reflection on shaping a B2B SaaS business no one can ignore. Subscribe here Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Bryant Chou, Co founder and CTO of Webflow, joins the show to talk aboutBryant, Sergie and Vlad's journey to building a unicorn, and the three signals that gave Bryant conviction they were on to something really big with WebflowBryant's suggestions for entrepreneurs looking for a technical co founder and traits of what makes an exceptional founding CTOWebflow's origins as a self-service business and how the company has matured into an enterprise grade solution
Episode 17: Today, hosts Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) and Jesse Pujji (@jspujji) are joined by fellow startup entrepreneur Jonathan Swanson. Jonathan is the co-founder and chairman of Thumbtack—a massive technology leader building the modern home management platform. In this episode, Jonathan tells Alex and Jesse all about how he and his co-founders came up with the idea for Thumbtack, the turning points and oh-sh*t moments of growing the business, and his genius delegation tactics that save him hundreds of hours over the course of a year. Time Mapping: (00:50) - Intro (01:51) - Start of Jonathan Swanson interview (04:04) - What keeps Jonathan motivated, even after all of his career success (05:21) - Jonathan Swanson's upbringing and background (06:20) - Why Jonathan decided to pursue entrepreneurship (09:23) - The early days of starting Thumbtack (15:48) - The moment that changed everything for Thumbtack (17:09) - How Jonathan navigates his co-founder relationship (22:00) - The event that almost killed Thumbtack (27:00) - The overseas employee that changed Jonathan's trajectory (30:20) - Jonathan's career path after Thumbtack (33:40) - Jonathan's tips for how to delegate as a leader (41:21) - Jonathan's other businesses (45:00) - How Jonathan hacks his personal life Subscribe to Morning Brew! Sign up for free today: https://bit.ly/morningbrewyt Follow The Brew! Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/morningbrew/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/MorningBrew Tik Tok - https://www.tiktok.com/@morningbrew YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@TheCrazyOnesPod Follow Our Hosts! Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista) Jesse Pujji (@jspujji)
Philip is passionate about helping e-commerce entrepreneurs realize the full value of their brands. He is the co-founder and co-CEO of Opontia, the only digital-first consumer goods group in EEMEA. Opontia was one of the fastest companies in MENA to raise over 40 million dollars in under 9 months. The company was featured as #12 on the Forbes Top 50 Most Funded Startups list in 2021. Prior to founding Opontia, Philip worked for 2 years at McKinsey in their Dubai office on e-commerce strategy, private equity, and post-merger integration. He also spent 2 years working in venture capital across Africa and 5 years in banking between London, Singapore, and New York. He holds an MPA from Harvard University, an MBA from The Wharton School, an MA in Mathematics from Columbia University, and is a CFA Charterholder. In this episode, Philip shares with us his journey of founding Opontia by reflecting on his past and present. Key Timestamps: - [00:46] Introducing Philip and Opontia - [03:10] Philip's Educational Investment - [06:40] Opontia Launch - [10:25] The Founding Team - [12:10] Breaking Records - [14:20] What VCs Look For - [15:40] Leading in Chaos - [19:10] Startups, Governance, and Leadership - [23:00] Fire Round Key Quotes from Philip Johnston: - “Your chance of founding a unicorn if you do go to an ivy league is 500 times higher” - “I looked at all the companies which produce the highest number of unicorn founders” - “It took a week to raise $3.5M in seed from scratch with no deck or model” - “You should be looking for the idea that best fits with your founding teams' skill set” - “You need either an extremely credible founding team or a lot of convincing traction” - “Leadership is a choice; anyone can be a leader if they decide to be” --- About Ally Salama: Forbes 30 Under 30:https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/30-under-30-2021/ally-salama/ Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/allysalama/ Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/allysalama/ Twitter:https://twitter.com/allysalama About Philip Johnston: Website:https://opontia.com/ LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnstonphilip/ TechCrunch:https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/08/opontia-gets-42m-to-buy-more-e-commerce-brands-in-eastern-europe-middle-east-and-africa/ --- Support the show by dropping us a rating and review! ©Ally Salama 2022 | Produced by https://www.empwrhouse.com/ ( EMPWR House)
Philip is passionate about helping e-commerce entrepreneurs realize the full value of their brands. He is the co-founder and co-CEO of Opontia, the only digital-first consumer goods group in EEMEA. Opontia was one of the fastest companies in MENA to raise over 40 million dollars in under 9 months. The company was featured as #12 on the Forbes Top 50 Most Funded Startups list in 2021. Prior to founding Opontia, Philip worked for 2 years at McKinsey in their Dubai office on e-commerce strategy, private equity, and post-merger integration. He also spent 2 years working in venture capital across Africa and 5 years in banking between London, Singapore, and New York. He holds an MPA from Harvard University, an MBA from The Wharton School, an MA in Mathematics from Columbia University, and is a CFA Charterholder. In this episode, Philip shares with us his journey of founding Opontia by reflecting on his past and present.Key Timestamps:- [00:46] Introducing Philip and Opontia- [03:10] Philip's Educational Investment- [06:40] Opontia Launch- [10:25] The Founding Team- [12:10] Breaking Records - [14:20] What VCs Look For- [15:40] Leading in Chaos- [19:10] Startups, Governance, and Leadership- [23:00] Fire RoundKey Quotes from Philip Johnston:- “Your chance of founding a unicorn if you do go to an ivy league is 500 times higher”- “I looked at all the companies which produce the highest number of unicorn founders”- “It took a week to raise $3.5M in seed from scratch with no deck or model”- “You should be looking for the idea that best fits with your founding teams' skill set”- “You need either an extremely credible founding team or a lot of convincing traction”- “Leadership is a choice; anyone can be a leader if they decide to be”---About Ally Salama:Forbes 30 Under 30:https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/lists/30-under-30-2021/ally-salama/ Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/allysalama/Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/allysalama/Twitter:https://twitter.com/allysalamaAbout Philip Johnston:Website:https://opontia.com/LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnstonphilip/TechCrunch:https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/08/opontia-gets-42m-to-buy-more-e-commerce-brands-in-eastern-europe-middle-east-and-africa/---Support the show by dropping us a rating and review!©Ally Salama 2022 | Produced by https://www.empwrhouse.com/ ( EMPWR House)
Recently the trend in startups has been around growing fast, scaling faster, and becoming humongous with viral products, ideas & marketing. But in most cases, such ideas come crashing down in a short span of time, because of the lack of depth either in the product or the customer base.In this episode, almost after a year and half since we published NoBroker Founder Amit Agarwal's episode, we have with us his Co-founder Akhil Gupta to talk more about their journey of building NoBroker with depth in every market and focus on customers over the last 10 years. During the episode, Akhil shares the ups and downs in their journey, along with the initial response they got while they were trying to raise their first round, what are his thoughts about the current & future of the housing market in India, and more.Notes - 01:26 - Early Product Market Fit moment for NoBroker07:19 - Clarity to make NoBroker the largest Real Estate solution in India 08:53 - The most challenging obstacles13:35 - Defining moments in their journey15:19 - Mistakes they made being founders16:46 - Key factors why they succeeded 20:35 - Zoho Sponsored – Prashant Ganti on What does Zoho Payroll do and what's the story behind it? 21:36 - Future Plans23:41 - How they become the Amazon of Real Estate25:16 - Passion behind starting NoBroker30:40 - Why they got rejected by so many VCs32:29 - Realistic way of building a sustainable growing startup38:07 - Reason behind the sky-rocketing of rentals in Bangalore42:04 - Impact of global factors on the Indian Housing market Also, try out a 30-day free trial of Zoho Payroll, and simplify your Payroll journey as an entrepreneur! https://zoho.to/zoho-payrollAlso, try out a 30-day free trial of Zoho Payroll, and simplify your Payroll journey as an entrepreneur! https://zoho.to/zoho-payroll
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Welcome to Episode #476 with Oscar Höglund, co-founder and CEO of Epidemic Sound, a MusicTech company on a mission to soundtrack the world. During this episode, we talk about disrupting the music industry with technology. Historically, the relationship between technology and the music industry has been a complex one. But over the past 10 years, we have seen technological innovations that has help musicians and content creators create, spread and publicise their music quicker than ever before. Here are some highlights: Life is about accumulating moments. II's more than just about passing the time. You want to accumulate moments that matter. Look forward and look backward at the same time. Live most of your life in the future. Reminisce back because there is wisdom and there are learnings so we don't make the same mistake again and again. Don't let your circumstances dictate your outcome. Be a product of your choice. Your choices are what going to make a huge a difference in your life. Sponsored by Whole Supp. Shake up your nutrition and improve your gut health, immunity, recovery and energy with a complete, sustainable, plant-based nutrition. Exclusive 15% discount for Screw It Just Do It listeners using the code WHOLESUPP15. Learn more about the contents discussed in this episode: Connect with Oscar via LinkedIn Check out royalty free music via Epidemic Sound website for your creative works
Shane Hegde, CEO of Air, discusses how marketing strategies can affect your company's valuation. As your company grows, it's inevitable that your metrics will start to change. And, as companies look to scale their marketing activities, they're going to have to make the shift towards organic marketing channels to ensure that spending remains minimal while growth occurs. Today, Shane talks about his 100 million dollar plan for building a unicorn in 24 months. Show NotesConnect With:Shane Hegde: Website // LinkedInThe MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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Shane Hegde, CEO of Air, discusses how marketing strategies can affect your company's valuation. As your company grows, it's inevitable that your metrics will start to change. And, as companies look to scale their marketing activities, they're going to have to make the shift towards organic marketing channels to ensure that spending remains minimal while growth occurs. Today, Shane talks about his 100 million dollar plan for building a unicorn in 24 months. Show NotesConnect With:Shane Hegde: Website // LinkedInThe MarTech Podcast: Email // Newsletter // TwitterBenjamin Shapiro: Website // LinkedIn // TwitterSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Welcome to the trailer for Episode #476 with Oscar Höglund, co-founder and CEO of Epidemic Sound, a MusicTech company on a mission to soundtrack the world. In this Wednesday's episode, Oscar and I will be talking about disrupting the music industry with technology. Historically, the relationship between technology and the music industry has been a complex one. But over the past 10 years, we have seen technological innovations that has help musicians and content creators create, spread and publicise their music quicker than ever before. Here are some highlights: Life is about accumulating moments. II's more than just about passing the time. You want to accumulate moments that matter. Look forward and look backward at the same time. Live most of your life in the future. Reminisce back because there is wisdom and there are learnings so we don't make the same mistake again and again. Don't let your circumstances dictate your outcome. Be a product of your choice. Your choices are what going to make a huge a difference in your life. Sponsored by Whole Supp. Shake up your nutrition and improve your gut health, immunity, recovery and energy with a complete, sustainable, plant-based nutrition. Exclusive 15% discount for Screw It Just Do It listeners using the code WHOLESUPP15. Join us on Wednesday for the full episode.
Southeast Asia is home to 35 unicorns – companies with a valuation of US$1 billion dollars. How does a start-up turn into a unicorn? Money Mind's Jonathan Peeris speaks to Vinnie Lauria, founding partner at Golden Gate Ventures, Kiren Kumar, deputy chief executive for development at the Infocomm Media Development Authority and Marcus Tan, co-founder of Carousell.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Southeast Asia is home to 35 unicorns – companies with a valuation of US$1 billion dollars. How does a start-up turn into a unicorn? Money Mind's Jonathan Peeris speaks to Vinnie Lauria, founding partner at Golden Gate Ventures, Kiren Kumar, deputy chief executive for development at the Infocomm Media Development Authority and Marcus Tan, co-founder of Carousell.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Shashank Kumar is co-founder of Razorpay - a $7.5B fintech giant in India. He graduated from IIT Roorkee, worked at Microsoft in Seattle, was driving Mustang, and still felt he could do more. So he flew back to India and built a unicorn. We talked about life post-graduation, living in US, convincing dad to move back to India, early days of Razorpay, getting into YC, imposter syndrome, and much more. SPONSORS BridgeUp: DM me on Twitter to raise $100,000+ in non-dilutive capital Listnr: https://listnr.tech/?via=prashant Dukaan: https://mydukaan.io/ Recast: https://recast.studio/ GUEST LINKS Twitter: https://twitter.com/shashank_kr LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kumarshashank/ CONNECT Prashant Bagga: https://linktr.ee/prashantpbagga Billion Moonshots: https://linktr.ee/billionmoonshots OUTLINE (0:00) Driving Mustang at 22 (4:58) Life in US post IIT (9:02) Origin of Razorpay (15:03) Dad's reaction to coming back home (18:06) Finding Product-Market Fit (21:20) How Y Combinator took growth to another level (26:21) Paid 25 lacs to get a Payment Gateway License (30:20) Imposter Syndrome (34:51) Hiring first 10 employees (38:53) The story behind the name 'Razorpay' (40:43) RBI driving innovation in the Indian fintech ecosystem (43:08) Living with co-founder even today (44:57) Future of Tier 3 & Tier 4 cities (48:12) Philosophy of Money (52:07) Day in Life as CTO of a unicorn (54:13) Razorpay's Web3 strategy (56:45) Reverse Brain Drain (1:02:56) Dad's Reaction today [MUST WATCH] TOP EPISODES 75: Kyla Scanlon, Founder of Bread 74: Adam Jackson, Co-founder of Braintrust 68: Natalie Brunell on Everything Bitcoin 62: Suumit Shah, CEO of Dukaan 10: Aryaman Maheshwari, Software Engineer at Google [Hindi] Past guests of Billion Moonshots include Shashank Kumar, Suumit Shah, Natalie Brunell, Kyla Scanlon, Danielle Strachman, Chirag Taneja, Suhas Motwani, Aditya Mohanty, Jan-Philipp Peters, Mo Islam, Peer Richelsen, Justin Nguyen, Paul Griffiths, Gautam Gupta, Sang Le, Rahul Rana, Grace Ling, Joseph Choi and many more.
Evolve CPG - Brands for a Better WorldA behind the scenes look at the leaders, brands, and products that are changing the world.Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify
Careers are a funny thing. We build them and nurture them and then, for some of us, we switch gears and chase our dream to build a unicorn startup. It can be a scary place for most folks. But when you have an established career in the healthcare space, you've got a lot of leverage that you might not know you can capitalize on. This week, we sit down with John Figueroa, Founder and CEO of Carepath Rx. He shares some of the strategies he used to do just that: chase the dream of a unicorn startup that changes healthcare - for the better. Touching on everything from how to leverage relationships you've built over the years to understanding the criteria and framework for a true unicorn business, John brings it all to the table for listeners. Maybe you've been thinking about how you need a change, or want to make a difference, or would really like to put your idea to the test. Whatever your reasons, if you're considering a change in perspective for your career, you're going to want to tune in! Here are the show highlights: Switching gears from an established career to a startup (7:11) How to leverage your experience (and relationships) to open doors (11:28) Why service innovation is a form of product innovation (14:01) How digital technology can make America healthier (17:39) A breakdown of the unicorn criteria (18:36) Healthcare trends to watch for (23:55) Guest Bio John Figueroa is the Chairman and CEO of CarepathRx, a company providing innovative pharmacy solutions to hospital health systems. In his 30-year career in the healthcare industry, John has served as CEO of Genoa Health, Chairman and CEO of Apria Healthcare Group and Coram LLC, CEO and Board Member of Omnicare, Inc. and President of McKesson Corporation's U.S. Pharmaceutical Group. Honored with the Distinguished Alumnus and Pepperdine Graziadio Business School Inspired Leadership Award, he went on to receive the Supply Chain Executive of the Decade award from the Global Supply Chain Leaders Group (GSCLG) and served as a Commissioned Officer in the United States Army as well as serving with the 12th Special Forces Group. John received his Bachelor's degrees in both English Literature and Political Science from the University of California at Los Angeles, and his Master's Degree in Business Administration from Pepperdine University. If you'd like to know more about John and CarepathRx, visit their website at carepathrxllc.com.
My guest for this episode is, Kris Rudeegraap, CEO & Co-Founder @ Sendoso... Connect with Kris - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rudeegraap/
Ali Tamaseb, Founder & CEO of BootstrapLabs, a leading Artificial Intelligence Venture Capital firm that manages more than $2 billion discusses innovation, unicorns, billion-dollar ideas, and everything in between from his new book “Super Founders.” Garnering wisdom from his vast career as investor, advisor, founder, and leader, in his new book, Ali explains the burning questions that drove him to research and identify the traits of a super founder and what makes a billion-dollar startup. Sharing insights from the over 35,000 data points collected over four years, advice for best pitches, and what makes a million-dollar business, Ali debunks myths about entrepreneurship, startups, and bursting the proverbial bubble. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jason Boehmig, CEO of Ironclad, joins the podcast to discuss his journey launching a revolutionary software company disrupting the legal industry. Jason and his team have raised capital from some of the best VCs in the world, including Accel and Sequoia, and we dive into the process of successfully fundraising in Silicon Valley. Jason also talks about the insights he learned from his time on Wall Street, how he went about early product development, and the importance of avoiding feature creep as a software company scales. Other topics include the evolving role of the CEO, goal setting and change management, strategies for hiring, and relationship building.
On this episode of the Startup of the Year Podcast, Frank Gruber, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Established and Co-Founder of Established Ventures, talks with Brian Murphy, who is the Founder and CEO of ReliaQuest. ReliaQuest is the leader in Open XDR-as-a-Service and they are known for being the force multiplier for security operations teams. Frank also again talks about the upcoming Startup of the Year Summit, which will take place in-person down in warm Tampa Florida from January 25th - 27, 2022 with our partner Embarc Collective and title sponsor, ReliaQuest. Find more information at: https://summit.startupofyear.com Attendees can expect to spend some time with some of the most amazing notable characters in the startup world. We just announced our first group of keynote speakers which include Tampa Mayor Jane Castor, Jeff Vinink of owner of the back to back Stanley Cup Champion Tampa Bay Lightning, Mac Conwell of RareBreed VC, Blake Hall, ID.me, Jenn Lim, Delivering Happiness, Erica Duignan Minnihan from Reign Ventures, Jesse Middleton from The Community Fund / Flybridge, Shila Nieves Burney from Zane Venture Fund, Paul Sohl from the Florida High Tech Corridor, Anna Mason of Rise of the Rest Fund, Howard Tullman from G2T3V, many more. During the Summit, 100 startups that are changing their industries, pitching a group of investors and mentors, and expanding their global recognition. The startups will compete for up to $50K in potential investment, the championship title, the People's Choice Award presented by ReliaQuest, and more. Lastly, we invite you all to join our community today to access the support, expert advice, and resources you need to elevate your startup by going to: est.us/join Thank you for listening, and as always, please check out the Established website and subscribe to the newsletter at www.est.us Checkout Startup of the Year at www.startupofyear.com Subscribe to the Startup of the Year Daily Deal Flow: www.startupofyear.com/daily-dealflow Subscribe to the Startup of the Year podcast: www.podcast.startupofyear.com Subscribe to the Established YouTube Channel: soty.link/ESTYouTube *** Startup of the Year helps diverse, emerging startups, founding teams, and entrepreneurs push their company to the next level. We are a competition, a global community, and a resource. Startup of the Year is also a year-long program that searches the country for a geographically diverse set of startups from all backgrounds and pulls them together to compete for the title of Startup of the Year. The program includes a number of in-person and virtual events, including our annual South By Southwest startup pitch event and competition. All of which culminate at our annual Startup of the Year Summit, where the Startup of the Year winner is announced, along with an opportunity at a potential investment. Established is a consultancy focused on helping organizations with innovation, startup, and communication strategies. It is the power behind Startup of the Year. Created by the talent responsible for building the Tech.Co brand (acquired by an international publishing company), we are leveraging decades of experience to help our collaborators best further (or create) their brand & accomplish their most important goals. Connect with us on Twitter - @EstablishedUs and Facebook - facebook.com/established.us/.
Anirudh Singh sits down with Matan Bar, Co-Founder and CEO of Melio. They discuss the thriving startup ecosystem in Israel, building a streamlined B2B payments product for SMBs, Matan's personal guiding principles when building a company, and much more! Matan Bar: Matan is the Co-founder and CEO of Melio. Before founding Melio in 2018, he was the GM of the PayPal Consumer R&D center in Tel Aviv and led PayPal's Consumer Peer to Peer Payments Group globally, responsible for over $50B in payment volume annually. Matan joined PayPal through the acquisition of his first company (The Gifts Project) by eBay Inc in 2012.
Martin Henk is the CTO and Co-Founder of Eventornado, a software solution for organising online hackathons and challenges. Martin is also a partner and angel investor at Honey Badger Capital, however most people will recognise him as one of the Co-Founders of an Estonian Unicorn, Pipedrive.In this episode we do a deep-dive into product management, covering everything from best practices and building efficient product teams to common mistakes. We also talk about life after a unicorn exit, the current projects Martin is engaged in as well as overall work-life balance throughout different stages of one's career.The topics covered in this episode with Timestamps[01:45] - ON PRODUCT AND WHY PIPEDRIVE WAS SO SUCCESSFULCreating a new user personaFocusing obsessively with the main end-userSuper narrow product focusSaying no to immediate distractionary opportunitiesUnfair advantage from founders with industry experience[09:30] - ON BUILDING YOUR FIRST PRODUCT TEAMKeep it simple, keep it smallAvoiding premature scalingFocusing on customer feedback for PMTurning chaos into disciplineOptimal product team sizeEnabling complete focus on the missionCutting meetings[13:50] - ON PRODUCT MISTAKES AND MEASURING PROGRESSIntroducing too advanced proceduresScaling up technology prematurelyAvoiding vanity metricsFocus on result-based metricsA/B testing[17:05] - ON PRODUCT MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLESTailoring the process to specific companyKeeping product focusRegularly communicate visionBest product examples[24:00] - ON LIFE AFTER UNICORN EXITResting & investingMotivation to jump back in startups[27:00] - ON GREEN INVESTINGInvesting in Estonian forestsLooking for ways to monetize without cutting down[30:20] - ON EVENTORNADO MARKET OPPORTUNITYManaging and organising hackathons as a challenge100s of hackathons daily around the worldFuture of hackathons[33:55] – ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP LESSONS FROM PIPEDRIVEMaintaining focusKnowing the right company size for yourselfEvaluating if you need outside funding or not[39:00] - ADVICE TO YOUR 20 YEAR OLD SELFHow to approach work-life balance (hint - it's overrated)Taking care of your healthTo reach out to Martin use:Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinhenk/?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_miniProfile%3AACoAAABrLbQBKuFPpBecxKVhTNLY1loCoUOQs-s Website: https://badger.ee Find out more on https://www.pursuitofscrappiness.co/ Support for this episode comes from Nexpay > https://paynexpay.com/===See the video content exclusively on Linkedin > https://www.linkedin.com/company/pursuit-of-scrappiness/ Questions/suggestions? Join our Telegram group > https://t.me/pursuitofscrappiness The full interview with Martin is available NOW on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Google Podcasts
How do you build an engineering organization that can drive your company to a billion-dollar valuation and unicorn status? And how do you do it in an emerging and highly-competitive product category like influencer/creator management? Just ask Brent Bartlett, VP of Engineering at GRIN who joins us this week to share his blueprint for success and his path to leadership. Join our Discord Community ►► discord.gg/devinterruptedOur Website ►► devinterrupted.com/Want to try LinearB? Book a LinearB Demo and use the "Dev Interrupted Podcast" discount code.Have 60 seconds? Review the show on Apple Podcasts
Miguel Armaza sits down with Laura Spiekerman, COO & Co-Founder of Alloy, an identity decisioning platform that has built the command center for identity that covers the compliance and fraud fighting needs for banks and fintechs.Founded in 2015, Alloy now serves over 200 clients, has raised over $150M in equity, and recently became a unicorn valued at $1.35B. Top investors include Lightspeed, Bessemer, Felicis, Flourish, Clocktower, Eniac, Primary.In this episode, we discuss: Challenges and opportunities of working with sensitive client data and why their approach has become Alloy's competitive advantageWhy her role as a Co-Founder and company leader changes every 3-6 months and how Laura manages to adapt to this reality.Collecting customer feedback and how Alloy stays close to the clientReflections from tough company moments and dealing with rejection back at the beginning of Alloy and how she managed to keep going and maintain a relentless optimism along the wayLessons and reflections for aspiring entrepreneurs… A lot more!About AlloyAlloy is the command center for identity that covers your compliance and fraud-fighting needs. Our dynamic platform connects you to more than 120 data source products to help you verify identities and monitor transactions - giving you a holistic view of each customer from the day they onboard and throughout their time with your organization. From automatic decisions and fewer manual reviews to smooth onboarding, Alloy is how smart banks and fintech companies take a closer look at the whole picture. Learn more at Alloy.com and on Twitter @UseAlloy. Want more podcast episodes? Join Miguel and follow 21 Leaders today on Apple, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app for weekly conversations with today's global leaders that will dominate the 21st century in fintech, business, and beyond.Miguel Armaza is Host of the 21 Leaders Podcast, Author of the Fintech Leaders Newsletter, and Co-Founder of Gilgamesh Ventures, a seed-stage investment fund focused on fintech in the Americas.Miguel on LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/3nKha4ZMiguel on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2Jb5oBcFintech Leaders Newsletter: bit.ly/3jWIpqp
MASTER LINK: https://lu.ma/byrondempseyDownload Swyftx: https://trade.swyftx.com.au/register/?ref=byrondempsey1Alex is an absolute legend, he is the co-founder of an incredible startup called Swyftx. They are a crypto trading platform here in Australia and have just been evaluated at six hundred million dollars. Alex is currently hiring about 1 person a day and the team at Swyftx is growing fast.He flew down for this episode and spend multiple hours talking, sharing our visions, and having a great time. he is super down to earth and I am excited to share his episode with you all.In this episode, we really go deep into Alex's story. He shares how he started his first business when he was a kid, to starting 7 other businesses, of which most of them failed. He discusses his mindset and what was going through his head at the time, how he came up with the idea for Swyftx, how they have grown so fast, his vision for the future, important skills such as networking and much much more.Swyftx is a really cool company, the team culture is amazing and Alex is passionate about helping the next generation just like I am. If you're in Australia and want to start trading crypto, download this app, it is hands down the best crypto trading platform in Australia and I am really excited to keep working with Alex and his team in the future.Follow Alex: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-harper-52640151/Swyftx Website: https://swyftx.com/au/Byron's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/byron__dempsey/D.Y Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drivenyoungpodcast/Tik Tok: https://vm.tiktok.com/J8a8hS3/JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUPSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/drivenyoung)
One of the things we don't spend enough time talking about is how hard it is to build a business. Bringing an idea to market requires so many factors to align it can be mind-blowing. We are going to talk to someone who is a veteran of the startup space to tell us what it is really like.Today we are talking with VAST Data CMO and co-founder Jeff Denworth about what it takes to bring a product to market in a competitive industry. We are going to talk about the challenges, compromises, tradeoffs and difficult decisions that go into it. We are also going to talk about the ingredients needed to not just build a great product, but a great company, and we are going to learn a bit about VAST Data and what makes it tick. Welcome Jeff,FUTRtech focuses on startups, innovation, culture and the business of emerging tech with weekly video podcasts where Chris Brandt and Sandesh Patel talk with Industry leaders and deep thinkers.
Eugene Danilkis is the founder of the fintech unicorn Mambu. About 10 years ago, there was no interface for cloud and banking. In the last 10 years, Eugene has completely changed that with Mambu. We talked in Fireside Chat at START Summit 21 about how the whole journey started. Where did Eugene actually meet his co-founders and how did Mambu evolve from that? How did Mambu get its first customers in such an industry? Of course, we addressed many more questions. Important links: - Eugene's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edanilkis/ - Mambu: https://mambu.com - START: https://startglobal.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/digital-leaders/message
Careem is one of the few unicorn start ups coming from the middle-east. In 2019 it was sold to Uber for 3,1 Billion USD. This interview is with the co-founder Magnus Olsson. It was first featured in 2016 on the Swenglanese podcast. As Magnus is sharing so much wisdom I decided to re-release it on the STC podcast. This is about taking ideas to reality, a skill that I believe is very valuable in the 21st century, regardless if you are an entrepreneur or an intrapreneur. More about Swenglanese here. Follow the journey on Instagram here. More about Strategic Tech Coaching here.
After a newly minted $1.1B valuation, Kyle Porter, CEO of SalesLoft, sits down with SaaStr CEO and Founder, Jason Lemkin to talk about the twists and turns along the way to building SalesLoft into the Unicorn it is today. From completely pivoting the product early on, to becoming an essential software tool for inside sales reps -- learn how SalesLoft landed some of the Cloud giants like Shopify, Google, and Slack as its customers, and what it takes to build a Unicorn company in today's changing market.
Tonight on SOUTH POD, we are re-airing our conversation with Natalie Angelillo and Nick Huzar from OfferUp. In this recording from the 2020 DIG SOUTH Virtual Tech Summit find out how OfferUp built a Unicorn from used goods.
Do you ever NOT take the advice of your VCs and what happened When do you lose a VC in the conversation 5 Fundraising tips nobody tells you Strategies VPs of Sales need to have a better relationship with the CEO What's in the Box of Secrets about going IPO that people don't know The best and worst parts of a public rivalry What's a BS question a VC asks you
“The rate of increase of data is very high, but the rate of increase of noise is much higher” - Dhiraj Rajaram. In a world of knock-off ideas it is refreshing to come across originality and ideas that are truly authentic. Our conversation with Dhiraj Rajaram, the Founder of Mu Sigma was one such refreshing moment, punctuated with a lot of laughter over curious analogies. We spoke of Dhiraj's childhood & genesis of Mu Sigma - a Big Data Analytics & Decision Sciences Company that is powered by Dhiraj's vision of transformative interaction based problem solving perspective. With a unicorn status in the USA and over 140 Fortune 500 companies as their clients, Mu Sigma is an amalgamation of design, research & data. As a child Dhiraj was an ardent movie buff & a die hard cricket enthusiast. However he had an ever wandering mind and a childhood that was challenging & different to most kids. But, as Dhiraj says, “Pain is a gift. It does sculpt you” And it did. Shaped by the early lessons he learnt in life, Dhiraj had a successful corporate career working for PwC and then Booz Allen Hamilton. However, the drive to do more and to do things differently took precedence, and Dhiraj took the bold step of investing his life savings into his own startup - Mu Sigma. Onboarded Microsoft as his first client and the rest is history! Tune in to our enriching chat with this pioneering thought leader to know more about his thoughts on innovation, learning and embracing uncertainties. Of the many things we learnt, here are our key takeaways from this episode: The ecosystem required to nurture innovation. Interaction based problem solving. How to make high value B2B sales.
Lucy Liu is Co-founder and President of Airwallex. She is responsible for the company's branding and operations and has been involved with the company since its early days. Before establishing Airwallex, she was an investment consultant in CICC (China International Capital Corporation) and also served as a board director of Hong Stone Investment Development Limited, a Hong Kong based investment company. With her outstanding entrepreneurial achievements, Lucy has won a series of awards including 2020 EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women Asia-Pacific, 2019 SmartCompany “30 Under 30”, 2018 Fintech Australia Female Leader of the Year, and 2017 Forbes “30 Young Entrepreneurs in Asia”. Lucy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/awxlucy/ Airwallex's website: http://airwallex.com/ Airwallex is a technology company that revolutionises the way businesses operate globally. Businesses use Airwallex as their end-to-end global financial services platform. Whether it's making or receiving payments from customers, domestically or internationally, Airwallex saves businesses time and money by offering real-time, reliable and cost-effective financial solutions. Founded in 2015, Airwallex has since grown to over 400 employees across ten offices around the world. Airwallex has raised over US$360 million in venture capital funding, supported by top-tier investors including Tencent, Sequoia Capital China, DST Global, Hillhouse Capital, Horizons Ventures, ANZi Ventures, Square Peg Capital, Mastercard and Salesforce Ventures. In March 2019, Airwallex was valued over US$1 billion after its Series C financing, and became one of the fintech unicorns in APAC. The company was also named one of the world's top 50 fintechs in KPMG's 2019 and 2018 Fintech100 lists.
The FTX Podcast - Builders and Innovators in the Cryptocurrency Industry
In this first episode of the three part podcast Sam shares his backstory, making to give as a motivator and the steps that have led him to having founded two companies, one of which has become a unicorn in less than a year.
On today's show, we have Melanie Perkins. She is the CEO and co-founder of Canva, an online design and publishing tool which makes graphic design simple for everyone. Since launching in 2013, Canva has grown to over 15 million users across 190 countries, with more than 1 billion designs created, at 36 designs per second. Today, Canva is growing with over 600 team members across 3 offices in Sydney, Manila and Beijing, working together on a mission to empower everyone to create beautiful design. After hundreds of revisions to the Canva pitch deck, Melanie has now raised more than $140 million from investors including Google Maps co-founder Lars Rasmussen, Yahoo! CFO Ken Goldman, and funds such as Felicis Ventures and Blackbird Ventures. Today, Canva is valued at US$2.5 billion, making Canva the second Australian startup to achieve Unicorn status. In this episode, you'll learn: What was the strategy to enter China and have there been any pivots along the way? Who could disrupt Canva and its massive growth? What is the implication of the acquisition of Pexel and Pixabay and Canva's expansion through partnering or acquiring other companies? What is the future of graphic design and what can people anticipate in the next 2-3 years? Please take a few seconds and leave us a positive review as it helps the show grow and motivates us to create content. Thank you for helping and giving back to the show! Connect with Shawn by following this link for most updated and complete social media platforms” https://linktr.ee/ShawnflynnSV BOOKS AND RESOURCES Website for Canva CONNECT WITH SHAWN: Shawn Flynn's Twitter Account Shawn Flynn's LinkedIn Account Silicon Valley LinkedIn Group Account Shawn Flynn's Facebook Account Email Shawn@thesiliconvalleypodcast.com Summary On today's show we chat with Melanie Perkins, the CEO and co-founder of Canva, an online design and publishing tool which makes graphic design simple for everyone.
Unicorn Auth0's former Head of Culture & Head of Customer Success, and on deck with Microsoft during their cloud transition, Clayton Moulynox has a wealth of experience and expertise manage the pain of designing work and teams in fast growing companies. In this podcast Tim & Damian explore Clayton's story, how he approaches conflict, structures he's found useful, hiring sprees, and along the way gain valuable insights on their quest to make work, work better. Find out more about what Clayton is up to now: https://www.moulynox.com/ • Twitter: @claytonhm • LinkedIn: claytonmoulynox
We're working on an update for Supercharged, but in the meantime we thought you might enjoy some of the other podcasts we produce at Lawson Media.Building A Unicorn: https://podfollow.com/buildingaunicornMoonshot: https://podfollow.com/moonshot
Today’s guest has been a high achiever since he was a kid, completing his computer science GCSE at 11, his A-levels at 13, and receiving a Masters from LSE by the time he was 20. Some child geniuses burnout before they achieve great things, not Rishi Khosla. Rishi, according to LL Cool J, is something of a phenomenon in the world of entrepreneurship, and we are wont to agree with him. Co-founding OakNorth, Europe's highest valued FinTech company having raised over a billion dollars in funding to date, in only four years, Rishi is considered one of the stars of the industry. And OakNorth is just his most recent headline.He’s an early stage investor, investing in several businesses including PayPal and Indiabulls. He’s already co-founded a company, Copal Amba, a financial research firm which was scaled to 3,000 employees and sold to Moody’s Corporation in 2014. And he helped establish the family office of the steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal amongst many things. With OakNorth he estimates they’ve created about 12,000 new jobs in the UK and 13,000 new homes. And has anyone ever thanked him?“How can I put it? I guess, I've always been sprinting through life, recognition hasn't been what I focused on. I focused on results.”His advice for aspiring entrepreneurs? You need to have enough hunger inside of you, you’ve got to have fire in your stomach, to say ‘there’s only Plan A’.We chat about:Working with Jack Welch at GEEstablishing the family office of Lakshmi Mittal Meeting Peter Teal and Elon MuskBuilding Copal with business partner Joel, brick by brickMeeting Son at SoftBank and how he pitched himWhy only 5% of unicorns are profitableWant to receive our podcast on a weekly basis? Subscribe to our newsletter!
Dug Song is vice president and general manager of Duo Security, which he founded in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2010 and sold to Cisco last year for $2.3 billion. He sat down with Middle Market Growth on the sidelines of the Great Lakes ACG Capital Connection in Detroit to talk about the origins of Duo, why he decided to sell it to Cisco, and how the company helped draw venture capital investors to Michigan. "The things that you do while you're small get amplified in hypergrowth," Song said, while speaking onstage at the conference. On the podcast, he elaborated on that comment by describing steps Duo took to build a strong culture early on and as it grew to reach unicorn status, and how he ensured the business could maintain its values post-acquisition. He also weighed in on the state of the information security industry, and how he's seen it evolve over the last decade. For more insights into corporate development and M&A, consider attending ACG's Strategic Acquirer Summit on Nov. 4-5 in Dallas. Designed for corporate professionals, the program will feature speakers from Microsoft, Twitter, Johnson & Johnson, Mark Cuban Companies, and many others. Visit acg.events/sas2019 to learn more. To read more about trends in the middle market, visit our website, middlemarketgrowth.org.
Yashish Dahiya, co-founder and CEO, of Policybazaar shares insights on building a unicorn, what it means to get Softbank on its cap table, expansion plans and more. According to Dahiya, opening up of FDI in the insurance space will help deepening the market further. In this part of the conversation with Mint's Associate Editor Shrija Agrawal, Dahiya adds that getting a deep-pocketed investor like Softbank is like getting 'relentless capital' on board. He also talks about the rationale behind energies focused in the direction of the health venture - Doc Prime and where does he go from there.
Nigel Eccles is best known for being the co-founder of FanDuel, a company that pioneered the daily fantasy sports market in the US. You may have seen their high impact commercials on TV, heard of them becoming one of the few unicorn $1bil startups to come out of Europe or their eventual sale to Paddypower/Betfair for $465mil. You may have even seen him featured in the infamous John Oliver “This Week Tonight” episode covering the industry he helped to create! It’s safe to say – there are not many people on the planet that have the experience that Nigel has – after starting & selling multiple companies – he’s been around the block & back as a serial entrepreneur. At Fanduel his experience includes raising $400mil+ in venture capital, competing with their closest rival, Draft Kings who raised over $1bil+, to investing hundreds of millions of dollars in customer acquisition on channels like TV, radio & paid digital. In this revealing conversation, he opened up to share his perspective on: how to come up with business ideas in the first place raising venture capital vs bootstrapping how to accelerate paid customer acquisition & measure your marketing effectively building a high growth team the highs & lows of selling a company & lessons learned why founders & early employees might not always make a return from a sale because of preferred vs common stock creating a new market vs capturing an existing one why “going viral” isn’t a good strategy for paid products what to do if you’re a non-technical founder the process of taking an initial idea & evaluating its business potential applying the same logic to his new company, Flick, going after the podcast market Subscribe to watch the episode on YouTube here. Join the Creator Lab group on Nigel's new app, Flick: https://flickchat.page.link/emPvGZnT7XwKGgz76 Thank you to our sponsor who helps make this show possible -SquareFoot, where growing companies find their place, check out SquareFoot.com/creatorlab to find your next office space
We live in a global market. It’s no longer good enough for startups to just focus on their local consumers - we have to think globally if we ever want to hit our market potential. And in the process of thinking global you might find yourself needing to send payments around the world. But for a long time those payments might have been made through bank transfer, or even cheque. The problem with these systems is the fees. But there are companies out there trying to solve this problem, and one of those providers is Airwallex - a company making it easier for businesses to process international payments. Lucy Liu is the Co-Founder and COO of Airwallex and shares the story of how Airwallex has managed explosive growth to go from idea to billion dollar company in just three and a bit years.Subscribe to Building A Unicorn in your favourite podcast app:Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/building-a-unicorn/id1455302335?mt=2Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1yDDJGoBVji0ZWgTx3E7VyListen on PocketCasts: https://pca.st/unicornBuilding A Unicorn Website: https://buildingaunicorn.comIf you love Moonshot then the best way to help us is to share this episode with a friend, or if you're able, consider supporting us financially on Patreon. All supporters get an ad-free feed, along with bonus episodes, and merch. Visit https://www.patreon.com/moonshot.
When you think about the individuals who really shaped humanity over the past few centuries - your mind probably wanders to people like Albert Einstein, Picasso, Henry Ford, or Steve Jobs. These are the people who dared to dream about the future, to create masterpieces of art, or to invent new technologies. But what makes someone successful? Is it just that they had great talent or is it partly the circumstances of their life? Pioneer is on a mission to help discover people with the potential to become great innovators and give them the resources they need to be successful. Daniel Gross is the founder of Pioneer and previously was a partner at Y-Combinator and a former Director at Apple. In this episode, Daniel shares the story of Pioneer and his mission to uncover hidden potential across the globe.Subscribe to Building A Unicorn in your favourite podcast app:Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/building-a-unicorn/id1455302335?mt=2Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1yDDJGoBVji0ZWgTx3E7VyListen on PocketCasts: https://pca.st/unicornBuilding A Unicorn Website: https://buildingaunicorn.comIf you love Moonshot then the best way to help us is to share this episode with a friend, or if you're able, consider supporting us financially on Patreon. All supporters get an ad-free feed, along with bonus episodes, and merch. Visit https://www.patreon.com/moonshot.
Sweden has become a powerhouse in digital music, and one of the companies leading the charge is Epidemic Sound. The company has quickly become the go-to source for creators looking to find music, with many YouTubers turning to their service to avoid the hassle of licensing. In this episode, CEO and Co-Founder Oscar Höglund shares the story of Epidemic Sound and their goal for creating a soundtrack for the internet era.Subscribe to Building A Unicorn in your favourite podcast app:Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/building-a-unicorn/id1455302335?mt=2Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1yDDJGoBVji0ZWgTx3E7VyListen on PocketCasts: https://pca.st/unicornBuilding A Unicorn Website: https://buildingaunicorn.comIf you love Moonshot then the best way to help us is to share this episode with a friend, or if you're able, consider supporting us financially on Patreon. All supporters get an ad-free feed, along with bonus episodes, and merch. Visit https://www.patreon.com/moonshot.
90 per cent of startups fail, but what does it take to build a business that succeeds? That defies all expectations? That could one-day become a unicorn? Hosted by Kristofor Lawson this series dives into the heart of entrepreneurship, bringing you in-depth interviews with some of the world's greatest business minds. Everyone in this series is a founder, there from the start when their idea was written on the back of a napkin and are now at the helm of a global company. Building A Unicorn is available now.Listen on Apple Podcasts: https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/building-a-unicorn/id1455302335?mt=2Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1yDDJGoBVji0ZWgTx3E7VyListen on PocketCasts: https://pca.st/unicorn
90 per cent of startups fail, but what does it take to build a business that succeeds? That defies all expectations? That could one-day become what investors call a unicorn? Hosted by Kristofor Lawson this series dives into the heart of entrepreneurship, bringing you in-depth interviews with some of the world's greatest business minds. Everyone in this series is a founder, there from the start when their idea was written on the back of a napkin and are now at the helm of a global company. Building A Unicorn is available now in your favourite podcast app.
Sophie Howe is one of the youngest female CEOs in artificial intelligence, setting out to build a $1bn unicorn by innovating what she calls a “touchless world”. Co-founder of Xesto.io, a platform for developers to create smart applications based on our gestures, Sophie talks about raising capital and commercializing her technology. Like WINGS! https://facebook.com/wingspodcast Follow us on Twitter @MelindaWings Our sponsors: Your Return on Authenticity™: Apply for Verifeed’s social media accelerator Springboard Enterprises: The Accelerator for Female Founders Zero Limits Ventures: Valuation Enhancement and Capital Acquisition Strategies
Yiping (Joe) Xia is the co-founder and CTO of bike-sharing company Mobike.Prior to working at Mobike, Joe Xia worked as head of APAC Uconnect Connectivity at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, APA SYNC team leader at Ford Motor Company, and senior engineer for system and software development at ZTE.He finished his Master of Science (M.S) in Telecommunication and Information Systems at University of Essex in 2006, and his Bachelor of Science (B.Sc) in Communication Engineering at Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications in 2004.Episode Content:Joe Xia explains how Mobike started and how the co-founders came togetherJoe describes what a typical day is for himAs we see the first consolidation of bike sharing companies in China, Joe discusses if this a viable strategy for them to reach a larger market shareQuestion for Joe: Do you see a merger with Ofo one day, just like the User Didi deal? Two giants consolidating eventually?Joe shares which markets he wouldn't go into and whyJoe discusses upcoming interesting new developmentQuestion: If you wouldn’t be the CTO of Mobike what would you be interested in doing?Joe recommends two books for entrepreneursEpisode Mentions:IntroCross Border Matchmaker (CBM) E-Commerce ConferenceMobikeWeb SummitBook RecommendationsZero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the FutureInsanely Simple: The Obsession That Drives Apple's SuccessDownload and SubscribeDownload this episode: right click on this link and choose "save as"Subscribe to China Business Cast on iTunesOr check out the full list on subscription options Periscope Live broadcasting of the recordings follow @StartupNoodle (open link on mobile)Add Mike ('michelini') or Shlomo ('shlomof') on wechat to join China Business Cast WeChat group
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