The Founder Initiative

By Adam ODonnell

Helping founders hit PMF, get funded & drive durable growth through podcasting & buyer events

(Formerly TheTop.VC)... more

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How many episodes does The Founder Initiative have?

The podcast currently has 224 episodes available.

The Founder Initiative episodes:

June 16, 2021 Chingona Ventures's Founding Partner, Samara Hernandez: Traction-Trumps-All
How unconventional startups can succeed with limited access to traditional resources.
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8min
June 15, 2021 Silicon Matter's Founder, Olga Orda: 3 funding necessities
3 things you need for raising money & getting media coverage:
1. super start team
2. story that makes you go wow
3. true market traction
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8min
June 09, 2021 Google's Head of VC & Startup Partnerships, Mark Hall: building-in-public
How top startups are using a 'building-in-public' strategy to increase adoption.
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8min
May 11, 2021 Brown Venture Group's Dr. Paul Campbell; the economic impact of racial bias
$13T = the cost of racial bias to the US economy according to Citi's recent study
We must move from doing things "for" to "with"...
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19min
May 06, 2021 Yamaha Ventures VC, Anish Patel: rising bar, $400k - $750k ARR minimum at seed stage
#SolidSeedStageTraction - $400k - $750k ARR minimum
Focus on the #fundementals
Increasing #valuations
Wise with #capital
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10min
May 04, 2021 Foundation Capital's GP, Joanne Chen: the rise of ops as a B2B buyer
Over the past 10 years, there has been a rise in operations as a B2B tech buyer
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8min
April 29, 2021 'The 2% Rule' - Rob Ness
General Partner of Asymmetry Ventures, Rob Ness:
the biggest contributors to success at the seed stage-->
'The 2% Rule' - obsess and improve the basics like #CX...
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9min
April 27, 2021 Nate Williams, Founder & Managing Partner at UNION Labs: the rise of non-technical hires...sooner
Nate Williams, ex CRO of August Home, Inc., former EIR at Kleiner Perkins, and current Founder & Managing Partner at UNION Labs Ventures shares a trend of sales, BD, & HR hires happening sooner.
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8min
April 14, 2021 CEO of BuildFire, Ian Blair: AI-powered copywriting - they average 250k views/mo.
Clearscope + Conversion.ai = Turbocharged SEO
Ian and his team average 250k site view/mo...not bad for a B2B company
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6min
April 13, 2021 G. Founder of lemist; turned down $30M in funding
G., Founder & CEO of @lemist ‎explains how he received & turned down an offer of $30M in funding at a $100M valuation
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10min

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How many episodes does The Founder Initiative have?

The podcast currently has 224 episodes available.

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