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    Yury Lifshits (Openland) - How to Build a Community, The Hard Pivot, and Minimizing Friction

    Yury Lifshits (Openland) - How to Build a Community, The Hard Pivot, and Minimizing Friction

    FromThe Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing I Brands

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    Yury Lifshits (Openland) - How to Build a Community, The Hard Pivot, and Minimizing Friction

    FromThe Consumer VC: Venture Capital I B2C Startups I Commerce | Early-Stage Investing I Brands

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    Length:
    40 minutes
    Released:
    Oct 8, 2020
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    Our guest today is Yury Lifshits, founder and CEO of Openland. a modern social platform for communities. Yury is a serial entrepreunor, founding Zonaspace, Blended Labs and Entangled Solutions. On this episode we talk about Openland, how he thinks about the future of online social, how he thought about friction when downloading a new app, and pivots.You can follow Yury @yurylifshits on Twitter. You can also follow your host, Mike, on Twitter @mikegelb. You can also follow for episode announcements @consumervc.Some of the questions I ask Yury -What attracted you to software and then entrepreneurship? Are we in the age of community? Has audience been replaced by community? What doesn’t work when it comes to community building? What is the competitive landscape when it comes to online communication?How he tackles friction when launching a new app? What’s one thing that you would change when it comes to venture capital? What’s one piece of advice for founder
    Released:
    Oct 8, 2020
    Format:
    Podcast episode

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    The Consumer VC takes a look into early-stage consumer investing and venture capital. If you are interested in learning about consumer trends, have a b2c business and interested in learning about the fundraising process at the early stage, you have come to the right place.Mike interviews some of the top venture capitalists in the world that focus on B2C and consumer type companies or have a deep track record investing in these categories such as marketplaces, SaaS, social, CPG and non-tech subscription.Mike also interviews founders that are building some of the most disruptive consumer facing companies in the world. The conversation usually includes the insight the founder discovered, fundraising strategy, and the pitch.This podcast also includes bonus episodes. Each bonus episode dives into a particular subject that might not have to due with the fundraise or venture capital, but still would be helpful to founders. For example, a bonus episode on brand strategy or how to construct a board of directors. All bonus episodes will be clearly labeled.For all episodes, please visit www.theconsumervc.com. For updates, you can follow @mikegelb on Twitter.