Startups Fundraising Thursdays - A Forum to Ask About Fundraising, Investors, Accelerators, and Other Sources of Capital |
- Fundraising Thursdays - A Forum to Ask About Fundraising, Investors, Accelerators, and Other Sources of Capital
- You've raised millions. You have a choice: promote your VP of Eng internally who's been with you from the start, or hire a big shot CTO who's been around the block. What do you do?
- Mini-documentaries of London based Startups: Startups of London
- Pitching to journalists, how?
- How can I get Amazon Keyword Tool?
- What monetization model would you suggest in this case?
- What tech stack to use?
- Solo Technical Founder Built Product - Now What?
- Cease and desist for copying terms
| Posted: 03 Oct 2019 06:05 AM PDT Welcome to this week's Fundraising Thursdays Thread. Ask about anything related to fundraising, investors, accelerators, grants, and other sources of capital. That includes how to find these sources, how to work with them, and how to negotiate with them. Don't be shy. The purpose of this is to learn and share ideas and methodologies with one another. Any question is a good question! If you are answering questions, remember to be kind and supportive. Many are just starting out and have no idea what they are doing. That's okay! We all knew nothing before we knew something.You can also find more support using instant chat on the /r/startups discord. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2019 05:24 PM PDT I'm in a position where I'm bargaining to join a company and am curious to hear thoughts. The founder is offering a title of VP of Eng but is really not sure whether CTO matches my resume experience (aka managing big teams in the future). They said that they'd be down for a promotion as I grow with the company later if I'm doing well enough. The startup is pre seed and currently has SOME traction but not too much. The whole thing is a huge risk and I'd be taking a massive paycut, just over half of what I'm making. I'm considering this offer now but am concerned with the fact that if we DO end up super successful, why wouldn't you simply do what's best for the business and hire an outside CTO who's been around the block at that point. I feel like at most places the earlier employees are the ones who always get shafted and I just don't know how to go about it. I don't want to give my life to this company only to not potentially meet some probably arbitrary requirements of their idea of a CTO and then get put by the wayside. Anyway, I'm curious to see some thoughts regarding this. PS: The reason I heavily partly want the CTO title is to also manage risk. If the thing blows up and grows well, then I will be part of the forefront of that growth. EDIT lots of conflicting opinions here...this is tough. some say dont do it at all, others say it makes complete sense. i guess at the end of the day its up to me but still unsure as to whether i should just stick it out at my current job and make a lot more money with a definitive future + benefits. [link] [comments]  |
| Mini-documentaries of London based Startups: Startups of London Posted: 04 Oct 2019 01:50 AM PDT We are here to tell the stories of London based startups. We want to help their growth by giving them more visibility in the eyes of investors, users, talents, mentors, consultants and entrepreneurs. What's best, we cover all the costs of the production (free for startups covered). Latest episode: https://youtu.be/ZPyRtEz1LkI Our core belief is that startups really are the change engines of the world today. From ecological crises to political ones; from how we misuse technology to our need to belong and feel cared in the digital age, we are not short of problems to solve. We see startups as the peak of human ingenuity. They allow us to tackle much bigger problems than we individually can. They rely on collaboration, inspiration, problem solving and most important of all, relentless learning. Alright, but why London? Because despite being called Europe's #1 Startup Capital; the sources of in-depth information about startups are lacking. Sure, there are sources of basic factual and statistical information. But we think there is value in painting a more detailed picture about who these startups are. We want to tell the stories of the founders, the team and the business itself. Focusing on their culture, problems they care about solving the most, the challenges they overcame and currently have, the technologies they depend on, the people they depend on, their physical working environment, their growth in terms of team and users, their goals for the future and more… The HowEach episode of Startups of London, is dedicated to telling the story of a single startup through a combination of video, audio and written media. First, we generate a list of startups we want to cover either through applications that reach to us or through our direct contact. We filter for London based startups which have found product market fit and have a team of 10+ with a physical office location. Then we do a scheduled office visit with our film crew to collect the video material about the office and the culture. The visit also serves as the opportunity to do a dedicated video podcast session with the founder(s) where we interview them about the past, present and future of the company. We also ask the startup to fill in a fact-sheet of the most up to date key information about their growth. The ProductWe bring all the content together and for each episode create;
For applications write to us at hello@startupsoflondon.com with a short summary of key data about your startups such as office location, number of employees, growth stage, previous investments and links that you think are relevant. [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 04 Oct 2019 02:11 AM PDT Hey everyone, I've been building a peer-to-peer learning platform in the last year and a half and now I'm ready to show it to the world. My question is, do journalists prefer to publish a story that's already written or is it something that they do? Thanks, - Lubo [link] [comments]  |
| How can I get Amazon Keyword Tool? Posted: 04 Oct 2019 02:10 AM PDT You can try asin24 Free Amazon keyword tool Use only relevant keywords suggestions from Amazon.
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At some point, you could have the thought of successfully capturing the interest and attention of a small percentage of Amazon visitors. Could that be possible? Yeah, it is a challenging task, but possible. Apart from being highly competitive, Amazon remains a great place for sellers. Firstly, a seller begins with sales of goods on the platform and then proceed to drive traffic and investing in some forms of promotion.
When it comes to selling on Amazon, the best approach is to increase your chances of getting sales by ensuring that your products are easily searched and found on Amazon. However, this is where the use of relevant keywords comes in.
Apart from the use of relevant keywords, you also need to optimize your Amazon listing excellently to place your products in the fingertips of prospective customers, buyers, and clients. If you are able to optimize your Amazon products successfully, more shoppers will be able to find and locate you on the Amazon page through Search Engine. This remains a surefire way to increase your chances of getting sales and even more sales.
Optimizing your Amazon products listing is a daunting and challenging task, but it is easy with the use of asin24 for Amazon. With asin24 for Amazon, all you need do is to enter a keyword related to the product you are selling, and you'll see a wide range of Amazon frequent search terms. This reveals what buyers are searching for and how often they search using these keywords. [link] [comments]  |
| What monetization model would you suggest in this case? Posted: 04 Oct 2019 12:16 AM PDT I'm about to launch a SaaS tool that targets retailers and helps them manage their Instagram presence. We don't sell followers or promise you to increase followers - that's not our business. We are more about engagement. At first, I thought of selling the tool as a fixed monthly fee and charge on a per handle basis (e.g. $49 / month). Problem is, some retailers might have 100 branches that all fall under one handle only. And I don't believe it would be fair to have a mom and pop shop pay as much as a large chain. I'm thinking about alternative monetization models, for example charging based on the number of followers that you have (e.g. 0.001 per follower, with a minimum of $49 / month). I like the approach, but the only issue is that I will either keep the bill the same or increase as my clients' follower count increases. What do you think of the model? Would you suggest anything alternative? [link] [comments]  |
| Posted: 03 Oct 2019 07:05 PM PDT I am working on a MVP for a subscription based business. I am not sure what is the best stack to use. I am bootstrapped and don't have a ton of cash to burn. I am planning on a WordPress website with Woocommerce plugin. Is there any other tech stack better without costing my arm and leg? [link] [comments]  |
| Solo Technical Founder Built Product - Now What? Posted: 03 Oct 2019 08:07 AM PDT I've been doing full stack development professional for the last ~15 years or so. Currently I do freelance consulting which has given me enough flexibility to create a product which has recently gone live. The product is an easy and unobtrusive way for content creators to monetize their content. Content creators being anyone with a website, blog, newspaper, social media, youtube channel etc etc. Without going into too much detail, creators can embed or link to a button that will allow users to give them digital tokens worth about $0.25. They can also require a donation to view some/all content which can be done on a per-page basis. I'm happy to discuss further if anyone is interested. I just launched the product a few days ago. I feel like from a feature perspective it's a bit beyond an MVC. The UI/UX needs some tweaking but I feel like it is passable. What are the next steps? Do a find a co-founder to help with growth? If so where do I look? Do I try to get funded? Do I run some ad campaigns and see where that gets me? My expertise is building and scaling the product. I'm a bit in the dark about the rest of it. Edit: Link https://nanr.io [link] [comments]  |
| Cease and desist for copying terms Posted: 03 Oct 2019 05:31 AM PDT Has this happened to anyone? Could it realistically happen? I'm not talking about just ctrl+f'ing their company name and replacing with your own. I'm talking about doing a little bit of editing, moving around a few words, switching up the different sections, replacing "does not have obligation" with "is not obliged" etc. It is my understanding that legal agreements do not constitute intellectual property. But I may be wrong there. A lot of terms have almost exactly the same wording. [link] [comments]  |
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