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20 VC 045: From Idea to Pitch with Alan Jones, Founding Investor @ Startmate

20 VC 045: From Idea to Pitch with Alan Jones, Founding Investor @ Startmate

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


20 VC 045: From Idea to Pitch with Alan Jones, Founding Investor @ Startmate

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

ratings:
Length:
25 minutes
Released:
Jun 15, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Alan Jones is Chief Growth Hacker at Bluechilli, who have set the incredible goal of building 100 startups by 2016! Alan is also Founding Investor and Mentor at Startmate, an Australian Y Combinator style accelerator. If that wasn't enough Alan also invests and advises through Blackbird Ventures, Pollenizer and Startmate.
In Today's Amazing Discussion with Alan We Discover:

What you should do when you have a great idea?
How to validate a market?
How to figure out if it is a viable business?
What can non technical co-founders do to get their idea of the ground?
What individuals can do to meet technical co-founders?
What are the biggest tips for entrepreneurs when facing a pitch? 

Items Mentioned in Today's Show:
Dan Ariely: Predictably Irrational
Tzukuri: Bluetooth Wearable Technology
TreeHouse
Quora
OtherLevels: Mobile Marketing Automation Platform
 
Released:
Jun 15, 2015
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

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.