JasaRodio

JasaRodio

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JasaRodio episodes

  • Why Should Startups Remain Focused, Especially During the Early Stages?

    Rachita Kumar

    • PE, Madison India Capital

      • Sharing her valuable insights on:

      1. Why should startups remain focused, especially during the early stages?
      2. 2 contrast case studies, 1 which has drifted away from its core focus, another which has remained focused and benefitted immensely?
      3. Finally, how should startups really expand, while keeping their core focus intact? 
        4. 7 min
      6. How to Effectively Scale-up Your Startup from Seed to Series A Round?

        Alexandre Covello

        • VC Partner, Defrocked VC

          • Sharing his valuable insights on:

          1. Key reasons behind the failure of over 70% funded startups?
          2. Journey from Seed to Series A.
          3. How should founders effectively scale up from Seed to Series A Round?
          4. When scaling up (from Seed to Series A), what are the pitfalls to watch for, and how to avoid them?
          5. What should the founders do, when not fundraising?
          6. Finally, about his venture "Defrocked VC," and its investment thesis?
            7. 19 min
          8. How Micro VCs are Dominating the Early-stage Funding Ecosystem?

            Chad Fox

            • Managing Partner, Fox Ventures

              • Sharing his valuable insights on:

              1. What is a Micro VC, and how are they different from a traditional VC fund?
              2. What are the nitty gritties involved in starting a Micro VC Fund?
              3. Why should early-stage startups opt for Micro VCs vis-a-vis a traditional VC?
              4. In comparison to angel groups/syndicates, when does it makes sense for the founders to instead opt for a Micro VC Fund?
              5. About his venture "Fox Ventures," and it's investment thesis?
                6. 14 min
              6. How to Communicate Effectively and Engage with Empathy?

                Shital Kakkar Mehra

                • Executive Presence Coach for CEOs
                • TEDx Speaker, Best-selling Author

                  • Sharing her valuable insights on:

                  1. Why is communication so important, especially for entrepreneurs?
                  2. Key signs to indicate if one lacks in communication skills.
                  3. How to improve one's communication skills?
                  4. What does it mean to engage with empathy?
                  5. How to empathetically engage with all key stakeholders (i.e. employees, customers, suppliers, etc?)
                  6. Finally, about her recent book "Executive Presence," and how to get it?
                    7. 12 min
                  7. How to Generate Leads and Sell Your Products or Services Organically?

                    Alex Garcia, CEO & Founder at The Hustle helps companies generate sales & leads using digital platforms.

                    In a thread on his Twitter account, Alex shared valuable insights on, how should you build a lead funnel and effectively generate sales.

                    He used a similar approach to help his friends achieve over $25K of eBook sales with barely any ad spend.

                    6 min
                  8. The Perspective of a Prolific Angel Investor!

                    Sweta Rau

                    • Angel Investor, White Ventures
                    • Member at XA Network

                      • Sharing her valuable insights on:

                      1. Why Angel Investors make more sense at the pre-seed/seed stage?
                      2. Strategy to target the prospective investors, and get a lead investor.
                      3. Her assessment criteria for investing in early-stage startups?
                      4. Her advice for bootstrapped founders, facing a high burn rate.
                      5. An elevator pitch that wowed her?
                      6. A brief on one of her investment success stories.
                        7. 13 min
                      7. 9 Critical Tips for the First-time Founders to Succeed in their Startup!

                        Janine Sickmeyer founded and built legal startup NextChapter, which she bootstrapped for over 6 long years. As a first-time founder, Janine steadily grew to 20 employees, and was instrumental in achieving 6K customers as well as 14% MoM consistent growth for 3 long years. Eventually her startup was acquired in September 2019 by Fastcase!

                        This podcast is taken from her thread on Twitter, where she shared her experience on, why being a first-time founder is so hard!

                        According to her, for the first-time founder it takes 2X time and roughly 3X money to succeed.

                        5 min

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