Yotewo™ Podcast #21 From Finance to VC Studio- Anastasia Rodina (Dreamdaze, Sumsub, Blackmoon)

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00:00 Intro

05:10 What was motivation to move from corporate world to start-ups?

08:37 What is the story and thesis of Dreamdaze?

11:24 At which stage should founders come to Dreamdaze?

12:10 What industries is Dreamdaze interested in?

13:16 What are some of Dreamdaze portfolio companies?

20:06 How to align expectations of a venture studio and a start-up founder?

22:17 What product management principles Anastasia follows?

27:23 How does concept validation work when start-up is early stage?

30:39 How does Anastasia, her team and founders handle such a high-paced environment?

33:13 What are some mistakes that founders or product managers overlook in product development?

25:25 When it comes to hiring at venture studio how does Anastasia structure teams and is there a challenge of hiring tech talents?

37:31 What is one product-related advise that Anastasia would give to non-tech founders?

41:58 What are the trends in product management that Anastasia is excited about?

45:07 Does Anastasia have an ambition to build her own product?

Anastasia Rodina

https://www.linkedin.com/in/anastasia-rodina-277a9532/

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