The Startup Playbook Podcast

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep075 – Ahmed Haider (Co-founder – Zookal & Flirtey) on calculated risk December 19, 2017 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Episode 75 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is Ahmed Haider, the co-founder of Zookal and Flirtey. All founders know how difficult it can be to run a business, but it is infinitely harder to run 2 successful, multi-million dollar companies at the same time! Someone who makes this look easy is Ahmed Haider. Ahmed dropped out of his University degree to focus full time on Zookal, an online platform that allows students to buy and rent textbooks. From having just 2 weeks runway remaining, Ahmed and his team have hustled to build Zookal to generating $20M revenue in the last year and having raised over $7.5M in funding If that wasn’t enough, Ahmed went on to start his second company, drone delivery startup Flirtey, which earlier this year raised a $16M round of funding. In this interview we talk about: understanding your risk tolerance how to attract the right talent competing with likes of Amazon the opportunities in South East Asia   PLAYBOOK MEDIA – Growth through Data-Driven Storytelling STARTUP PLAYBOOK HUSTLE APPLICATION   Show notes: Zookal Flirtey Startmate Blackbird Artesian Capital Vicky Lay (Twitter) Vicky Lay (podcast interview) Tia Saunders Jon Tse Matt Sweeny Tom Bass Peter Huynh (Qualgro VC) Podcast Tom Ellis (Mai Capital) podcast Ahmed Haider Feedback/ connect/ say hello:  Rohit@startupplaybook.co @playbookstartup (Twitter) @rohitbhargava7 (Twitter – Rohit) Rohit Bhargava (LinkedIn) Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound Other channels: Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Stitcher & Soundcloud http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Ep075_-_Ahmed_Haider.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep075 – Ahmed Haider (Co-founder – Zookal & Flirtey) on calculated risk appeared first on Startup Playbook.

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Hustle Ep005 – Heidi Holmes & Lucy Lloyd (Mentorloop) on the hurdle test December 14, 2017 rohitbhargava Podcast My guests for Episode 5 of The Startup Playbook Hustle are Heidi Holmes and Lucy Lloyd, the co-founders of Mentorloop. Heidi and Lucy have been friends for over 20 years, initially meeting at school before initially heading down different career paths. Prior to Mentorloop, Heidi was the Managing Director of Adage, an online jobs board that was acquired by OneShift in early 2015, whereas Lucy spent several years with tech and development agencies before reconnecting and discussing the initial idea for Mentorloop over a glass of wine. That idea turned into a Mentorloop, which provides mentoring software that enables businesses to match their people into effective mentorships at any scale. Mentorloop was recently accepted into and went through the highly competitive Startmate accelerator program and announced a partnership with the Australian Olympic Committee. The success and growth of Mentorloop has allowed them to raise $1M of funding from a number of investors including Blackbird Ventures, Rampersand and Tempus Partners. In this episode we talk about: How to get buy-in from your first few customers Passing the hurdle test Finding a technical co-founder vs outsourcing development A detailed breakdown of Mentorloop’s fundraising process   PLAYBOOK MEDIA – 10X your growth through Data-Driven Storytelling STARTUP PLAYBOOK HUSTLE APPLICATION   Show notes: Adage KPMG Common Code Startmate Airtree Airtree investor spreadsheet Trello Mark Suster Invest in Lines not Dots – Both Sides of the Table (blog) Rampersand Heidi Holmes Lucy Lloyd Heidi’s ask: Intro’s to HR Managers Lucy’s ask: Talented people to join Mentorloop with a Development or Marketing background Feedback/ connect/ say hello:  Rohit@startupplaybook.co @playbookstartup (Twitter) @rohitbhargava7 (Twitter – Rohit) Rohit Bhargava (LinkedIn) Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound Other channels: Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Stitcher & Soundcloud Want to be featured on an upcoming episode? Fill out the Application Form: STARTUP PLAYBOOK HUSTLE APPLICATION   http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/SPH_Ep005.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Hustle Ep005 – Heidi Holmes & Lucy Lloyd (Mentorloop) on the hurdle test appeared first on Startup Playbook.

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep074 – Martin Wells (Founder & Advisor) on the minimum viable customer December 12, 2017 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Episode 74 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is serial founder, CTO and startup advisor Martin Wells. Martin is a serial entrepreneur with extensive experience as a Founder, CTO, VP Product and VP Engineering focused on building and growing digital products and services and having successfully founded and exited 3 businesses. Some of the many highlights of Martin’s career include: Founding Intercom, one of Australia’s first Internet Service Providers, Managing a team of 45 as Founder & CTO of Dot Communications which was acquired by Clarity in 2007 VP Product of chat service migme, where he helped grow the product to 50 million users Founder and CTO of Playcraft Labs: a high-performance HTML5 game engine with 15,000 developers which was acquired by MinoGames in February 2013. At MinoGames, he was the Lead Engineer/CTO on MinoMonsters, an iOS and Android game achieving more than 15 million downloads and #1 grossing rank in 22 countries He now spends the majority of his time as an Advisor to more than 30 companies, raising over $200m in VC funding and assisting in 10 acquisitions In this interview we talk about: The model for growth Deciding when to sell The minimum viable customer How to focus on the right things   PLAYBOOK MEDIA – Growth through Data-Driven Storytelling STARTUP PLAYBOOK HUSTLE APPLICATION   Show notes: Intercom Telstra Dodo Mike Arrington TechCrunch Mick Liubinskas Phil Morle Julia French Jeff Hammerbacher Cloudera Migme Steven Goh Playcraft Labs Mino Games Founders for Founders TechCrunch Battlefield Main Sequence Ventures Dropbox Airbnb Mike Cannon-Brookes Accel VC Chris Saad Airtree Daniel Petre Craig Blair John Henderson James Cameron Larry Marshall Martin Wells (Email) Martin Wells (LinkedIn) Feedback/ connect/ say hello:  Rohit@startupplaybook.co @playbookstartup (Twitter) @rohitbhargava7 (Twitter – Rohit) Rohit Bhargava (LinkedIn) Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound Other channels: Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Stitcher & Soundcloud http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Playbook_Ep074.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep074 – Martin Wells (Founder & Advisor) on the minimum viable customer appeared first on Startup Playbook.

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Hustle Ep004 – Morgan Ranieri (Co-founder – YourGrocer) on building from first principles December 7, 2017 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for episode 4 of The Startup Playbook Hustle is Morgan Ranieri, the Co-founder of YourGrocer. Prior to starting YourGrocer, Morgan was one of the co-founders of Thankyou – one of the best known Australian startups in the FMCG industry. Morgan used his experience at ThankYou to launch YourGrocer, an online grocery delivery platform that connects you to local independent shops in Melbourne and Sydney. Since launching in 2013, the company now has a network of 150 local businesses and has fulfilled more than 80,000 orders to date. The company has also raised a total of $3M funding from investors such as Giant Leap Fund, Cyan Ta’aed and Tank Stream Ventures In this episode we talk about: – the 4 pillars of building startups – balancing short term goals vs long term vision – building from first principles – the consequences of growth   PLAYBOOK MEDIA – 10X your growth through Data-Driven Storytelling STARTUP PLAYBOOK HUSTLE APPLICATION Show notes: Thankyou Group Coles Woolworths Startup Victoria Webvan Amazon YourGrocer  Morgan Ranieri (Twitter)  Morgan’s ask: Help spread the word for YourGrocer. Get in touch with him here Feedback/ connect/ say hello:  Rohit@startupplaybook.co @playbookstartup (Twitter) @rohitbhargava7 (Twitter – Rohit) Rohit Bhargava (LinkedIn) Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound Other channels: Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Stitcher & Soundcloud Want to be featured on an upcoming episode? Fill out the Application Form: STARTUP PLAYBOOK HUSTLE APPLICATION http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/SPH_Ep004.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Hustle Ep004 – Morgan Ranieri (Co-founder – YourGrocer) on building from first principles appeared first on Startup Playbook.

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep073 – Will Richardson (Managing Partner – Giant Leap Fund) on impact driven investment December 5, 2017 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for episode 73 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is Will Richardson, the Head of Venture Capital at the Impact Investment Group and the Managing Partner of Giant Leap Fund Will spent several years in the private equity space before searching for something more in line with his values and passion. This search led him to the impact investment industry and through a series of 50 coffees, came across the Impact Investment Group, a leading Australian impact investment funds manager that shifts capital towards investments that blend financial returns with deep social and environmental impact. Will is now the Head of Venture Capital at the Impact Investment Group and is the Managing Partner of Giant Leap Fund, Australia’s first 100% impact venture capital fund. Through the $14M fund, Giant Leap Fund has invested in local companies; Sendle, YourGrocer, GlamCorner and Switch. In this interview we talk about: The power of introductions The misconceptions of impact investment The 3 things that Giant Leap looks for when investing in startups The benefits of effective storytelling PLAYBOOK MEDIA – Growth through Data-Driven Storytelling STARTUP PLAYBOOK HUSTLE APPLICATION   Show notes: Small Giants Impact Investment Group Giant Leap Fund Pete Cameron Adam Milgrom Kylie Charlton Social Ventures Australia Jan Owen Rachel Yang James Moody Sendle Morgan Ranieri YourGrocer Thankyou Group GlamCorner H&M TopShop Wells Fargo WeWork Deloitte Millennial survey (2017) Fergus Kyle offeran Will Richardson Adrian Stone Dream Factory Feedback/ connect/ say hello:  Rohit@startupplaybook.co @playbookstartup (Twitter) @rohitbhargava7 (Twitter – Rohit) Rohit Bhargava (LinkedIn) Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound Other channels: Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Stitcher & Soundcloud http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Playbook_Ep073.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep073 – Will Richardson (Managing Partner – Giant Leap Fund) on impact driven investment appeared first on Startup Playbook.

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Hustle Ep003: Tashi Dorjee (Co-founder – TwoSpace) on building effective partnerships November 30, 2017 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for episode 3 of The Startup Playbook Hustle is Tashi Dorjee, the Co-founder and Chief Space Officer of TwoSpace. Prior to starting TwoSpace, Tashi was the Founder and Director of Carbon Conservation, Australia’s first Emissions Trading Platform, aimed at conserving 700,000 hectares of forest in Indonesia. After meeting with his future co-founder over drinks and dinner, a casual conversation turned into a business that transforms restaurants, cafes and hotels into coworking spaces during the day. Fast forward to just over 12 months later and TwoSpace has expanded to Melbourne and Sydney and this week announced it’s expansion into Hong Kong and a partnership with Qantas to turn it’s lounges into coworking spaces. In this episode we talk about: – Building engaged communities – How to make the most of PR – How to develop effective partnerships PLAYBOOK MEDIA – 10X your growth through Data-Driven Storytelling STARTUP PLAYBOOK HUSTLE APPLICATION Show notes: Carbon trading Tom’s shoes Rob Walker (CTO) City of Sydney Smart Action Plan Sydney Startups Facebook Group Nathan Moses Optus Yes Lab Nick Bailey AFR Channel 7 Sunrise Tank Stream Labs Fishburners Bill Rutten Bradley Delamare Ovolo hotels TwoSpace (Website) Tashi’s ask: Help spread the word for TwoSpace. Get in touch with him here Feedback/ connect/ say hello:  Rohit@startupplaybook.co @playbookstartup (Twitter) @rohitbhargava7 (Twitter – Rohit) Rohit Bhargava (LinkedIn) Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound Other channels: Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Stitcher & Soundcloud Want to be featured on an upcoming episode? Fill out the Application Form: STARTUP PLAYBOOK HUSTLE APPLICATION http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/SPH_Ep003.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Hustle Ep003: Tashi Dorjee (Co-founder – TwoSpace) on building effective partnerships appeared first on Startup Playbook.

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Hustle Ep002: Noga Edelstein (Co-founder – UrbanYou) on acquiring growth November 30, 2017 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for episode 2 of The Startup Playbook Hustle is Noga Edelstein, the Co-founder and Director of UrbanYou. Noga spent several years as a legal professional in organisations such as Allens, Foxtel and Yahoo before taking the leap to start UrbanYou, an on-demand cleaning, gardening and handyman platform. Since launching in 2014, the company has seen rapid growth in the business, completing over 18,000 bookings and with over $3M worth of services being sold. In October this year, UrbanYou also announced it’s acquisition of HomeHello, opening the door to the Brisbane market. In this episode we talk about: – Jumping into startups from corporate life – The business of marketplaces – Using acquisition as a growth strategy PLAYBOOK MEDIA – 10X your growth through Data-Driven Storytelling STARTUP PLAYBOOK HUSTLE APPLICATION Show notes: Foxtel Yahoo IBM Elke Keeley UrbanYou Lean Canvas Heads over Heels Springboard Ernst & Young Freelancer Handy HomeHello Spreets Noga’s ask: Try UrbanYou with the discount code “startup” Feedback/ connect/ say hello:  Rohit@startupplaybook.co @playbookstartup (Twitter) @rohitbhargava7 (Twitter – Rohit) Rohit Bhargava (LinkedIn) Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound Other channels: Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Stitcher & Soundcloud Want to be featured on an upcoming episode? Fill out the Application Form: STARTUP PLAYBOOK HUSTLE APPLICATION http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/SPH_Ep002.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Hustle Ep002: Noga Edelstein (Co-founder – UrbanYou) on acquiring growth appeared first on Startup Playbook.

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Hustle Ep001 – Ainslie Williams (Co-founder – Qualie) on asking the right questions November 30, 2017 rohitbhargava Podcast My first guest for the first episode of The Startup Playbook Hustle is Ainslie Williams, the cofounder of Qualie. Ainslie has spent the last 17 years honing her craft as a qualitative researcher before jumping into her first startup, Qualie, a video-based online qualitative research company. Qualie combines qualitative techniques with quantitative numbers to deliver the “compelling consensus” on any proposition being tested. Within a year of launching, the startup has signed up some major clients as well as raising $750,000 in funding from former Xero boss Chris Ridd, Unlockd founder Matt Berriman and Catapult Sports Chairman and Playbook Media Director Adir Shiffman. In this episode we talk about: – How to ask the right questions – The importance of market expertise – Finding the right foundation clients – Advice for fundraising – The benefits of a distributed team PLAYBOOK MEDIA – 10X your growth through Data-Driven Storytelling STARTUP PLAYBOOK HUSTLE APPLICATION   Show notes: Jira Atlassian Rob Marjenberg Adir Shiffman Steve Ford Slack Adam Stone (Podcast interview) Qualie.com hola@qualie.com Ainslie’s Ask: Know an interesting UI designer interested in helping Qualie? Get in touch here Feedback/ connect/ say hello:  Rohit@startupplaybook.co @playbookstartup (Twitter) @rohitbhargava7 (Twitter – Rohit) Rohit Bhargava (LinkedIn) Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound Other channels: Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Stitcher & Soundcloud Want to be featured on an upcoming episode? Fill out the Application Form: STARTUP PLAYBOOK HUSTLE APPLICATION   http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/SPH_Ep001.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Hustle Ep001 – Ainslie Williams (Co-founder – Qualie) on asking the right questions appeared first on Startup Playbook.

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep072 – Aaron Patzer (Founder – Mint.com) on the value of equity November 28, 2017 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Episode 72 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is US based serial entrepreneur, Aaron Patzer. Aaron started his career at IBM before founding 2 web development and online marketing companies. He then went on to become the technical lead for the San Jose division of Nascentric before deciding to found his own startup. He attended and won at the very first TechCrunch Battlefield event with a little known personal finance app at that time called mint.com which grew to over 1.5 million users and sold to Intuit within 2 years for $170M. He then founded Fountain, an on demand answers app that again sold within 2 years to Porch for an undisclosed fee. He is now on to his 3rd company, Vital Software which is an AI software that is a mobile check-in for patients, and automatically creates electronic medical records designed for doctors and nurses, with the aim being to cut ER wait times in half. In this interview we talk about: Building startups as a solo founder The Value of equity Solving big problems PLAYBOOK MEDIA – Growth through Data-Driven Storytelling STARTUP PLAYBOOK HUSTLE APPLICATION Techboard’s Startup Community Award   Show notes: Mint.com Intuit Quickbooks Turbotax Fountain Vital Software Hyperloop Quicken Josh Kopelman First Round Capital Aaron Patzer (LinkedIn) Feedback/ connect/ say hello:  Rohit@startupplaybook.co @playbookstartup (Twitter) @rohitbhargava7 (Twitter – Rohit) Rohit Bhargava (LinkedIn) Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound Other channels: Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Stitcher & Soundcloud http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Playbook_Ep072.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep072 – Aaron Patzer (Founder – Mint.com) on the value of equity appeared first on Startup Playbook.

The Startup Playbook PodcastInsights and lessons from the world's best entrepreneurs and investors Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram Ep071 – Chris Saad (Former Head of Developer Product – Uber) on the abundance mindset November 21, 2017 rohitbhargava Podcast My guest for Episode 71 of The Startup Playbook Podcast is Chris Saad, Former Head of Product at Uber’s Developer Platform. Chris is has spent the last 10 years in Silicon Valley as a Serial Entrepreneur and Strategic Advisor. He was the Co-founder of the DataPortability Project and is the Co-Author of Backplane Protocal and APML. Most recently, he was the Head of Product at Uber’s Developer Platform, while the company grew from 3,000 to 17,000 employees. In this interview we talk about: The importance of showing up Building networks by adding value Building products that scale Paying it forward How hiring changes as companies scale PLAYBOOK MEDIA – Growth through Data-Driven Storytelling LIVE PODCAST WITH WILL RICHARDSON (GIANT LEAP FUND) – 22nd November STARTUP PLAYBOOK HUSTLE APPLICATION Show notes: TechCrunch Battlefield Australia Martin Wells Julia Wells Mick Liubinskas Dean McEvoy Michael Arrington ReadWriteWeb TechCrunch Digg RSS Chris Saad (Website) Chris Saad (Twitter) Feedback/ connect/ say hello:  Rohit@startupplaybook.co @playbookstartup (Twitter) @rohitbhargava7 (Twitter – Rohit) Rohit Bhargava (LinkedIn) Credits: Intro music credit to Bensound Other channels: Don’t have iTunes? The podcast is also available on Stitcher & Soundcloud http://traffic.libsyn.com/startupplaybook/Playbook_Ep071.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe: RSS admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat admin January 1, 2014 Reply Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Copyright © 2015 - Live Composer The post Ep071 – Chris Saad (Former Head of Developer Product – Uber) on the abundance mindset appeared first on Startup Playbook.