TinySeed is the first startup accelerator designed for founders who would traditionally bootstrap. We are the next generation of startup accelerators. TinySeed is an accelerator, but it's remote, runs for a full year, and focuses on SaaS and "non-unicorns" (companies that don't aspire to grow at all costs to reach a $1B valuation). To venture capitalists, a company doing $10m in annual revenue is a miss. To us, it's a great business.
Connect with Tracy ๐
TinySeed: https://tinyseed.com
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexmcquade
Tekpon is a SaaS marketplace born out of the genuine desire to help people change how they consume and purchase software products and services. Tekpon has behind a team of enthusiastic tech lovers whose main goal is to help users boost their lives and businesses with the right software.
Connect with Tekpon โก
Website: https://tekpon.com
SaaS Entrepreneurs & Startups: https://www.facebook.com/groups/tekpon
Listen to the podcast ๐ง
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0sf7X3sC8Pg8gzpphTYxgi
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tekpon-saas-podcast/id1637493062
The topics we've discussed ๐
00:00 Intro
00:13 What is TinySeed?
00:52 TinySeed funding terms
01:42 How many companies per batch?
02:40 Most well-known companies from your portfolio
03:05 What are the strong points of TinySeed?
04:55 Weekly educational calls
06:03 Why the program takes 1 full year
07:50 What motivates your mentors to help startups?
09:00 What are the requirements for joining TinySeed?
10:00 How do you choose the startups?
11:10 Fully remote accelerator
13:05 When did you join TinySeed?
13:55 Why did they choose you?
15:25 What are the traits of a successful startup program manager?
16:55 100 companies, 200 founders
17:30 What has been your biggest challenge?
18:40 Working with so many founders, what is the most common mistake you see?
21:10 What is MicroConf?
21:40 Upcoming events
22:55 How big is the MicroConf community?
24:45 The traits they're looking for in a founder - Fast&Furious
29:05 What is your story, Alex?
30:55 Top 3 favorite SaaS products