Podcasts about revolar

In this Founder Feedback episode, we spoke with Jacqueline Ros Amable, the former CEO & Co-founder of Revolar and Regional Director of the Americas for Techstars. Jacqueline is a superstar when it comes to starting companies, especially those involving hardware. She started Revolar while teaching and ended up becoming a leader within Techstars to help other companies be impactful on the world. In this episode, we spoke to Jacqueline about how to manage your mental health as a founder, how to launch a Kickstarter campaign, and how to manage time when you're working a full time job and trying to start a company. To learn more about FounderCo, please visit founderco.org. To send in a question to be in used in a future episode, email us at podcast@founderco.org.

We're talking to Jacqueline Ros & Andrea Perdomo of TechStars who went through an amazing journey to build Revolar, a tech & hardware company focused on preventing rape. Jackie went from a teacher in Colorado to CEO and Co-Founder of a Tech Company. Andrea saw the vision and previously having managed over 100 people, then COO of Live Worldly, and joined Revolar as COO and Co-Founder. We talk about their journey transitioning to tech, going through investing rounds, and how they are now making it their mission to bring more women and people of color into the Entrepreneurship & technology spaces through TechStars Startup Weekends. To find out about more about a Startup weekend near you check out Startupweekend.org Let us know you're listening by tagging @BasicBrownNerds and host @JoyValeriee on Instagram and Twitter! Don't forget to subscribe to our monthly newsletter to be updated on all our guests, events, and surprises for you. basicbrownnerds.com/newsletter And support us by shopping or donating at BasicBrownNerds.com/Shop Check out our Show notes here bit.ly/BBNTwoLatinaTBShownotes --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

"If I wasn't so OBSESSED I couldn't work this hard!" I loved visiting with Jackie Ros, co-founder of Revolar.  Her candor and energy are refreshing.  It may seem to those on the outside that the company was an overnight success.  And relative to others, it did achieve great things more quickly than others.  Listen to learn why, including Jackie’s comment, “You have this delusion when you start a business that at some point it’s gonna get easier… at some point you’re gonna have more time in your life, and then you realize, no, each day is uniquely challenging and beautiful in its own way.”  Kendall Colman of Colman Coaching, sat in on this interview for some insights on messaging used by Revolar.

Meet Jackie Ros - she's a high-energy, innovative-thinker who started the revolutionary tech company Revolar just two years ago. Revolar makes wearable tech devices that allow you to communicate with your loved ones with just a push of a button. If you are actually in danger, it seems like it would be easy to make a phone call, but in the heat of the moment, it's unrealistic to fumble for a phone, unlock it, dial out and wait for answers. Jackie started Revolar after her sister was assaulted as a teenager. The guilt she experienced over not being able to help, led to the idea that would change her life (and many others' lives too).

Be inspired by this young female entrepreneur, and her co-founder, and how they’re blazing a revolutionary new trail in wearable technology. Hear her describe the challenges (and opportunities) of raising capital, learning fast, creating a high-performing team and proving skeptics wrong. Leave a Rating & Review in iTunes for the Product Launch Rebel Podcast (http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1136273740) Podcast Timeline: 0:43 – Introduction to Andrea Perdomo, Co-Founder and President of Revolar, the wearable tech safety-device company. 2:52 – Start of the “Give Me the Basics” Segment 3:15 – Andrea talks about what makes the Revolar so unique compared to other personal safety options that are available. (Revolar offers different alerts based on a user’s level of discomfort.) 4:52 – Andrea talks about the original idea behind Revolar, and how her co-founder, Jackie Ros, came up with the idea based on an incident that happened to her sister. 7:31 – Andrea describes how a fateful opportunity led her to meeting her business partner and co-founder, Jackie Ros. Andrea talks about her early career (and pre-Revolar) motivations to make a difference in the world and how she drove from Atlanta to Denver to work as an intern for a non-profit (which is how she originally met her co-founder, Jackie Ros). 8:46 – Andrea describes how, early on, the company aimed to learn from consumers, friends and family to understand user safety needs and to help sharpen their brand message. They learned that the concept of safety is different for different people. 11:22 – Start of the “Tell Me How” Podcast Segment 11:40 – Andrea describes the process and challenge of raising capital, after going through a bootstrapping phase, and living a frugal lifestyle eating ramen and potatoes. One of their key approaches was to talk to investors as advisors. She talks about the challenge of needing to prove consumer demand for the product before anyone invests in the company. Andrea talks about how they originally did pitch competitions to raise money, and how they proceeded to use Kickstarter to prove demand for the product, which eventually led them to raise an additional $3 million from The Foundry Group. She talks about how they learned that raising money is all about relationships – building relationship with investors, like marriage or dating. “You have to get to know them as people.” 16:50 – Andrea talks about some hiccups along the way to raising capital (i.e. learning the financial terms). 18:24 – Andrea describes how she would have done things differently when raising capital. She advises others to start raising money early, and to figure out the brand story needed to tell investors, and the importance of painting that picture of where the company will be in 5 to 10 years. 19:26 – Andrea talks about finding a manufacturer for their highly technical product, and the challenges of doing so with very little experience in working with manufacturers and engineers. “Manufacturing: it’s difficult.” “The big thing was trying to learn how it all works.” Andrea describes the challenges of sourcing all of the different components and finding the best price, making sure the product was environmentally friendly, and finding a source that was as close to home as possible. Andreas goes on to offer key advice: “Don’t be afraid to hire people or get advice from people that know more than you. “It’s okay to not know all the answers.” 24:15 – Andrea talks about the many trade-offs when it comes to hardware manufacturing; and making sure their product is well-designed for the user. “You can’t have it all.” “It’s weighing [what features are] most important and what can wait for later.” She describes the challenges of production lead times for the many components, and with forecasting. 26:50 – Andrea talks about the challenges of selling the product to retailers and about the tension that

Jacqueline Ros sits down to discuss how she turned her idea for a company into a reality. Jacqueline is the CEO & founder of Revolar, a wearable technology company that empowers greater personal freedom.

“It’s more than a business,” shared Jacqueline Ros, founder and CEO of Revolar, a Denver, Colorado based personal safety wearable tech company. “It’s a movement. A movement of people taking back their lives; people living their lives without worrying about what they are wearing, where they are going, or what time they’re going out. We use empowerment and not fear. That’s the entire point of Revolar.” - Via Amysmartgirls As the CEO and founder of Revolar, Jacqueline has always held a passion for social issues. Jacqueline founded Revolar to disrupt rape culture and change the way people keep themselves and those they love safe. At the helm of Revolar, Jacqueline and her team ran a successful Kickstarter campaign, did the Techstars Boulder 2015 accelerator program, made the Top 25 for Sir Richard Branson’s Extreme Tech Challenge and most recently closed a $3 million financing round with The Foundry Group. Jacqueline is a Florida native, but moved to Denver, CO three years ago to build Revolar where she enjoys rock climbing, volunteering and spending time with her family. In this episode, Jacqueline tell us all about her journey to becoming a successful tech rockstar and overcoming the huge learning curve and challenges on her ascent to the top! Our favorite part about her project? Her commitment to the movement of women empowerment! Here's one of our favorite statements from her: "Everything is about positive relationships and building authentic relationships with people who know what it takes to make this happen, and it's been really incredible to have that support  in our community."

Jacqueline (Jackie) Ros is the CEO and Founder of Revolar, a Denver startup that is making small wearable technology that is aiming to change the way people think about safety. Jackie was a teacher in Aurora, while at the same time building up a tech company. She didn't have a background in technology, but the idea was born out of a personal story and a passion to keep our loved ones safe in a smart, modern way. In today's episode we talk about building a company while working a full time demanding job, how being a teacher taught her how to be a CEO and what it is like being a female entrepreneur in the tech world.  Features Rather Be by Clean Bandit