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Episode Summary On today's episode, Ashley and Kyle demonstrate a deep understanding of the intersection between client needs, healthcare billing complexities, and digital solutions. She focuses on deriving product ideas from client pain points and the importance of aligning marketing strategies with these insights. She also shares how her experience at SoftTech, especially in developing and implementing comprehensive marketing strategies, is relevant as she discusses the challenges in healthcare billing and the role of technology. About the Guests Kyle Crow is the Regional Vice President of Sales at Softek. In his current role, Kyle works with clients to understand their challenges with Oracle Cerner Millennium and provide solutions to optimize their system and ultimately, help their bottom line. Prior to Softek, Kyle spent seven years at Oracle Cerner as an Integration Architect, managing dozens of Oracle Cerner implementations. Kyle knows first-hand the issues clients are facing and harnesses those experiences to drive client success in their system performance and revenue cycle initiatives. Ashley Mitts is the Director of Marketing at Softek. In her current role, she is in charge of developing and implementing the company's overarching marketing strategy to improve brand awareness and support product offerings. She also leads Softek's integrated digital and social presence, including social strategy, content creation, and digital promotions to drive lead generation and sales. Prior to Softek, Ashley spent seven years at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City as Marketing Manager, developing and executing marketing and communications campaigns and strategies. Connect with Kyle Crow & Ashley Mitts Key Takeaways - Success in technology solutions, especially in healthcare, hinges on understanding and addressing client pain points. - Data plays a pivotal role in streamlining processes between healthcare providers and payers, emphasising the need for efficient data management systems. - Building strong partnerships and gaining referrals from satisfied clients can be more impactful than traditional marketing strategies in healthcare technology. - Embracing ongoing learning through industry-specific resources or broad skill-enhancing literature is essential for growth and success. Quote "Our vision is really to deliver innovative solutions to help solve complex problems within the electronic medical record space." - Kyle Crow "All of our ideas for products come from our clients and the pain points that they're having with their systems." - Ashley Mitts Recommended Resource How to Win Friends and Influence People KLAS Research Becker's Hospital Review HubSpot LinkedIn Connect with ⁠Kyle Crow⁠ & ⁠Ashley Mitts⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Follow us on LinkedIn ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Website⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Charles Hudson is the Managing Partner at Precursor Ventures, a classic seed-stage investment firm focusing on B2B software applications, B2C software and services, and connected hardware. Charles also serves as the Board Chair at the National Venture Capital Association and is a lecturer at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Before launching Precursor, Charles was a Partner at SoftTech VC, one of the most active seed stage investors in Internet and mobile startups. He was also the Co-Founder and CEO of Bionic Panda Games, an Android-focused mobile games startup. He spent several years working at In-Q-Tel, the strategic venture capital group for the Central Intelligence Agency. You can learn more about: 1. How to start a VC fund 2. How to craft a compelling pitch to LPs and cultivate an influential investor network 3. How to create a unique fund strategy    ===================== YouTube: @GraceGongCEO Newsletter: @SmartVenture LinkedIn: @GraceGong TikTok: @GraceGongCEO IG: @GraceGongCEO Twitter: @GraceGongGG =====================

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Kılıçdaroğlu, İmamoğlu, otobüs fotoğrafı, Suriyeliler ile ilgili söylenen yalanlar, Yap-İşlet-Devret modelini tahrif edip millete hizmet getirilmemesini önerenler, fırsatçılar, müfteriler, şeamet tellalları, habaset erbabı... Gerçekten can sıkıcı... Ayrıca ülkemizde yapılan olağanüstü hayırlı işlerin görmezden gelinmesine de neden oluyor... Bugün onlardan birini konu ediniyoruz... Türkiye İş Bankası ile teknoloji iş birliği yapan Softtech firması, “2022 Teknoloji Raporu”nu hazırlamış. Firmanın İstanbul, Ankara ve Kıbrıs'ta ofisleri, San Francisco ve Şangay'da inovasyon merkezleri ve Almanya'da da fintek şirketi varmış.

จีนเลิก Soft Tech เปลี่ยนสู่ Hard Tech /โดย ดร.อาร์ม ตั้งนิรันดร ปีที่ผ่านมา จีนเข้มงวดกับบริษัทเทคโนโลยี จนหลายคนตั้งคำถามว่า ยุคเทคโนโลยีรุ่งเรืองของจีนกำลังจะจบลงแล้วหรือไม่ ? แต่รู้หรือไม่ว่า จริง ๆ แล้วประเทศจีนมีกลยุทธ์ที่จะเปลี่ยนจาก Soft Tech เข้าสู่ Hard Tech แล้วเรื่องนี้มันน่าสนใจอย่างไร ลงทุนแมนจะเล่าให้ฟัง ผ่านสัมภาษณ์พิเศษ ดร.อาร์ม ตั้งนิรันดร ผู้อำนวยการศูนย์จีนศึกษา จุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย

On this special replay, Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures joins Nick to discuss Getting Smart on a New Market. In this episode we cover:  What Charles' experience at SoftTech was like and how he made the transition to founding Precursor. What his continuing role as a Venture Partner at SoftTech entails. How Charles decides to study a new, emerging market and some of the markets that he's analyzed over the years. The three components of his approach to getting smart on a new area. How important timing is and how he considers if the timing is right for a new area. If he assesses markets vertically and looks for the level within the supply chain stack to see where a company is playing and which level within the chain is going to exert the most control over the market. How he breaks down market structure and the critical components therein. The importance of the degree of homogeneity of the customer base within a target market. How he thinks about companies disrupting existing markets and those creating brand new markets. We discuss how there's always a good reason to say no to startups and, more importantly, the key, recurring reasons that come up that cause him to say yes. How do you look at companies addressing industries where the incumbent product offerings are free.  Businesses like Slack that were replacing free options Fresh Eyes… You've written about how you don't look at decks before the first meeting w/ an entrepreneur. Can you touch on the key reasons why you take meetings without reviewing the deck? If you are evaluating a startup that is pre-traction – what do you look for and why? In the spirit of continuous improvement… What are your thoughts on how one can learn and improve once they have a job in VC? What startup investor has inspired and influenced you most and why?

Türkiye'de bir sigorta şirketinde 'Lead Data Scientist' rolünü üstlenen Kemal Koşuta ile akademik bakış açısıyla veri biliminde kendini geliştirmek isteyenlerin sorularını cevaplandırmaya çalıştığımız bir sohbet gerçekleştirdik. Kemal, YTÜ'de lisans ve yüksek lisansını Matematik Mühendisliği'nde tamamladı. Doktora çalışmalarına da yine YTÜ'nde Matematik Mühendisliği'nde devam ediyor. İş hayatında, MetGlobal'de, YTÜ'de, Softtech'te Veri Bilimci ve Veri Bilimi Araştırmacısı gibi farklı roller üstlendi. Şimdilerde, Türkiye'de sigorta şirketinde Lead Data Scientist olarak hayallerini gerçekleştirmeye devam ediyor.

98. Bölümde Softtech'te Aircar Strateji ve İş Geliştirme departmanından Gül Çömez konuğum oldu. Elektrikli ve %100 otonom olarak tasarlanan AirCar'ın tek yolcu kapasitesi ile 80 km, iki kişilik oturma kapasitesi ile 50 km menzile sahip olması planlanıyor. '' Brand Week Istanbul bu sene, "21.Yüzyılda İnsan Olmak" temasıyla, yeni çağın yeni paradigmalarını, dünyanın yaratıcı liderleri ile keşfe çıkıyor. Biyoteknolojik gelişmeler, yapay zekâ yaratıcılığı, iklim krizi, uzaya dair tasarruflar, çalışma modellerindeki dönüşümler, sosyalleşme tercihlerinin zaman ve mekândan bağımsızlaşmasına kadar pek 21. yüzyılı ve geleceği şekillendiren tüm konular, 8-10 Kasım 2021 tarihleri arasında Brand Week Istanbul'da. '' (00:00) - Açılış (01:45) - Gül Çömez'i tanıyoruz. (03:38) - Aircar ve Softech hikayesi nasıl başladı? (08:40) - Helikopter'den farkı nedir? (09:44) - Uçan arabalar bir havacılık devriminin başlangıcı mı? (12:30) - Son gelişmeler ve pazar bilgileri. (16:10) - Güvenlik sorunu nasıl çözülecek? (22:00) - Uçan arabalar otonom olacak mı? Pilot mu olacak? Yoksa herkes kullanabilecek mi? (27:00) - Dolu şehir merkezlerinin üzerinde vızıldayan yüzlerce uçan arabaya sahip olmak güvenli mi? Şehirler buna hazır mı? (33:40) - Kitap ve film önerisi Blade Runner - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083658/ The Master of the World - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32838.The_Master_of_the_World Gül Çömez - https://www.linkedin.com/in/gulcomez/ Sosyal Medya Hesaplarımız; Twitter - https://twitter.com/dunyatrendleri Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dunya.trendleri/ Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/company/dunyatrendleri/ Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/c/aykutbalcitv Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/28342227-aykut-balc aykut@dunyatrendleri.com Bize Bağış Yapmak İsterseniz Patreon hesabımız - https://www.patreon.com/dunyatrendleri

Çin'deki Türkler- Softtech Çin Ceo'su Onur Yavuz by Yön Radyo

Türkiye İş Bankası olarak, Güçlü Mete moderatörlüğünde birbirinden değerli konukları ağırladığımız podcast kanalımıza hoş geldiniz.Softtech Çin Ofisi Genel Müdürü Onur Yavuz ile hazırladığımız "Çin'de İnovasyon ve Teknoloji" konulu yayınımızda; Softtech'i, yapay zekayı ve günden güne gelişen teknolojiyi konuştuk.Keyifli dinlemeler…

Softcast podcast kanalında organizasyonlar ve aileler için Z kuşağının ve yeni neslin gerçeklerini, empatik ilginin toplum için iyileştirici gücünü, Softtech’in kuşaklar arası filtresiz iletişimi desteklediği #nofilter Tersine Mentorluk Programı’nı, pandemiyle birlikte ihtiyacımız olan yeni normları hayatımıza nasıl adapte edeceğimizi Softtech Akademi Müdürü Didem Altınbilek moderatörlüğünde keyifli bir sohbet eşliğinde değerlendirdik.

Software expert Mitch Lewandowski talks about the capabilities of the latest production and ERP systems, with tips on cost and how to choose the right one for your business. We address implementation, mobile optimization, platform compatibility, cloud services and more. Things you need to think about in the ever-evolving world of data management.

Jeff Clavier of Uncork Capital joins Nick to discuss Market Cycles, Escalating Costs to Start Up, and the Micro VC Surge. In this episode, we cover:   In 2004 you started making angel investments in emerging Web 2.0 companies and at that time, only a handful of individuals backed entrepreneurs in the internet space…What was your first investment and how did you get involved in the space?  What's the story of the founding of SoftTech--now known as Uncork Capital.  What led to the rebrand from SoftTech to Uncork?  The investment focus/thesis of Uncork.  You mentioned...FitBit, EventBrite, and Sendgrid...it's striking how different each of these businesses are...How you are able to get conviction and understand key success factors across different sectors with different models and overall profiles?  How have the market cycles affected VC, your fund strategy, raising capital and the impact on portfolio companies?  What are the most common mistakes you see early investors making?  With the 600+ micro-VC funds now...is the stage over capitalized?  Is it more expensive to build a startup today than 10 years ago?  Being that you are from France...in your estimation, what have been the primary differences in funding European based startups vs. those in the States?  Said to be one of the most helpful investors in the valley... what are some of the specific ways you get involved?  On the firms website it talks about your “No Playbook” and “No Bullshit” approach that you're not delivering “prescriptive formulas on how to build or scale” but instead developing custom plans, one on one. Tell us about these custom plans and the key elements.  How Jeff balances time and energy with so many portfolio companies.

WDMA CEO Mike O’Brien discusses the results of the recent WDMA 2018 Market Studies with Brad Farnsworth of the Farnsworth Group. Then he has a discussion with Mitch Lewandowski of Soft Tech about technology trends and developments in the industry.

A Canadian implant in SV Jonathan Abrams is now a founder of 4 SV startups: Socializr, Friendster, HotLinks and most recently Nuzzel with backing from Marc Andreesen, Naval Ravikant, Homebrew, SoftTech and Lowercase just to name a few. Jonathan has first hand experience on how timing matters for companies, how to differentiate in a crowded market to rise above the competition, and how execution is as important as the initial idea for the company to succeed. Jonathan is also a prolific angel investor counting AngelList, Docker, Front, Instacart, and Slideshare amongst his portfolio. I love my interactions with Jonathan because he is outspoken about supporting and opening doors for women founders. He is also on the board of Girls in Technology. Thank you Jonathan for being with us today. Follow us on twitter @abrams and @atshruti Listen to some other [Array] podcasts: Ryan Hoover founder of Product Hunt, Justin Kan who sold his company Twitch to Amazon for $1B.

Andy McLoughlin is Partner @ Uncork Capital, formerly SoftTech and one of the leading early-stage funds on the West Coast. In their incredible portfolio, they have the likes of Fitbit, SendGrid, PostMates, Front, PoshMark, Eventbrite and many more. As for Andy, he loves to invest in "unsexy ideas" with stellar teams and has led deals in the likes of Postmates, LaunchDarkly, Human Interest (previously Captain 401), and Focal Systems just to name a few. Prior to VC, Andy co-founded Huddle, an enterprise collaboration platform which raised more than $80M in venture funding before its acquisition in 2017. Andy also has a stellar angel portfolio with the likes of Buffer, Intercom and Pipedrive all angel investments. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Andy made the transition from Founder of one of the UK's hottest startups to one of the leading early-stage VCs in Silicon Valley? 2.) Why did Softtech decide to make the big decision to rebrand to Uncork several years into the journey? What is core to successfully relaunching a VC brand to the ecosystem? 3.) Andy likes to back "non-obvious founders" building "non-sexy businesses". What does Andy mean by "non-obvious founder"? How do they tend to behave differently to more seasoned serial entrepreneur founders from the valley? What does a "non-sexy business look like to Andy"? Why does he see such inherent opportunity within these segments? 4.) How does Andy evaluate the challenge of immensely long sales cycles within these industries? How can these be mitigated and measured against? How does this affect Andy's thinking on the right amount of runway to raise for? How does Andy assess the often issue of regulation? How does Andy distinguish between viable/ non-viable? 5.) How does Andy assess VC value add? Where does Andy believe he can provide the most value to his portfolio? Why does Andy believe startups are not just competing against other plays in their space but every startup in the valley? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Andy’s Fave Book: Venture Deals Andy’s Most Recent Investment: Fritz As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Andy on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Instagram here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. We also speak about Movidiam – as brands turn to smarter ways of creating video and digital content, the Movidiam platform offers faster turnarounds whilst maintaining or improving quality. They’re already working with some of the biggest, most innovative companies to help compare teams and freelancers across the global curated network of creative talent. Producers and marketers looking for the best creatives can get a shortlist from Movidiam’s account managers in hours – tailored to their project’s needs. Submit a brief or check out the platform at Movidiam.com.

Jonathan Abrams is the Founder and CEO @ Nuzzel, the startup that offers personalised news discovery and curated newsletters for busy professionals. They have backing from some of the investing greats including Marc Andreesen, Naval Ravikant, Homebrew, SoftTech and Lowercase just to name a few. Prior to Nuzzel, Jonathan was the Founder of early social media machine, Friendster attaining funding from Benchmark, Kleiner and Reid Hoffman. Jonathan is also a prolific angel investor counting AngelList, Docker, Front, Instacart, and Slideshare amongst his portfolio. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Jonathan made his way into the world of startups and came to found Nuzzel? 2.) Why does Jonathan dislike it when he hears that a VC "fell into the industry"? Why does that not resonate with entrepreneurs? How can it be better phrased to align with operationally minded people? 3.) Why is Jonathan tired of hearing the word conviction from investors? Why does it not make sense to say you invest with conviction? How would Jonathan like to see the use of data to prove conviction-driven (high ownership) is optimal for fund returns? 4.) Does Jonathan believe there are too many seed funds in market today? Why does he believe we have seen a reduction in the numder of $'s going into seed companies? Does Jonathan believe the future is thematic for seed funds? 5.) Why does Jonathan believe the majority of boards "are just not very successful"? What does Jonathan believe makes a great board member? Likewise, what can entrepreneurs do to most effectively manage their board? Why do we need more operational people on boards? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Jonathan’s Fave Book: Beggars in Spain by Nanacy Kress Jonathan’s Fave Blog: Strictly VC As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Jonathan on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Pendo delivers the only complete platform that helps companies create great products. The Pendo Product Experience Platform enables product teams to understand product usage, collect user feedback, measure NPS, assist users, and promote new features in-app – all without requiring any engineering resources. This unique combination of capabilities helps companies improve customer satisfaction, reduce churn, and increase revenue. Pendo is the proven choice of Salesforce, Cisco, Optimizely Citrix, BMC and many more leading companies. Start a free trial at http://go.pendo.io/harry Treehouse is an online school where you can learn how to build websites and apps. Their course library has thousands of hours of content, where you can learn all sorts of topics, including Javascript, iOS, Android and more.  With high-quality video instruction from real industry experts teaching you all you need to know, and quizzes and code challenges keep you engaged and on track. Learn on your own schedule and go from beginner to pro. Go to teamtreehouse.com to start your free trial.

This week, the Equity crew was lucky enough to have Charles Hudson join our little crew. Hudson is both a managing partner at Precursor and a venture partner at SoftTech. The week was busy. We started with a quick unpacking of the Uber situation, including the exit of its executives, its CEO’s temporary departure, the loss of a board member of a sexist joke, and more. It’s Uber’s world in a way, and we are stuck in it. Uber aside, tech stocks were on our minds, as a number of firms in the industry skated up and down last week. Notably, Hudson claims that among the venture class, chatter isn’t overly negative. We also almost coin the phrase “SaaS crash.” You are welcome.

This week, the Equity crew was lucky enough to have Charles Hudson join our little crew. Hudson is both a managing partner at Precursor and a venture partner at SoftTech. The week was busy. We started with a quick unpacking of the Uber situation, including the exit of its executives, its CEO’s temporary departure, the loss of a board member of a sexist joke, and more. It’s Uber’s world in a way, and we are stuck in it. Uber aside, tech stocks were on our minds, as a number of firms in the industry skated up and down last week. Notably, Hudson claims that among the venture class, chatter isn’t overly negative. We also almost coin the phrase “SaaS crash.” You are welcome.

Tony Conrad is a Partner @ True Ventures, one of the leading early stage funds on the West Coast with a portfolio including the likes of Automattic, Fitbit, Blue Bottle Coffee and recent unicorn, Peloton. Tony is also the Co-Founder & CEO @ About.me (acquired by AOL in 2010). They have since raised funding from some of our favorites in the industry including Brad @ Foundry, SoftTech and BullPen just to name a few. Prior to About.me, Tony founded Sphere (acquired by AOL) in 2008. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Tony made his way from founding About.me to moving into VC with True Ventures? 2.) How has Tony's investment mentality changed since being an incredibly successful angel to now writing institutional cheques with True? What has he learned about investing from the transition? 3.) Why does Tony look to straddle the divide between investor and founder? How does this help him to examine what true product/founder fit is? How does this affect his ability to source deals? Why should more investors look to do the same? 4.) How does Tony view party rounds/ why are they so dangerous? Why is it so wrong for founders to optimize for valuation? What are the later repercussions of doing so? What is a more effective way for founders to approach the raise? 5.) Having spent over 1,500 minutes in board meetings, what has Tony learned about what makes the beat board members? How can founders detect the board member that is truly aligned to them? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Tony’s Fave Book: Endurance by Shackleton Tony’s Most Recent Investment: Teamable  As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Tony on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Zoom is the No 1 Video and WebConferencing Service, providing one consistent enterprise experience that allows you to engage in an array of activities including online meetings, video webinars, collaboration-enabled conference rooms and business instant messaging. Plus, it is the easiest solution to use, buy and scale with the most straightforward pricing. Do not take our word for it, Zoom’s their partnership with Sequoia in their latest 100m funding round says it all. Zoom is a must for your business. ViewedIt is a free video-recording tool that makes it easy for organizations to embrace the power of video for personalized communications. ViewedIt enables sales professionals, executive leaders and customer support teams to easily record personalized videos and add them to their email conversations. Plus, with built-in tracking powered by the Vidyard platform, video creators will know who is watching what, and which video messages resonate with viewers. They’ll receive immediate playback notifications that will eliminate the wondering of whether the recipient received or watched their content. Find out more and download ViewedIt for free at vidyard.com/viewedit.

We’re very excited to have Brad Feld to help us kick off season two. In addition to co-founding Foundry Group and Techstars, Brad also co-founded Mobius Venture Capital in 1996. So he’s as qualified as anyone in the world to discuss starting venture firms, and that’s exactly what we did in this episode. Brad has already spoken at length about starting companies and angel investing, so we dug into getting a first fund off the ground, building a firm that’s consistent with one’s belief system, and investing as a personal LP into dozens of funds including Lowercase, SoftTech, Techstars, USV, and now institutionalizing that endeavor with Foundry Next.

Ben Einstein is Founder and General Partner @ Bolt, Bolt is a fund designed to address the unique needs of early-stage startups at the intersection of hardware and software, investing up to $500K in pre-seed, pre-product companies. They have created and backed some world class businesses that have received later funding from Khosla, Kleiner Perkins, NEA, and Softtech just to name a few. In Today’s Episode with Ben You Will Learn: How Ben made his way into VC from such a product centric background? Why have we seen a rise in hardware investing over the last 5 years? How has this affected the hardware ecosystem? To what extent do hardware and software integrate today? Why have we seen the rise of software determining the hardware winners? Why is brand the most important thing in consumer hardware? Who has done it best? Who has not done it well? What is Ben’s biggest advice to hardware founders today? Why is raising too much money extremely dangerous for hardware founders? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Ben’s Fave Blog and Newsletter: Ben Evans Ben’s Fave Book: The Box Ben’s Most Recent Investment: Grow: Redesigning Gardening As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Ben on Twitter here! Likewise, you can follow Harry on Snapchat here for mojito madness and all things 20VC. Eve make 1 perfect mattress – made with 3 layer technology and next generation memory foam. It comes packaged in a beautiful box and arrives the day after you order. You get 100 nights to try it with free return pick-up – it really is the perfect mattress for everyone. Just go online to evemattress.co.uk and enter the code 20VC for £50 off. Everybody deserves the perfect start with Eve.

Michael Litt is the Founder & CEO @ Vidyard the video intelligence platform that allows you to create, measure and strengthen engagement of your video content. Vidyard are based in Canada and have raised over $60m in VC funding from the likes of Battery Ventures, Bessemer, SoftTech, Salesforce Ventures, some incredible names there and the list goes on but I would like to say a  huge thanks to Matt Garrett @ Salesforce Ventures for making the intro. In Today's Show with Michael We Discuss   How did Michael come to found Vidyard, as Paul Graham described, ‘The Google For Business’? How does Michael assess value based pricing and how has his views transition with the growth of Vidyard? What does Vidyard’s internal sales organisation look like? How does Michael look to optimise this structure? How does Michael view the utility of the freemium model? What are the inherent advantages and disadvantages that need to be considered? In a round we call the 60 Second Saastr, we also hear: Productivity tips and tricks? Cool hobbies, what are they? Fave SaaS material? If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings Saastr Michael Litt

Michael Kim is the founder and Managing Partner of Cendana Capital, a fund of funds which invests in seed VC funds. Michael has many of our previous guests in his portfolio including the likes of SoftTech, Freestyle, Founder Collective, Collaborative Fund and many more, clearly great minds think alike! Prior to Cendana, Michael was one of the original partners of Rustic Canyon Partners a VC firm with $1bn AUM. In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Michael made his way into VC and then made the transition into the world of LP? 2.) Why have we seen the proliferation of seed funding? Is this a good thing for the economy? Is dumb money good or bad for the early stage environment? 3.) Chris Douvos states we will begin to see the hybridisation of LPs and GPs, does Michael agree? What are the inherent problems with this happening? 4.) What is Michael's blackbox for assessing emerging fund managers? What does he look for? How can they present their edge? 4.) How does Michael respond to Dave McClure's portfolio construction theory of allocating capital to many startups with the realisation that 0.5% become unicorns? Items Mentioned In Today’s Show: Michael’s Fave Book: Catcher & The Rye Michael's Fave Blog or Newsletter: Techcrunch, The Twenty Minute VC As always you can follow The Twenty Minute VC, Harry and Michael on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can follow him on Snapchat here!   This episode was brought to you by DesignCrowd, the online marketplace for custom graphic, logo and web design that helps startups, entrepreneurs, web developers and agencies outsource design projects to designers from around the world.   How Does It Work? Once you have launched your brief, designers will begin submitting quality designs for you to review. With some constructive feedback, you can quickly generate a large gallery of designs that really do fit your needs. You can have exactly what you need within just three days. Once you have selected your favourite design, you will be sent all the files you require to update your branding. If you don’t like any of the submitted designs, then DesignCrowd offers a money back guarantee. So checkout designcrowd.com/VC and enter the promo code VC100 to get an astonishing $100 off your next project.

  Today we have a conversation from our 2016 global conference with SoftTech VC Partner & Principal Stephanie Palmeri. Stephanie has over a decade of experience working at the intersection of marketing and technology. Stephanie joined at SoftTech in 2011 and served as its a Senior Associate. Previously, she served as an Associate at NYC Seed and launched the NYC SeedStart incubator.    She also worked at Lot18, Accenture, and Estee Lauder and has built SaaS applications for SAP AG, JP Morgan, and Diageo. Her early experiences include Accenture's market data practice working with investment banking clients like JP Morgan and Morgan Stanley.    Stephanie represents SoftTech VC as a board member for Niche, Ubooly, Chariot, Envoy Commerce Corp., Educents, Fatherly, and Spoon Media Inc. Stephanie holds an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School and graduated magna cum laude from Villanova University with joint degrees in Marketing and Management Information Systems.   Lets listen into Stephanie Palmeri live from Startup Grind’s Global Conference in silicon valley this past february. 

Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures joins Nick to cover Getting Smart on a New Market, Part 1. We will address questions including: What Charles' experience at SoftTech was like and how he made the transition to founding Precursor. What his continuing role as a Venture Partner at SoftTech entails. How...   To listen more, please visit http://fullratchet.net/podcast-episodes/ for all of our other episodes. Also, follow us on twitter @TheFullRatchet for updates and more information.

Charles Hudson is the Managing Partner with Precursor Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm focused on first check investments in strong teams developing innovative hardware and software products and services. Prior to founding Precursor, Charles was a Partner with SoftTech VC, one of the most active seed stage investors in Internet and mobile startups. Prior to SoftTech, Hudson spent time at Google,  IronPort Systems, and In-Q-Tel.   In Today’s Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How did Charles made his way into VC from working with the CIA? What were Charles biggest takeaways from his operational experience? 2.) Why have we seen the rise of the solo GP fund? What tools and services can be used by solo GPs to make their lives easier? 3.) Chris Sacca said, 'you have to be a moron to launch a solo VC fund'. What does Charles think about this and what was it about Precursor that made him want to leave SoftTech? 4.) How does Charles' market requirements change now as a pre seed investor, a 100m exit is excellent. Do you you still need unicorns? 5.) How does Charles look to differentiate with Precursor in the sea of emerging VC funds? What is the most important thing for him about pr-seed investing? 6.) What is Charles' vision for Precursor? What would success look like for him? Items Mentioned In Today’s Episode:  Charles' Fave Book: Alec Ross: Industries of The Future Charles' Fave Blog: The Information   As always you can follow The Twenty Minute VC, Harry and Charles on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can follow him on Instagram here!   The Twenty Minute VC is brought to you by Leesa, the Warby Parker or TOMS shoes of the mattress industry. Lees have done away with the terrible mattress showroom buying experience by creating a luxury premium foam mattress that is order completely online and ships for free to your doorstep. The 10 inch mattress comes in all sizes and is engineered with 3 unique foam layers for a universal, adaptive feel, including 2 inches of memory foam and 2 inches of a really cool latex foam called Avena, design to keep you cool. All Leesa mattresses are 100% US or UK made and for every 10 mattresses they sell, they donate one to a shelter. Go to Leesa.com/VC and enter the promo code VC75 to get $75 off!

Joining us today on The Official Saastr Podcast is Laura Behrens Wu, Laura is the Founder & CEO @ Shippo, the API and dashboard for all your shipping needs. They have raised from the likes of SoftTech, 500Startups, SLow Ventures and many more incredible investors. In today's show with Laura we discuss:   What are API’s and what do they allow us to do? With API’s developer adoption is crucial, what has worked for Laura in terms of finding developers, onboarding them and ensuring developer retention? How much of a role does content marketing and education play in a complex product and tech stack, like Shippo? What strategies have been the most successful in educating potential clients? Why does Laura believe transparent pricing is so fundamental? How does Laura harness the freemium model while attempting to onboard large corporate clients What do the next 20 years hold for Shippo? What will it take to reach the milestones?   In a round we call the 60 Second Saastr, we also hear: Most challenging element of building Shippo? Biggest advice to SMB’s on shipping options? The fundraising process: What was it like?   If you would like to find out more about the show and the guests presented you can follow us on Twitter here: Jason Lemkin Harry Stebbings Saastr Laura Behrens Wu

Jonathan Abrams is the founder & CEO of the social news service Nuzzel.  Jonathan is also co-founder and Managing Partner of Founders Den, a shared office space and private club for experienced entrepreneurs and their friends. Previously, Jonathan was the founder & CEO of Socializr, Friendster, and HotLinks, and a software engineer at companies such as Netscape and Nortel. Jonathan is a board member at Girls in Tech, an advisor to CodeNow, and has previously been a mentor in Steve Blank's entrepreneurship classes at Stanford and Berkeley, a top-rated mentor at The Founder Institute and a member of the advisory board of the Silicon Valley Association of Startup Entrepreneurs. Jonathan is also an angel investor in over 50 startups including AngelList, Docker, Front, HelloSign, Instacart, Sapho, Seed, Slideshare, Socialcam, and Vouch.   Click To Play   In Today's Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How did Jonathan make his way into tech and come to found the likes of Friendster and Nuzzel? What were his biggest lessons from working at Netscape? 2.) How can founders determine the customer stickiness and value proposition in the early days of product testing with friends and family? 3.) How does Jonathan view the competitive landscape for news aggregation? Why is consumer app such a competitive space? 4.) Question From Matt Mazzeo: How does Jonathan compare this moment in time to previous points in the innovation curve? 5.) Having worked with both the old and the new guard of VC, how does working with Lowercase, Homebrew and Softtech compare with the old guard of Benchmark and Kleiner Perkins? Items Mentioned In Today's Episode: Jonathan's Fave Book: Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure, Jerry Kaplan As always you can follow The Twenty Minute VC, Harry and Jonathan on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can follow him on Instagram here!   The Twenty Minute VC is brought to you by Leesa, the Warby Parker or TOMS shoes of the mattress industry. Lees have done away with the terrible mattress showroom buying experience by creating a luxury premium foam mattress that is order completely online and ships for free to your doorstep. The 10 inch mattress comes in all sizes and is engineered with 3 unique foam layers for a universal, adaptive feel, including 2 inches of memory foam and 2 inches of a really cool latex foam called Avena, design to keep you cool. All Leesa mattresses are 100% US or UK made and for every 10 mattresses they sell, they donate one to a shelter. Go to Leesa.com/VC and enter the promo code VC75 to get $75 off!

This week, Eliot Durbin, General Partner at Boldstart Ventures, joins the show. Miss an episode, such as the Dave's classic interview with SoftTech's founder Jeff Clavier that Elliot referenced during this week's show? Check out our entire archive at venturestudio.org or on iTunes, Soundcloud, Stitcher or TuneIn. Remember to subscribe on iTunes so you never miss an episode and follow us on twitter @venturestudio to stay up to date. In today's episode, Eliot talks about Boldstart's investment themes for this year - Googlization of IT, SaaS 2.0 and Smart Data. In addition, Eliot and Dave also discuss the rise of shadow IT at large enterprises, the market potential in B2B on-demand, and how to tell the difference between a pretty big problem and really big problem.

Andy McLoughlin is a Partner with SoftTech VC, where he primarily invests in B2B, SaaS, developer tools and mobile applications. Prior to joining SoftTech, Andy was co-founder of London-based Huddle, under Andy’s leadership, Huddle became one of Europe’s most awarded and well-known technology startups, raising over $80M of venture funding to date. Since 2010 Andy has been a prolific angel investor building a portfolio covering 35 startups, mostly in the SaaS / B2B space. Just to name a few of the investments from his incredible portfolio Andy was an angel in the likes of Buffer, Intercom, Pipedrive, Postmates, Secret Escapes, just to name a few. In Today's Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Andy made his startup as an entrepreneur and then VC? 2.) What was it that made Andy make the move from the world of entrepreneurship to VC? 3.) As a seed stage investor, what does Andy make of the Series A crunch? How prevalent has it been for him as an investor? What is the optimal amount of runway founders should raise for? 4.) What does Andy think of the size and cadence of the first funding rounds that we are seeing now? What does he make of the rise of the second seed or the bridge round? Is it an indication of trouble? 5.) SoftTech are near the closing of Fund V, so what is the thesis and the mission going forward? What themes and spaces is Andy most excited by and why? Items Mentioned In Today's Episode: Andy's Fave Book: The New York Trilogy, Hatching Twitter Andy's Fave Blog or Newsletter: Medium Newsletter, Mark Suster: Both Sides Of The Table Andy's Most Recent Investment: Captain401   As always you can follow The Twenty Minute VC, Harry and Andy on Twitter here! If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can follow him on Instagram here!   This episode was supported by Wunder Capital, the leading online investment platform that allows individuals to invest in large scale solar projects across the U.S. Wunder’s solar investment funds allow you to earn up to 11% annually, while diversifying your portfolio, curbing pollution and combating global climate change. Do well by doing good and sign up for a free account here and join the thousands of people that are already achieving their investment targets.

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In this week's episode, we welcome Stephanie Palmeri of SoftTech VC. Dave and Steph discuss SoftTech's growth as a microVC, how crowded the competitive landscape really is for seed-stage founders, and the case for having a west coast investor on your cap table. At SoftTech, Steph has led investments in Poshmark, True & Co, Clever, Handshake, Grovo, Panorama Education, Lantern, and ClassDojo. She is currently on the board of Chariot, Educents, Envoy, Fatherly, and Spoon University. She also led the firm's investment in Niche, which was acquired by Twitter. One of SoftTechVC's most notable investments to date is Fitbit, which went public in June of 2015 with a valuation of about $4.1 billion. SoftTech's founder Jeff Clavier has also been a guest on Venture Studio- you can find his episode on our iTunes or SoundCloud pages.

Jeff Clavier is the Founder and Managing Partner of SoftTech VC, one of the most established seed VC firms in Silicon Valley, having closed 150 investments since 2004. An early angel investor in Web 2.0, Jeff and his team have backed successful startups like Mint (Intuit), Milo (eBay), Bleacher Report (Turner), Fitbit, Eventbrite, Sendgrid, Postmates and Vungle. The portfolio has also seen acquisitions by Groupon, Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo and AOL. The firm is currently investing out of its $85M Fund IV, making 16 commitments of $850K per year in mobile/cloud saas, consumer hardware, marketplaces and healthcare IT. In Today's Episode You Will Learn: 1.) How Jeff made his entry into the world of VC? 2.) In a time when hardware was not heavily invested in, what attracted Jeff to Fitbit? 3.) How did Jeff convince Brad to invest in Fitbit? 4.) What can startups do to standout in the crowded market that exists today? 5.) What do startups need to have to get a meeting with you at SoftTech? 6.) What VCs does Jeff most like to invest alongside? Items Mentioned In Today's Episode: Jeff's Fave Book: June by Gerbrand Bakker As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC, Jeff and SoftTech VC on Twitter here! For a more colourful look into Harry's life, you can follow him on Instagram here!

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