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    20 VC 096: Developing The Idea Muscle and VCs Providing More Than Just Money with Dharmesh Raithatha, Partner @ Forward Partners

    20 VC 096: Developing The Idea Muscle and VCs Providing More Than Just Money with Dharmesh Raithatha, Partner @ Forward Partners

    FromThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

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    20 VC 096: Developing The Idea Muscle and VCs Providing More Than Just Money with Dharmesh Raithatha, Partner @ Forward Partners

    FromThe Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch

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    Length:
    26 minutes
    Released:
    Dec 14, 2015
    Format:
    Podcast episode

    Description

    Dharmesh Raithatha is the Product Partner at Forward Partners. He works with idea stage investments on product, growth and business strategy. He has a passion for User Research, Lean UX and using data to inform decision making. Dharmesh has over 15 years in product roles for companies like Mind Candy and the BBC. He has founded 2 startups and successfully sold one. A special thank you to Mattermark for providing all the data used in today's episode and can find out more about Mattermark here! 
    In Today's Episode You Will Learn:
    1.) How did Dharmesh make his way into the world of VC?
    2.) How has Dharmesh's startup driven past, altered his investment pattern? What are the benefits and weaknesses to this kind of operational experience?
    3.) At Forward there Open Office Hours where people come and share ideas, so what is it about the ideas you like that make them good, what makes the bad ones bad?
    4.) What are Dharmesh's tips or advice for idea creation and brainstorming?
    5.) What would Dharmesh advice non-technical people looking to found a tech startup?
    6.) What does Dharmesh believe makes a great founder? Has he seen any commonalities in the great founders he has worked with?
    7.) What should teams focus on in the first 100 days of their startup? What is the 20% that produces 80% of the results?
    Items Mentioned In Today's Show:
    Dharmesh's Fave Book:  How To Create A Product Customers Love by Marty Cagan
    Dharmesh's Fave Newsletter: Silicon Valley Product Group
    Dharmesh's Most Recent Investment: The Gifting Company
    As always you can follow Harry, The Twenty Minute VC and Dharmesh on Twitter here!
    If you would like to see a more colourful side to Harry with many a mojito session, you can follow him on Instagram here!
     
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    Released:
    Dec 14, 2015
    Format:
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    The Twenty Minute VC takes you inside the world of Venture Capital, Startup Funding and The Pitch. Join our host, Harry Stebbings and discover how you can attain funding for your business by listening to what the most prominent investors are directly looking for in startups, providing easily actionable tips and tricks that can be put in place to increase your chances of getting funded. Although, you may not want to raise funding for a startup. The Twenty Minute VC also provides an instructional guide as to what it takes to get employed in the Venture Capital industry, with VCs giving specific advice on how to get noticed from the crowd and increasing your chances of employment. If that wasn't enough our amazing Venture Capitalists also provide their analysis of the current technology market, providing advice and suggestions on the latest investing trends and predictions. Join us so you can see how you can get BIG, powerful improvements, fast. Would you like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC, head on over to www.thetwentyminutevc.com for more information on the podcast, show notes, resources and a more detailed analysis of the technology and Venture Capital industry.