Startup Competitors

By Michael Kelly

How do early-stage software startup founders identify competitors in their space? How do they leverage the information they learn to develop a go-to-market strategy? In each episode of the Startup Com... more

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July 22, 2019 Elevate Ventures with Jacob Schpok
In this episode, I talk with Jacob Schpok, executive director of university initiatives for Elevate Ventures. University initiatives is branded under the name Elevate Nexus, rolling out new programs and investment vehicles to grow entrepreneurship and start-up activity across the state, through engaging higher education institutions. Elevate Nexus is broken into a couple of different components: identifying best practices across the state with higher education institutions, figuring out where these institutions currently are with supporting entrepreneurs, and then cross-pollinating these ideas.
Topics in the episode
How elevate engages with universities
How much of Elevate’s investment dollars are directed to the university initiatives
Details of the seven pitch competitions Elevate is launching across the state
Qualifications of pre-seed and seed level investment opportunities
Expectations of a pitch at the competition
Problems of pitch competitions, and how Elevate Nexus is addressing those
Importance of having data that your roadmap is based on primary or secondary research
Contact info
Elevatenexus.com
Newsletter for more information
Email: [email protected]
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July 15, 2019 Lessonly with Max Yoder - Re-Broadcast
This episode is a rebroadcast of episode 34. In this interview, I talk with Max Yoder of Lessonly, a training software for 2 specific teams: sales teams and customer service teams. They focus on customer-facing teams, which are faced with the constant challenge of maintaining a high bar of quality, while the processes and tools around them are constantly in flux. This means that for these teams, training and re-training is needed month over month.
Topics in the episode
Examples of the user experience
Selling to these specific teams, as opposed to HR
Where Lessonly is now, compared to how it was originally envisioned
The “Better Work Method” and how it is reflected in their team
Removing features from Lessonly
Evaluating partnerships with other companies
How to evangelize with customers
The value of sharing before it’s ready
Contact information
Lessonly.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/lessonly
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lesson.ly/
Email: [email protected]
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July 08, 2019 Ting Gootee with Elevate Ventures - Re-Broadcast
This episode is a re-broadcast of episode 21, my interview with Ting Gootee, the Chief Investment Officer of Elevate Ventures.
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July 01, 2019 Pattern89 with R. J. Talyor
In this episode, I talk with R.J. Talyor, of Pattern89. This startup is an artificial intelligence, AI, platform for marketers, that acts as a to-do list Instagram, Facebook, and Google ads to the next level. It runs algorithms across the 29,000 dimensions of the client’s data on a daily basis and provides them with a to-do list to help them drive their performance.
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June 24, 2019 The Titanic Effect with Michael Cloran (Series Part 3 of 3)
Today we have part 3 in our 3 part series on the Titanic Effect ( https://www.titaniceffect.com/), a book by Todd Saxton, Kim Saxton, Michael Cloran. In this episode, we talk with Michael Cloran, who created the technical ocean of the Titanic Effect.
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June 17, 2019 The Titanic Effect with Kim Saxton (Series Part 2 of 3)
Today we are doing part 2 of our 3 part series on the Titanic Effect (link: https://www.titaniceffect.com/), a book by Todd Saxton, Kim Saxton, Michael Cloran. In today’s episode, we talk with Kim Saxton, who spearheaded the marketing ocean.
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June 10, 2019 The Titanic Effect with Todd Saxton (Series Part 1 of 3)
Today we are doing something different, and kicking off the first of a three-part series on the Titanic Effect (link: https://www.titaniceffect.com/), which is a new book written by Todd Saxton, Kim Saxton, Michael Cloran, about startups and the journey they go through. In today’s episode, we talk with Todd Saxton, and how the book was created. He said that through decades of experience working with startups, the writers noticed patterns in terms of icebergs startups run into, that end up limiting their potential or sinking them.
Topics in the episode
Pros and Cons of “pivoting”, and the effects it has on your value proposition
Two most common Hidden debts of a startup:
Integration of strategy
Imbalance
Process of naming “Titanic Effect”
Establishing a trial period with clients to be the most advantageous for your business
How to motivate and coach people in ways that are helpful
The curse of “third-sies”
Using a tiered labor pool as a hiring strategy in a startup
Contact Info
www.titaniceffect.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/TitanicEffect
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TitanicEffect/
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June 03, 2019 Quillo with John Dickerson
In this episode, I talk with John Dickerson, founder and CEO of Quillo, a new mobile communications platform, designed for the human service industry. He explains that Quillo is a platform designed to engage, inspire, and build relationships to solve the problem of high turnover within the disability field. Workers in this industry are out in the field all the time. They don’t have a network of people and coworkers that they’re connected with. They feel like they’re on an island. Quillo resolves this issue.
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May 27, 2019 Olio with Ben Forrest
In this episode, I talk with Ben Forrest, founder, and CEO of Olio. In the healthcare technology industry, Olio simply is a care collaboration technology that drives to build an ecosystem for our hospital providers to providers within different silos to communicate and collaborate in real time more efficiently. Ben shares the current status of Olio, and that it is a team of 15 people, evenly split between product and sales and marketing.
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May 20, 2019 Passageways with Paroon Chadha
In this episode, I talk with the Co-Founder and CEO of Passageways, Paroon
Chadha. Passageways is in the secure enterprise collaboration space, which
has 2 product lines. One of the products is Ensemble, an employee
collaboration software that allows employees to engage with each other. The
other product of Passageways is On Board, a board collaboration software
that pulls together a paperless and seamless experience for board members
and executive committees.
“From board room to the break rooms, collaboration software is where we
live.
— Paroon Chadha
Paroon explains how he and his co-founder started in the credit union
industry. They received a seed investment from a credit union, and the
company quickly became one of the fastest growing companies in that space.
They then transitioned to community banks, and grew to a total of five
verticals.
Topics in the episode
* Transitioning from boot strapping to receiving funding
* Growing from one market into others that are adjacent
* How to operate both horizontally and vertically
* Customization of the products within each vertical
* Getting key tactical and strategic support from the board
* Building an international office based on the needs of the market
* Utilizing the products within your own company
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FAQs about Startup Competitors:

How many episodes does Startup Competitors have?

The podcast currently has 184 episodes available.