The speaker shares his experience of seeking advice from Y Commentary and how he found the right partner for his startup. He emphasizes the importance of making progress and finding complementary individuals to work with.
When assessing startups, Jason Calacanis looks beyond a pitch deck's content and instead spots weaknesses and red flags in the team's bios. He also emphasizes the importance of energy management over time management and experimenting with easier termination clauses.
The decision to raise too much money for a startup could lead to a mismanagement of growth to meet consumer demand, causing layoffs due to restructuring. Taking responsibility and offering a fair exit package is crucial in such scenarios.
The speaker talks about how he was defrauded by a supposed acquisition offer from an established business, and how he eventually uncovered the truth.
Co-founder of Circle discusses their impressive journey from 10K ARR to over a million using just word of mouth marketing and recommendations from satisfied customers, all while envisioning the success of future products.
The journey of building a startup is filled with setbacks and obstacles that can lead to stress and sleep deprivation, but staying focused and determined can result in success.
Co-founders of the popular Podium app, Eric Rea and Jake Poses, talk about the difficulties they faced as a startup with millions of users and dealing with the opinions of old-school VCs.
The CEO of a music discovery start-up talks about raising funds at a $50 million valuation and adding millions of users, as well as the rollercoaster ride of startup life from euphoria to setbacks.
