Jon Paul is the CEO of Value Added Finance Resources and brings an incredible amount of experience to this interview. Jon has turned companies hitting rock bottom around to multiple million dollar revenue streams. He prevents entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and startups from making key mistakes that could ruin their success as a business. Jon talks on several different ways you can value your company and how you can prevent a down round from happening on your second round of funding.
You need to start even if where you end up is not where you think you’re going.
Harder faster cheaper is not a change in direction.
Early investors should get rewarded the most.
Startups need yin and yang on the team.
Learn from the past, but look forward.
Disrupting Class by Clayton Christensen
The Innovator’s Dilemma by Clayton Christensen
Competitive Strategy by Michael E. Porter
Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
Freakonomics
People Smart in Business by Tony Alessandra and Michael J. O’Connor
Content Chemistry by Andy Crestodina
Value Added Finance Resources
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Nasir Ali is an angel investor for Seed Capital Fund, the co-founder of a non-profit called Upstate Venture Connect, and he's the managing director for StartFast Venture Accelerator. Nasir shares his insights on what his companies look for in a pitch and the importance of coachability in an entrepreneur. Nasir believes data will point you to all the right answers and shares an example of a company who had to pivot four times based on new data they had collected.
Be coachable not impressionable.
Great investors solve unknown needs of founders.
Explain the problem you solve in a way that is easy to understand.
Chequed
SpinCar
Startup Communities by Brad Feld
The Rainforest by Victor Hwang and Greg Horowitt
Upstate Venture Connect
Upstate Venture Connect Twitter
StartFast
StartFast Twitter
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Mike Brown Jr. was an Associate for Virgin and worked closely with Richard Branson where he used Richard Branson's money to invested in early stage software companies. He also worked as the General Partner for AOL Ventures before becoming the Founder of Bowery Capital. Mike shares his thoughts on what he calls, 'internet natives' and how they're now at an age where they're reaching C-level positions in large corporate companies. He also shares his thoughts on who he decides to take to the next level in his pitch deck.
Write down the 10 key sentences that you want to articulate to an investor.
Best #founders are the ones with the most passion about why their idea is the best one now.
Internet natives changing the way #business is done.
Successful founders can answer why you are uniquely qualified.
Bowery Capital Blog
The Sales Acceleration Formula by Mark Roberge.
Traction by Gabriel Weinberg.
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Lex Deak is the Founder and Managing Partner for QVentures, the Founder and CEO for Tendr Deals (renamed to OFF3R), and he is also the Ambassador for The Supper Club. QVentures has funded 14 companies and Lex talks on one key company that stands out from the rest. Lex also talks on the importance of listening more than you speak at a entrepreneur networking event and why it's important to read books you disagree with. It all comes down to diversifying yourself and keeping yourself knowledgeable on upcoming trends.
The definition of an entrepreneur is an artist in business who creates something.
Listen 5x more than you talk when you are in a room with people smarter than you.
TENDR gets rid of investors' inbox fatigue.
When you're reading something, the whole perspective is diversity.
The Super Club
STRATAJET
OFF3R The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life by Alice Schroeder The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters
Big Data For Dummies by Judith Hurwitz, Alan Nugent, Fern Halper, and Marcia Kaufman
Zero to One by Peter Thiel
Lex Deak Twitter
QVentures Twitter
Tendr Deals Twitter
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